by Phil Morle | Aug 19, 2010 | Customer Development, Startup Science
I saw Steve Hopkins post today on hypotheses based testing and thought I’d share some ideas we’ve been using at Pollenizer. A lot of startups we see and work with are getting better at doing customer development, but they sometimes aren’t quite sure...
by Phil Morle | Aug 9, 2010 | Startup Science
This is a guest post by Chris Hitchen, CEO at getprice.com.au in celebration of Mick’s new son, Samuel. Startups and babies… The launch date is never certain and often late It doesn’t come out the way you expect it to It costs much more than you think...
by Phil Morle | Jul 26, 2010 | Startup Science
“We’re 99% there,” says the very excited entrepreneur. “Fantastic, well done. Only 50% of the way to go,” responds the veteran advisor. We often laugh at this at Pollenizer. It’s something we hear lots of people say when they are...
by Phil Morle | Jul 8, 2010 | Startup Science
A short story about the difference between belief and experience to encourage developers to get out of their comfy chairs and go and talk to your customers. At Lean Startup Circle Sydney, a number of the people were concerned about having to go talk to customers as a...
by Phil Morle | Jun 24, 2010 | Startup Science
Briefly, I mentioned a quick business idea to Dean and Justus from Spreets. It was an alternate way to use the same technology to grow a new revenue stream. Dean’s response; “One day, but right now, I’m not wasting a single second or cent chasing...
by Phil Morle | Jun 23, 2010 | Startup Science
According to Michael Watkins you have the first 90 days of a new job to make your mark in a company. Nine days in to my new role with Pollenizer, where we work with many early stage web start-ups, I can report it’s unlikely a start-up would exist after 90 days if that...
by Phil Morle | Jun 23, 2010 | Startup Science
More often than not, we have a lot on our plates. Usually when this happens, it’s very easy to be tempted by distractions. I found this blog post by Darren (which is aimed at bloggers, but applicable to web businesses) at problogger.net truthful and interesting....
by Phil Morle | Jun 15, 2010 | Startup Science
As an experienced Facebook user I know these tips to increase the effectiveness of Facebook updates really do work.. To the list below, I would also add humour and hot social topics making the news also get great responses. Please share with us any tips for Facebook...
by Phil Morle | Jun 11, 2010 | Customer Development, Startup Science
“We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot I love this quote. Either you haven’t been through it and it just sounds like any old...
by Phil Morle | Jun 6, 2010 | Startup Science
On Friday we had a workshop for a new business, searching for the minimal viable product in the area of fundraising. In order to learn a bit more about some of the basics and have some fun afterwards, we decided to do a quick manual MVP test. The goal was to raise...
by Phil Morle | May 14, 2010 | Startup Science
Brief: By constantly looking at your inbox, you can only ever be reactive, not proactive. You control it, it shouldn’t control you. I get asked by some entrepreneurs and startup people about how to manage their inbox better so they can stay focused. I hear your...
by Phil Morle | May 6, 2010 | Startup Science
This is Chartbeat zoomed in on the big screen at Pollenizer HQ. It tracks websites live statistics and displays them in a customisable and interesting way. We have it up there so the whole team can see that people are coming to the site all the time, what they look at...
