Shared Learnings
Brown Bag sessions @ Pollenizer
The year took off with a new image for the Pollenizer website. Some may have noticed the events calendar is looking exceptionaly lush with lots of workshops and info nights on course for the next 6 months. The sessions, which have remained an internal sharing forum...
read moreTravel hacks: making the most of an overseas trip
Ed Hooper has racked up a bunch of passport stamps since raising an angel round for his startup 121cast from the Optus Innov8 fund in November last year. Since then, he's been on a quest to establish a network of potential global partners and investors, and has a few...
read moreLeeap founder shares stories from whirlwind U.S. trip
Melbourne-based entrepreneur Simon Walker has spent the last two months working his way through the countless hours of video interviews he recorded during a 20 day trip visiting 10 U.S. cities and interviewing local founders, VCs and policy-makers to show Australian...
read moreStartmate begins: introducing BugCrowd
FLT is covering the 2013 Startmate accelerator program, which aims to help early-stage companies become enduring internet companies. Here, we introduce Casey Ellis and Serg Belokamen of BugCrowd. Casey Ellis did his first pitch in front of the other Startmate...
read moreStartups and Rock Bands
Startups and Rock Bands have more in common than you might think. Do you remember Linkin Park? The rock band from Washington DC? Or was it Philly? Or Jacksonville? It’s difficult to remember because there is a Lincoln Park in just about every city in America - therein...
read moreStartmate begins: introducing Kinderloop
FLT is covering the 2013 Startmate accelerator program, which aims to help early-stage companies become enduring internet companies. Here, we introduce Dan Walker and Dan Day of Kinderloop. Kinderloop has had a good week. Actually, it's been a great week. The company...
read morePricing for startups: how do you do it?
How you price your product or service could affect the number of people who become customers, revenue per customer, customer lifetime value, and ultimately, it can mean the difference between profit and loss. How do you get it right? What's the best pricing model:...
read moreStartmate begins: introducing Tutor on Demand
FLT is covering the 2013 Startmate accelerator program, which aims to help early-stage companies become enduring internet companies. Here, we introduce the team building Tutor on Demand. Tutor on Demand founders Ben Sze, Duncan Anderson and Jeremy Cox met while...
read moreCan’t teach yourself to code? Think again
For most people, learning to code seems a daunting experience, a skill best left to those who have always loved building things online. But not for for Matthew Travers — learning to code was always a goal, and it seemed the simplest way to build his web platform. The...
read moreStartmate begins: introducing Shiftr
FLT is covering the 2013 Startmate accelerator program, which aims to help early-stage companies become enduring internet companies. Here, we introduce Adrian Dean and Ludek Dolejsky of Shiftr. It's the end of the first week for the eight companies selected as part of...
read moreApplications now open for Optus Innov8 seed fund
Optus Innov8, the Australian arm of Singtel Innov8's $US150 million venture fund, is calling for applications for round two of its seed program, offering Australian startups funding and access to the telco's extensive network and expertise. Two Melbourne companies,...
read moreArribaa founder on realising it was time to move on
There's a handwritten note next to Colette Grgic's bed listing her reasons for closing the marketplace she had built for travel experiences, Arribaa. Arribaa's founders, Colette Grgic, husband Vinko and Roger Barnes announced in a pre-Christmas blog post their...
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