Shared Learnings
What I’m Reading
Whilst most of the work week is spent thinking and dreaming about growing web businesses (our own, our clients), there is just enough time to think about other stuff. Just discovered: Industrial design magazine and community, Core77. Here are two fun stories tagged...
read moreGive your Lean Startup a Demo Driven Deadline
Focus: If you want to drive yourself to get your minimal product out fast, then give us a date within 6 weeks and you can demo it at the Pollenizer office in front of our team and some of our partners/investors. One of the challenges that we see regularly is people...
read moreFacebook: Groups Vs. Pages
By Bree Clare At present there are over 400 million active users of Facebook worldwide, and 50% of those active users log on daily (Facebook Press room). So it’s no surprise that businesses are now using Facebook groups and pages to promote their goods and/or...
read moreTwitter, good business models and cash registers
We're doing lots of work right now with companies on helping them find the right business model. One of the first questions we ask is "How close is your core product to the cash register?" What we mean by this is how far are you away from someone actually paying cash...
read moreGetting ‘the blurb’ on Blurb.com
It's fun and challenging working with clients in different time zones, so it is good for the relationship when you can catch up in person. Samantha Howe (pictured) from Blurb visited Sydney in March to spend time with the Pollenizer Blurboz team; attend Blurb...
read moreStefan Sagmeister: The power of time off
Want to take one year off work but can not convince your business partner? Just show them this video from Stefan Sagmeister about the need for 'workcation'. Perhaps a day or two off each month for research would be more...
read moreOnline Spreadsheets For Financial Collaboration
Your ability to collaborate with the right people, get good information and make the right decisions may decide if you’re thriving or barely surviving. Tapping away on a spreadsheet by yourself late at night and then emailing it around for feedback is 15 years too...
read moreIdeas vs Execution in Hollywood and Startups.
Ideas are cheap. Execution is hard. Great video clip from Entourage here sent to me by Lesley-Ann which now sits along side Coffee is for Closers amongst my regular watching playlist in Youtube. It's like a mini-seminar. Turtle: "I've got a great idea." Ari: Hits a...
read moreVideos: Brooklyn Museum, Semi-Permanent and Giant Lego Blocks
A few more videos from the Pollenizer Hive; Lisa Herrod (aka @Scenariogirl ) talks to us briefly about her Brooklyn Museum usability project: Garry Trinh talking about the Semi-Permanent conference and the pride authors show in their Blurb self-published Books: Alan...
read moreTurning online passion into profit. The Todd Selby way.
Ever wondered how people turn their personal online passions into profit? Todd Selby did it by convincing big businesses to think outside the norm of how they could use his images and popularity to market their products. Listen to how he did it here: Video courtesy of...
read moreFriday Videos: Chartbeat, Deadlines, iPad and Books
OK, these were filmed on Thursday as well as Friday but they are being posted Friday. Pierre showing us Chartbeat, though it wasn't exactly live during this video: Steven Ringo and the power of deadlines for new startups and being lean: The Mogeneration guys and some...
read moreSeth Godin Webinar – Are You a Linchpin?
Yesterday the Australian Businesswomen’s Network hosted a webinar with Seth Godin on his new book, Linchpin: Are you indispensable? Although the book mostly markets itself to workers keen to stand out within an organization, there are important transferable messages...
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