Shared Learnings
HOW I COACH ENTREPRENEURS
I have been coaching entrepreneurs for about 10 years now. Before that I was making theatre performances. These two big streams of life have informed my practice as a coach for entrepreneurs. I have been asked to analyse what I do, so here it is. COACHING JOBS TO BE...
read moreEMAIL TO NICK: THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
Nick Abrahams is a leading technology lawyer and a great mate. We co-founded Lawpath together and he is well known for his book: Digital Disruption in Australia: A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Investors & Corporates. Tuning into future trends is important to our work...
read moreINNOVATION PATHS TO NEW GROWTH
Innovation requires frameworks with deliberate paths. Is the project new or traditional? Are the conditions right for the growth of trusted relationships? Is there clarity and transparency on the currency to drive the right behaviours? Are the decision gates...
read moreWHEN SCIENCE MEETS BUSINESS
What I learned working with research scientists at a startup bootcamp. At Pollenizer, we believe that everyone has the potential to transform ideas into world changing businesses. Before anything becomes a business, there are moments of discovery that inspire you to...
read moreCAN YOU CHANGE THE OUTCOME?
When starting a new venture, there are a bunch of reasons why the outcome can't change. The team loves the solution. The team doesn't have authority to change. The team is inspired by some other business and believes that replicating it will have equal success for...
read moreINTERNAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS: SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER
Corporate innovation is something that is on the agenda for most CEO’s, executive leadership teams and boards of directors. If this is you, you may already be reviewing your innovation strategy. Have held workshops, hackathons and other innovation events in your...
read moreTHINK OF THE NEXT 2 DAYS AS AN EXPERIMENT: SCIENTISTS AS ENTREPRENEURS
This is how we opened a 2 day session with CSIRO: Health and Biosciences. The history of science is made up of thousands of remarkable people that have made discoveries that have changed every part of our lives, in small ways and big ways, continuously for hundreds...
read moreEXPERIMENT: DESIGNING EXPERIMENT ZERO
When we have created our first hypothesis of a business model and described it on a lean canvas, we have a state we call HYPOTHESIS ZERO. This is the first articulation of the model in its riskiest state - where we don't yet have evidence to support it. What do you do...
read moreRULES OF THUMB FOR ‘SUCCESS CORE’ MANAGED LIFECYCLE
We have learned through our own work and through the Startup Genome Project, that startups that leap from idea to scale tend to fail. Like a building with weak foundations, startups need to discover the mechanics of a business model that customers love before...
read more2 WAYS TO MASSIVELY INCREASE ENTERPRISE LEARNING VELOCITY
"Startups that succeed are those that iterate enough times before running out of resources." Eric Ries In other words, how do we learn fast to build evidence of value we need in order to convince others to give us the next level of resources? Startups do it every day...
read moreCASE STUDY: HOW WE WORK (TELSTRA HEALTH)
CONTEXT Telstra is Australia’s largest telecommunications and media company. Today the business’s core product lines are being rapidly commoditized or replaced by competitive forces and new strategies are emerging to fuel the next generation of growth. The emerging...
read moreFUNDING OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR STARTUPS IN AUSTRALIA
Looking for money is always hard. Here is a list of the options we know of in Australia. ACCELERATORS Startmate Startmate is a group of startup executives offering mentorship and seed financing to founders of Internet and software businesses based in Australia. The...
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