by Phil Morle | Apr 28, 2011 | Startup Science
Guest post by Erietta Sapounakis. Do you have what it takes? Dean McEvoy’s success with Spreets seems like luck and good timing – Spreets was the first group buying site in Australia, and the company recently sold to Yahoo! for a sum reportedly around the $40 million...
by Phil Morle | Apr 8, 2011 | Startup Science
I’ve never actually looked for a simple answer to this question, but it came to me. I don’t even know why I think it answers it, but I’m sure it does. Here it is. It’s beautiful. Even the way it came to me was beautiful. One of my oldest...
by Phil Morle | Mar 30, 2011 | Startup Science
Hey all, Jo from our team is doing a talk and I thought I’d share some of my tips for doing public talks and a generic outline. Tips Prepare a talk for half the time allotted. You’ll start late, people will laugh at your jokes, you’ll take longer....
by Phil Morle | Mar 24, 2011 | Customer Development, Startup Science
If you follow @pollenizer or @liubinskas on Twitter you may notice an influx of surveys and forms to fill out at around 2pm on the day of a Startup Bootcamp. These are created by Bootcamp Attendees to test value creation and value capture. There are three key...
by Phil Morle | Mar 23, 2011 | Metrics, Startup Science
Quick post – as a startup there are hundreds of numbers you can look at but few matter. Visits Page views Registered users These typically aren’t worth zip by themselves. When I want to splash the hot chilli sauce of reality on my face to get the brutal...
by Phil Morle | Mar 23, 2011 | Pollenizer News, Startup Science
StageBitz is the latest promising Australian startup to join Pollenizer’s growing venture portfolio. This early-stage company is currently seeking strategic partners who can make a valuable contribution to the business through capital investment and expertise....
by Phil Morle | Mar 14, 2011 | Customer Development, Startup Science
Product design is the orchestration of utility, clarity and design. Does the user know what to do? What happens when they click that button? Is the result expected or confusing? Is it beautiful? Does the page load fast? There are more great products out there than...
by Phil Morle | Mar 11, 2011 | Startup Science
I’ve been reading, ‘Ignore Everybody And 39 Other Keys to Creativity‘ by Hugh MacLeod of gapingvoid.com It’s a great read but page 9 really struck a chord with me. I get asked a lot, “Your business card format is very simple. Aren’t...
by Phil Morle | Mar 8, 2011 | Startup Science
Marco Menato is the founder of Myth of Me – telling your life story, one question at a time – he’s in Sydney working with the Pollenizer team. In this guest post, he muses on the reluctance and lessons of taking up Twitter: First a frank admission...
by Phil Morle | Feb 27, 2011 | Pitching, Startup Science, Tools and Templates
Here is a set of slides we use at Bootcamp, Startmate and other forums when we’re working with new startups. The idea is to be able to quickly and succinctly tell the full story of the business without thinking about it too much. You get 5 seconds per slide....
by Phil Morle | Feb 24, 2011 | Startup Science
What product variations should you offer? You plan to sell t-shirts online but you’re not sure what colours other than black people might be interested in. Just plug a couple of different colours into Google Sets: Then simply select whether you want a large or...
by Phil Morle | Feb 16, 2011 | Startup Science
It’s great to have friends, colleagues and mentors encourage you and tell you ‘you can do it’. It’s crucial to have people who give you brutally honest feedback. Look for it, cultivate it, and make sure you’re getting it in a healthy...
