Michelle from StartupSmart is leaving Australia for Canada, snow and adventure. Michelle, from Pollenizer and especially from WooBoard, thanks so much for caring about startups and producing so much great content over the past few years. Best of luck and keep in touch! Google+
Lean Startup Machine took place last month at Fishburner’s co-working space in Ultimo. Lean Startup Machine is a metrics-driven startup competition where you will be taught how to identify the key risks in launching or scaling your business idea. Winning the competition and taking away some awesome prizes were Pixc, a mobile app helping individuals automate the editing of their product [...]
I’ve met with dozens of folks over the past months who are interested in the Singapore startup scene. The questions they asked were often similar, so I thought I would take a crack at writing up my standard responses. For the record, this post is not meant to replace a good coffee chat, just to [...]
Four Pollenizer businesses require co-founders. All businesses are very young and need gutsy entrepreneurs with the audacity to believe that they can pull off a global business with limited resources. First you need to be interested in one of these opportunities: Fitbit for Your House – collaborate with your social network to use energy more [...]
Telstra is partnering with Pollenizer to deliver Appiness, a hackathon for people who love to build and make a difference. Designers, engineers, entrepreneurs and anyone in between are invited to gather for two and a half days of hacking, hustling and creativity. With the aim of making brand new apps for chosen Not-For-Profits (NFPs) to [...]
The law of the excluded middle states that: “for any proposition, either that proposition is true, or its negation is”. I’ve been thinking about this philosophical pearl as it applies to the holy grail of startup propositions: “[Startup X] has achieved product/market fit”. A strict interpretation of the rule makes the proposition black and white, i.e., either [...]
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 hand can be a very tempting proposition for [...]
Photo courtesty of dierken There are a few articles on why startups are not just smaller versions of companies but these articles focus on what this means for the process and the product/market side. So what does this mean for the financial and operations side of the business? Here’s a few things to keep in [...]
Pygg has recently been diving deep into solving the cash issue in public schools. Every school day thousands of children across Australia carry cash to schools for payments relating to excursions, fees, sports days etc. For a five year old, this is plain crazy. We started solving the pain of these cash transactions with our cashless [...]
It was a sunny Monday morning 14th April 2008 when I strolled across the street to embark on what was my first day at Pollenizer. A couple of weeks earlier I’d met Phil at a neighbours BBQ, we talked about Pollenizer and he shared the pain he endured in setting up MYOB and that is [...]
by: Isaac Souweine
I've met with dozens of folks over the past months who are interested in the Singapore startup scene [...]
Photos from 16/12/2012
by: Mick Liubinskas
Michelle from StartupSmart is leaving Australia for Canada, snow and adventure. Michelle, from Pollenizer and especially from WooBoard, thanks so much for caring about start [...]
