by Tim Parsons | Feb 17, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
YOU = FOUNDER, CEO, PRESIDENT, DISRUPTOR-IN-CHIEF Judging by our current obsession with US political news, it seems like we’re living in an age when leadership as a personal and professional skill, is as critical, and as mysterious, as ever. I still remember my first...
by Tim Parsons | Feb 7, 2017 | Ecosystems, For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights, XO
STARTUP SCIENCE, I.E. EVIDENCE-DRIVEN Those of you who are regular readers of Pollenizer’s blog will recognise our belief in evidence-driven business model discovery – something we call “Startup Science”. Startup Science uses hypotheses about...
by Clare Hallam | Jan 24, 2017 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Our lives are one big experiment that we are continually running. For the majority however, we most likely never think about this in a deliberate way. Well, maybe scientists do… Over the last 10 years, I’ve grown to think differently. I’ve become much more of a...
by Nicola Farrell | Jan 24, 2017 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
The only way to win is to learn faster than anyone else – Eric Ries As we embark on a new year, new goals are set. Startups are retrieving focus from the year passed and gaining momentum for big ambitions in 2017. The emphasis is on optimization, performance...
by Tim Parsons | Nov 17, 2016 | For Corporates, For Entrepreneurs, Insights
At Pollenizer we always encourage people to make their visions big, towards global-scale problems and markets. But what if that big vision also has to accommodate rapid, unpredictable change? First, Brexit and now the results of the US Presidential Election have...
by Tristonne Forbes | Nov 8, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights
Innovation is fickle. There doesn’t seem to be any golden rules you can follow to guarantee success. Innovation for most companies is risky, expensive, demotivating and wasteful… except in those magical moments when it works. But even the best performers in your...
by Phil Morle | Oct 12, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights, XO
I can imagine the rockets going up and I am excited. Something wonderful happens when founders ask who cares about an idea and how they make the conditions for it to endure. This is how startups make amazing things with very little. They can’t operate without...
by Clare Hallam | Sep 28, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights, Uncategorized
Innovation requires frameworks with deliberate paths. Is the project new or traditional? Are the conditions right for the growth of trusted relationships? Is there clarity and transparency on the currency to drive the right behaviours? Are the decision gates...
by Phil Morle | Sep 26, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights
When starting a new venture, there are a bunch of reasons why the outcome can’t change. The team loves the solution. The team doesn’t have authority to change. The team is inspired by some other business and believes that replicating it will have equal...
by Clare Hallam | Sep 17, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights
Corporate innovation is something that is on the agenda for most CEO’s, executive leadership teams and boards of directors. If this is you, you may already be reviewing your innovation strategy. Have held workshops, hackathons and other innovation events in your...
by Phil Morle | Sep 12, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights
We have learned through our own work and through the Startup Genome Project, that startups that leap from idea to scale tend to fail. Like a building with weak foundations, startups need to discover the mechanics of a business model that customers love before...
by Phil Morle | Sep 12, 2016 | For Corporates, Insights
“Startups that succeed are those that iterate enough times before running out of resources.” Eric Ries In other words, how do we learn fast to build evidence of value we need in order to convince others to give us the next level of resources? Startups do...
