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 [...]
I recently had the privilege of judging at Startup Weekend Manila. The experience got me thinking about what makes a great Startup Weekend pitch. Those thoughts turned in to a blog post, which was published on thebobbery, a tech blog and website focused on the Philippines startup scene. Here’s the same post, reprinted with permission. [...]
I’m running a panel at the TiE Conference Sydney on October 10th. There is a solid group on the panel with me and I’d like to make sure it’s useful. What areas should we cover? What are the biggest challenges? What are the hardest things to do? Add your questions as comments below. Google+
This was the question I put to the audience at Sydstart on Monday. Lots of people are trying, lots of progress is being made, but are we kidding ourselves. We can’t beat the Valley We can’t be bigger than China We can’t have more mobiles than Indonesia We won’t get as much govt support as [...]
The Academy is most certainly underway and in terms of scholarships we were delighted to have successfully graduated our first scholarship student along with all attendees of the Building Lean Startups course. Presented by Phil Morle, the class looked at the science surrounding startup, taking his practical knowledge and applying it to their own projects, [...]
Our own Mick Liubinskas will take to the stage for Tech23 which is happening in Sydney this coming October. Mick will join fellow industry leaders to discuss all that is Tech for 2012. Pollenizer are delighted to be supporting the event, which comes into it’s fourth year and continues to boast an incredible lineup of [...]
Pollenizer events are getting bigger with significant milestones such as the launch of From Little Things events, the introduction of Pollenizer Academy and ongoing Lean Startup Bootcamps. We are constantly scouting for new people to come into Pollenizer and start fresh new businesses and join the team. Following the success of May’s Startup bootcamp, we are [...]
Is building an online community important to your start-up or business? Are you a Community Manager or community enthusiast who wants to connect with other Community Managers, share resources and best practices, soak up information and have brain waves whilst having an all-round awesome time? Well – swarm conference is for you! #swarmconf 2012 line-up [...]
Pollenizer Academy is currently taking enrollments for its first classes taking place in a number of weeks. This course has been established to train, educate and apply the knowledge used within Pollenizer. Having spent years training the team, Pollenizer has taken the opportunity to turn this practical knowledge into a course and produce an training [...]
Last week we welcomed Bjoern Lasse Herrmann to Pollenizer. Bjoern is the co-founder of the Startup Genome, a startup programme which aims to assist with increasing the success rates among startups. There is a constant perception of potential failure within Startups, startups contend with the label of risk and uncertainty. With the Startup Genome project, [...]
