by Phil Morle | Apr 28, 2013 | Startup Finops, Uncategorized
Whether you are a startup looking to hire a contractor or you yourself are providing a service and issuing an invoice it is important that you know your stuff to avoid finding yourself in hot water. Startup Obligations as an employer Hiring a contractor as a helping...
by Phil Morle | Mar 20, 2013 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops, Uncategorized
The best chance of success for angel investors is to make 20 small, early investments and follow on with the winners. How can you hope to do that in Australia? Angel investment is a wonderful opportunity. You get to make a huge impact on a team of people, enjoy the...
by Phil Morle | Mar 3, 2013 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops, Uncategorized
Updates March 2014: e27 on Singapore exits March 2014: Tech in Asia M&A tag March 2014: Tech in Asia Singtel Acquisition cheatsheet June 2013: Asia eCommerce Report. More exits. Still low valuations Pollenizer is a company builder. Our business model is to create...
by Phil Morle | Feb 12, 2013 | Australia, Capital Raising, Startup Ecosystems & Events, Startup Finops, Uncategorized
There has been a bit of noise lately about share options in Australia and Niki and I have been chatting on Twitter about it. The summary of the problem is that if you’ve got a startup with some value and you offer options to an employee or advisor then they need...
by Phil Morle | Oct 7, 2012 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops, Uncategorized
What have I learnt? Recently I’ve been spending most of my time making follow-on investments and helping businesses raise capital. This can be an exhaustive and very time consuming process for founders, and also particularly stressful when your business is...
by Phil Morle | Jun 14, 2012 | Startup Finops
We use a template which gives you a simple way to think through the financial mechanics of your startup early. You can check it out here and down load a copy or make a copy; It’s good for; Back of the envelope understanding of capital required, break even and...
by Phil Morle | May 22, 2012 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops
I decided to get into Angel investing because I believe that the next best thing to being the founder of a successful business, is to be an investor in a successful business. I’m not the sort of person who is likely to lock myself in a room and spend hours...
by Phil Morle | Apr 18, 2012 | Startup Finops
Are you innovating with technology? I mean really innovating? Experimenting, taking risks, going where no (wo)man has gone before? If you are, then you’re eligible for the Research and Development Tax Incentive. The programme is jointly administered...
by Phil Morle | Apr 17, 2012 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops
I’m starting a new IM (information memorandum) for raising capital and thought I’d outline my process. Write the pitch deck. Write the executive summary Write the IM Re-write the executive summary Re-write the pitch deck. Obviously with lots of trials and...
by Phil Morle | Nov 13, 2011 | Capital Raising, Startup Finops
For a startup, there are three things you need to develop: a product, a customer, an investor. Recently at Pollenizer we had an epiphany. Well, it was more of an observation of what was happening, but it was just as powerful. Like all startups, we have a limited time...
by Phil Morle | Sep 23, 2011 | #new, Capital Raising, Raising Capital, Startup Finops
UPDATED: June 2014 Looking for money is always hard. Here is a list of the options we know of in Australia. Accelerators Startmate Startmate is a group of startup executives offering mentorship and seed financing to founders of Internet and software businesses based...
by Phil Morle | May 10, 2011 | Startup Finops
For most bootstrapped startups cash for a bookkeeper is often considered a luxury rather than a necessity and often only implemented when the business is well underway and the founder no longer has the time to maintain spreadsheets and a shoebox full of...
