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 Angie Antzoulatos | Jan 24, 2017 | For Entrepreneurs
Yes, you read right – sexy. How can Customer Experience (CX) be sexy? If you are a startup providing B2B or B2C products or services, CX can be sexy when you implement a simple framework enabling you to “build-measure-learn” from your customers. Taking an...
by Nicola Farrell | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
One of the first things I learned working at Pollenizer was to ‘sell before you build’. Years on, old habits die hard. The process of inventing while selling, is nothing short of an art. Being resourceful, while demonstrating value you are yet to create. It’s...
by Amee Miranda | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
I sat down and had a chat with Damien Metcalf, Pollenizer’s Creative Director. He recently led Pollenizer’s rebrand, which launched earlier this year. In our conversation, Damien shared his thinking behind the rebranding process and the lessons he learned during this...
by Amee Miranda | Dec 6, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Fernando Parra is Pollenizer’s Product Manager. It’s been a big year for Fernando and the Engineering Team. They’ve been at work building the Startup Science app – a solution enabling Startup Founders and Innovation Managers to measure and manage new growth in...
by Amee Miranda | Nov 17, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
We interviewed Athol Whitten, Founder and CEO of Mezo. He has spent the last eight months in our incubation program after being awarded a place through DataStart, a program in partnership with the Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Tell us a...
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 Tim Parsons | Nov 8, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
Lately at Pollenizer, we’ve been thinking a lot about eXponential Organisations and how to help with rapid societal change. Last night, we launched an event focused on the future of money called Free | Money, sponsored by ASX500 lender Pepper Money. Here’s 10 things...
by Andrew Murphy | Nov 8, 2016 | For Entrepreneurs, Insights
So you’ve founded a startup with you and your buddies working around the table until 2am every night. But before you go on tour, let’s talk about keeping the band together. You can find the first part of this post here. The Balancing Act. It is crucial to get a...
