Shared Learnings
SportsPassion – Case Study
Social media enterprise 3eep experienced the depth and breadth of Pollenizer's expertise in getting its online community SportsPassion off the ground. From technology strategy and implementation to product and market development, the Pollenizer team played an integral...
read moreGetprice – Case Study
Pollenizer's ability to access in-house expertise to service a broad range of client demands was evident in our work with consumer comparison website Getprice. It also made it the prime and only contender vying for the work. Getprice CEO Chris Hitchen explains why it...
read moreLinqia – Case Study
Based in Barcelona, Linqia used Pollenizer for a technology assessment, product focus and QA. Linqia defines itself as "The Social Network Marketplace" and connects brands and their agencies with social networks. "As a start-up with limited funding and access to top...
read moreVideos: Friday at Pollenizer – Jelly, Threads, Angels, Webinars and Post-It Planning
It's been yet another big week at Pollenizer and finished with a solid Friday. We've had a Jelly here with some good peeps, run our first trial webinar for Live In Australia, and pushing along a bunch of other great projects. The guys give me their thoughts on what...
read moreSatisfaction vs Not Dissatisfying: A Tale of Two Continuums
There isn't just satisfaction and dissatisfaction, there's non-satisfaction and non-dissatisfaction too. It's important to know the difference. I did some research once on bank customers and found out that they weren't hoping for satisfaction, just no dissatisfaction....
read moreOrganisational Maturity and Coaching Models
The past year I have had the chance of coaching great teams around the world, helping them become Agile and produce better products, have more fun while doing it and help them rediscover their passion for software development. I've come across a few interesting...
read moreThe Value of Business Planning in a Web Startup
I often get asked what’s the real value of ‘theoretical’ type business planning for a nascent start-up. The question that usually pops up is: why would anyone want to spend time painstakingly planning when circumstances are so uncertain? Questioning planning is only...
read moreFocus Workshop – April 28, 2010
UPDATE: The March Workshop is sold out, so here is the April Web Focus Workshop registration details. I'm running a Web Business Focus workshop for $80 on March 17. I've done more than 35 focus workshops for clients over the past two years and I love doing them. We...
read moreLean Launch of Lean Startup Circle Sydney
Last night we had a fantastic turn out to start a new community group around lean startups. It was a little bit opportunistic with Eric Ries, the key proponent of the concept, in town and a little bit of 'about time, we need this in Sydney'. We only confirmed that the...
read moreA Must Watch for Product Designers and Founders
There is so much game theory in product design. Here is a terrific, yet slightly disturbing, journey through our game-packed world. DS Games - E3 2010 - Guitar Hero 5 As difficult as it may seem, you need to know this if you make consumer web products. Especially if...
read moreThank you – Two Years of Pollenizer
Wow, amongst a flat-out, full-on week I'm poking my head up for a brief second to say; "Hey, Pollenizer is two years old today!" And I'm so proud. Proud of the team and crazy hard work they've put into building the more than dozens of great web businesses.They are...
read moreGrowth Summit 2010 Notes
I attended the Growth Summit in Sydney last week and also MC'd and spoke in the Tech stream on day 2. Here are some of my notes from the days. Big thanks to Karen, Cara, Larna and the crew for organising. Next year it would be great to have wifi with more live...
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