Appiness has come to a close. A HUGE thank you to everyone that made it such a great success. Everyone was a winner on the day but prizes were awarded to… Poppy – First place Binable – Second place Play2Up – Peoples’ Choice Spares – SAPI award Nine out of the 11 final pitches/demos are [...]
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 [...]
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, and this shows us discovering our [...]
Only 4.8% of Australian technology startups grow into successful, global companies whereas many more Silicon Valley (8%) and New York (6.7%) based startups reach scale, according to new research, Silicon Beach: a study of the Australian Startup Ecosystem, released this week by Pollenizer, From Little Things, Deloitte Private, and the global Startup Genome Project, The research compared more than 1,000 Australian [...]
Lots of happenings in the hive this month. We’re near the end of September, with the new term just around the the corner. See what’s happening in our Buzz Newsletter. If you haven’t yet subscribed, hit the subscribe button to get regular updates. Google+
We are very excited to announce that we are finally open in Singapore! It’s taken us a (fun) year to build up the required momentum and get to know the local community and we are proud and happy to have the new base + team up and running. Why Singapore? We started spending quality time [...]
At the end of the internship @Pollenizer, it’s great to reflect on a six-week adventure. My whole winter break evaporated into a roller coast ride of #flearnings, WIPs, customer interviews, and iterating to find problem-solution fit and product-market fit. I’ve been doing a lot of interviews this last week to understand the processes of developing [...]
The last 6 weeks at Pollenizer have been a tremendously positive experience. The highlight for me has definitely the people. A real focus is placed on an open, accessible exchange of information and ideas. The collaborative creative processes and enthusiastic approach to everything that gets done makes Pollenizer an awesome place to work. I’ve really [...]
My final week at Pollenizer and I’m not sure whether things have slowed down or that this week just seemed a bit more consistent than usual. Throughout the work I have been able to work on my University presentation with the intention of presenting part of it at X-Poll this week. While in previous posts [...]
Talent has been very active at Pollenizer over the last year. We are very lucky to have the team that we have; its commitment, effort and collective motion makes Pollenizer what it is. The Talent and HR hub needs to ensure that we not only attract amazing talent, but we keep our shining stars happy [...]
