by Phil Morle | Dec 18, 2012 | Annual Reviews, Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
This year has been massive. We now have the nucleus of a global venture business which excites us and 2013 will be the year to create momentum around that core. I thought I’d share some of our learnings that may prove helpful to others. Pollenizer is a startup too,...
by Phil Morle | Dec 17, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle — best known for the Sherlock Holmes series — said it was a capital mistake to theorise before one had data. Today, data drives the decisions of business, and of startups, but when it comes to data on what makes the Australian...
by Phil Morle | Dec 17, 2012 | Annual Reviews, Pollenizer News, Uncategorized
It’s been another huge year. Pollenizer created 6 new businesses, turned 4 years old, learned, flearned, rebranded, opened an office in Southeast Asia, established a training school and published a book! Pollenizer’s 2012 Timeline – The Lean Version...
by Phil Morle | Dec 17, 2012 | Startup Science, Uncategorized
You know we are big on focus. Mick’s focus talk is famous through-out the startup world and we even published a book on the subject. But focus is hard. Mick even starts his talk these days with the confession that he is terrible at it. Frankly, we all are. We...
by Phil Morle | Dec 14, 2012 | Opinion, Uncategorized
One of our goals in publishing FLT is to encourage founders to contribute — agree, disagree, expand on topics, share stories and tell us what we could be doing better to help foster the local tech startup community. It’s still early days, so there hasn’t...
by Phil Morle | Dec 14, 2012 | Resources, Uncategorized
It’s a trade-off often faced by startups: you’re told to ship quickly, and out of financial necessity you have to. But shipping something unpolished could have a cost down the track: in time spent re-coding elements of your platform, or costs to replace a...
by Phil Morle | Dec 13, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Behavioural design consultant Ash Donaldson has worked with companies like Wotif, the Commonwealth Bank, and Telstra. He says understanding user experience helps companies design products that people care about, and want to use. And of course, one of the companies...
by Phil Morle | Dec 13, 2012 | Opinion, Resources, Uncategorized
It’s that time of year where we’re flooded with stories about the year that was — everyone always loves the ‘wrap-up’ season. Twitter built its own Twitter in 2012 website. Google created its own zeitgeist too. This week, FLT got along to...
by Phil Morle | Dec 12, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Ned Dwyer first met Leni Mayo, a founding investor at 99designs and co-founder of Learnable, while studying a Bachelor of Entrepreneurship at Melbourne’s RMIT, where Mayo does the occasional guest lecture. The pair crossed paths again at Melbourne’s 2011...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Launching a financial startup in Australia has its challenges, with complex regulations to navigate, and a market dominated by the big banks. Despite these difficulties, there are an increasing number of Australian financial startups launching products in direct...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
The not-for-profit global network for Australians overseas, Advance, is calling for applications for its 2013 Innovation program. The Innovation program provides 25 Australian startup companies the opportunity to refine their business model and pitch, through...
by Phil Morle | Dec 7, 2012 | Startup Profiles, Uncategorized
Technology startup accelerator Startmate this week announced the eight teams to have earned a coveted spot in its 2013 program. Each of these companies will receive a $50,000 investment, as well as intensive mentoring and coaching from a who’s who line-up of...
