Shared Learnings
How to grow a big business in 3 hard steps
Find a niche you can win in a very big market. Win that niche and start growing. Keep growing till you're big. OK, contrite, but again, just some thoughts. Honestly, I haven't got to number 3 yet. Spreets sold early. Pollenizer is only 4 years old and not big...
read moreInnovation is about business models not technology
I've been thinking through this and whilst part of it is obvious, it really makes me challenge where we spend our time and our process. If you are starting a new cafe, law firm or even media blog, it's not a startup. You know your business model, it's just whether you...
read moreCakePHP and PaaS
A common problem the engineering team is experiencing at Pollenizer is finding the resources to dedicate to system administration duties. With the vision of reducing those duties, Pollenizer has been exploring PaaS providers. I have reviewed services offered by...
read moreInvitation to Getting Results from Crowds
Phil Morle (me!) will be speaking at the upcoming workshop on 16 April. I will be on a panel in the Crowd Business Models workshop with Seb from Blue Chilli and Rebekah from Posse. and use this promo code to get $120 off the day: POLLENIZER ...
read moreWhat we learned from Eric Ries (with video)
Eric Ries (@ericries) came by the Hive last Wednesday for a clinic on our startups. We've been a living the lean startup approach for a few years now and it is definitely something we can never be 'good enough' at. This time with Eric, it was extremely helpful to...
read morePollenizer Hackfest – April 2012
The whole Pollenizer team and founders crammed into a house at Avalon for 2 days of coding and customers. It was a great event with lots of good learnings and bondings. Thanks so much to Pierre, Nicola and Claudia for organising. Huge thanks to Trevor for doing an...
read moreTrinary: 50% Better than binary
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, then it was the best of times again.” It is with much excitement, sadness and joy that I announce that Michelle Rowan is leaving Pollenizer today. The joyful part is that she came to Pollenizer, made a big impact...
read moreCustomer Development Manifesto
Steve Blank, the pioneer of Customer Development released his new book called 'The Startup Owners Manual'. Of particular note is the inclusion of the Customer Development Manifesto which fits nicely side by side with the Agile Manifesto for product development. I've...
read moreStartup Ecosystem Map for Asia-Pacific
Part of this event is to build stronger bridges across the region. Some of us have started a mind map that starts to throw ropes across. Feel free to...
read moreFierce Conversations
Last week, I was lucky enough to attend the National Growth Summit 2012. I'm typically sceptical of any conference that appears, on the surface, to be a Kool-Aid pop stand for CEOs, but I have to admit - it was awesome! Day one included speakers such as Jim Collins,...
read moreMake Words Stronger
Micro post! Every time I finish a document or email I look back and think: Strip out the crap Change passive to active Change open ended to closed Examples: Strip out crap With crap: "If you are trying hard, to really say something and want to make it stronger and...
read moreWe think Australia… actually Asia-Pacific… needs a gathering. And we’ve thought that for a while
2 years ago, a bunch of us sat in a cafe in Darlinghurst to hatch a plan. Phaedon pulled us together and said "Look fellas, Australia doesn't have a tech conference that the world can look upon and say OMG!" I was there, Mick Liubinskas was there, Tony Surtees was...
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