Shared Learnings
Pollenizer’s Linkopedia for the Week ending, 17/07/2011
Let’s take a look at this week’s Linkopedia. Article on Agile Development titled "Change on a Dime: Agile Design"- http://uxmag.com/strategy/change-on-a-dime-agile-design Video Tutorial titled "Mastering Git Basics" by Tom Preston-Werner - http://vimeo.com/17118008...
read moreGuaranteeing a million app downloads
Question: Can you guarantee your next mobile app gets a million downloads? Answer: Yes Attracting a massive audience is the primary goal of most free apps but standing out in an already overcrowded market is tough if not almost impossible. Big brands have been...
read morePollenizer’s Singapore Hive
Silicon Valley has shown us that startup communities thrive on being connected and collaborative. Our communities make our products and businesses better and more likely to grow in value or exit through ideas, resources and 1 + 1 = 3 joint ventures. When we started...
read moreQuick market sizing on Facebook
One handy feature of Facebook ads is they allow you to target by users Interests. E.g.: Now I haven't played around enough with this targeting to determine how accurate or useful it really is, but one feature I like is that you can see the estimated number of Facebook...
read morePitch2us: Open Source Software for Incubators and Investors
We have been working on a simple Ruby on Rails application to allow incoming founders to pitch to us and our friends at Innovation Bay. Its a bit of a side project for us but we have a working, simple version that we thought other incubators and investors might find...
read morePollenizer’s Linkopedia for the Week ending, 10/07/2011
Let’s take a look at this week’s Linkopedia. Blog Post titled "Should you ever pay a prospective customer?" - http://econsultancy.com/blog/7746-should-you-ever-pay-a-prospective-customer Story titled “Buy Groceries at a Virtual Supermarket Inside a Subway Station” -...
read morejQuery Carousel Plugin
Welcome to the third installment in the jQuery plugin series. This week I'm showcasing my most used plugin, a jQuery Carousel. It seem like every site that I do the client wants some kind of carousel. This plugin has been iterated a number of times, with extra...
read moreStartups: Where is your turbo button?
Nearly every single web business I've worked in that grew to considerable size pushed the turbo button at some point. The turbo button is my way of saying something that grows the company fast. Something that takes you from growing to grown. Some quick examples to...
read moreMishy, what have you been up to?
Ever wonder what everyone is up to? Every week we will be posting two-minute videos showcasing what each team member is working on and general musings on the job. This week: Michelle "Mishy" Rowan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cv3sTyCvog Will you be next? Stay...
read morePollenizer Mentors for Mozilla Web FWD Accelerator
How cool is this?! Recently, Mozilla launched a new programme called Web FWD, where young businesses are invited to spend 4 weeks in the Mozilla San Francisco HQ building their products. They'll have access to Mozilla-spiked resources and, at the end of four weeks,...
read moreGet 10 times the results from better headlines
A quick test, if this blog post was titled "Something amazing that will really help you" would you be reading it now? Probably not. I'm still surprised constantly by people who try home page headlines, landing page headlines, blog post headlines and most especially...
read moreStartup Goals Need Triple Commitment
In order to hit a goal that has an uncertain path, you need to triple commit to it - put in three times as much as you think. "What are you talking about?" If you want to drive from Sydney to Newcastle then you can work out the KM's, fill the tank and go....
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