| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.09.2016 | Portfolio mining: The easy way to get introduced to venture capitalists | You know why emailing venture capitals asking for cash never works? Because everyone does it.
When reaching out to VCs, you need to set yourself apart from the pack. The way you do that is via introductions.
“But Thomas, I don’t know anyone... |
| 01.03.2016 | Pollenizer marks eighth birthday with large expansion plans | Sydney-based startup incubator Pollenizer has marked its eighth birthday by unveiling large expansion plans that will take the organisation to Melbourne and south-east Asia.
Bringing the innovation and startup consultancy to Melbourne is a ... |
| 12.02.2016 | Pitching The Community | I’ve run a few pitch workshops over the last few months, including Open Mic Night this week at Sixty27, and there’s more pitch sessions coming up. So I thought I’d share some of the stuff I’ve learned.
A pitch is a “Persuasive Summary of Yo... |
| 02.11.2015 | Government open data offer presents “wealth of opportunities” to startups | The government will be opening treasure troves of public data as part of a pilot program aiming to encourage innovation in e-governance.
The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet will be working with Pollenizer for DataStart – an ope... |
| 28.09.2015 | Atlassian $US3 billion listing shows world what Australia can do | Pic: Atlassian’s Sydney office celebrates the company reaching 40,000 customers last November.
Atlassian’s upcoming public listing in the US shows that Australian startups can succeed on a world stage, Pollenizer chief startup scientist Phi... |
| 25.09.2015 | Reffind takes WooBoard on board | A Sydney-based startup that began as hand-written thank yous on post-it notes has been acquired by ASX-listed human resources tech startup Reffind.
WooBoard was borne out of Pollenizer co-founder Mick Liubinskas’s days working at IBM in the... |
| 15.07.2015 | Hey SydStart, looking for female conference speakers? Here are almost 50 women you could call for starters | All-male panels have become an all too common sight.
Recently we’ve seen one of Australia’s biggest startup conferences, SydStart, announce its first round of speakers without any women featured, although they’re promising there are female ... |
| 10.06.2015 | Life inside a Technology Accelerator: Week One | The importance of conversations; What hanging out at truck stops taught me about customer development.
The first week of the Amcom Upstart technology accelerator was rather intensive. It has involved meetings and/or workshops every day of t... |
| 26.05.2015 | Startup Weekend Perth #6 Wrap-up | I got to Facilitate the last Startup Weekend Perth, so this wrap-up is a bit personal. Forgive me if I depart from the usual event wrap-up format and indulge in a bit of opinion.
First, the facts: we had about 140 attendees, made up of roug... |
| 21.05.2015 | Muru-D to host startup workshops for indigenous Australians, says that’s just the start | Sydney-based startup accelerator muru-D is looking to give indigenous Australians a leg-up when it comes to turning their business idea into a fully-fledged technology company.
The national accelerator, which is backed by Telstra, will hold... |
| 18.02.2015 | Want to sell your startup for millions of dollars? Start planning yesterday | Founders of Australian tech startups should be planning their exit early on, according to the founder of 1Form.
Chris Koch and his co-founder sold their startup to realestate.com last year for $15 million after launching the business in 200... |
| 07.01.2015 | Is your startup prepared to raise capital? | As a startup founder about to raise capital, it’s likely that your focus is on your product (metrics, projections, etc). This may include how to pitch your story and your team in a way that will inspire investors to buy into your dream.
Wit... |
| 06.01.2015 | Four things to keep in mind when considering a pivot | Many Australian startups have pivoted into successful companies. But how do you know it’s the right time to change the direction of your company, or the product or service it provides?
StartupSmart spoke to several entrepreneurs for their t... |
| 01.12.2014 | Muru-D’s “Get-Started Perth” This Thursday | Muru-D are a Sydneyside accelerator that have shown a sporadic interest in the Perth startup community, and have partnered with Pollenizer before to bring us workshops and interesting stuff. They’re doing another free workshop this Thursday... |
| 18.11.2014 | Startups are the new corporates, corporates are the new startups | Everybody wants to be startup. Recently, The Guardian claimed they were one, along with Westpac and a number of other large and well-established companies. And if they’re not claiming to be one, they certainly want to get in on the startup ... |
| 14.11.2014 | The hard truth about startups in Australia | Startups are a bit of a thing in Australia right now. You probably know or have heard of someone who has recently become involved with a startup – or may even be that person, yourself.
It is no big surprise, considering the steady decline o... |
| 10.11.2014 | Should you stay or should you go? The big question for many Australian startups | Startup founders need to get out of Australia and see the standard set by entrepreneurs in successful tech hubs around the world, according to Startup Victoria’s Scott Handsaker, but that does not necessarily mean they should move there.
“N... |
| 13.10.2014 | Reported changes to Significant Investor Visa could see better VC access for startups | Increasing access to venture capital for startups should be the goal of changes to the Significant Investor Visa, according to OneVentures managing partner Dr Michelle Deaker.
The government’s National Industry Investment and Competitivenes... |
| 07.10.2014 | It’s time for the government to step up and startup | It’s easy to understand why most people believed this internet thing was a bit of a hoax. After a major amount of hype in the mid-1990s (when most normal people connected to the internet) we were showered in promises of an impending technol... |
| 29.09.2014 | The top 15 tips in applying for a tech accelerator | I’ve just finished reviewing 180 business pitches for muru-D and will look at another 100+ for Startmate over the next few weeks.
I’ve whipped together my thoughts on the written applications submitted:
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| 25.09.2014 | Pollenizer shifts to help businesses disrupt themselves | One of Australia’s first startup incubators Pollenizer is shifting its focus from helping individuals create startups, to assisting big corporates like Optus spin out their own startups.
Pollenizer co-founder and chief executive officer Phi... |
| 24.09.2014 | Pollenizer shifts to help businesses disrupt themselves | One of Australia’s first startup incubators Pollenizer is shifting its focus from helping individuals create startups, to assisting big corporates like Optus spin out their own startups.
Pollenizer co-founder and chief executive officer Phi... |
| 11.08.2014 | Five reasons why startups need to focus on sales | Startups are hard. But life is better when you have sales. Here is why I encourage people to spend a ratio of 50:1 on sales versus capital.
Startups are far too ‘popular’ right now and, unfortunately, reading too much TechCrunch will have y... |
| 22.07.2014 | Two of Australia’s leading incubators launch online courses on the same day | Startup incubators Pollenizer and BlueChilli have, unbeknown to each other, both launched new online courses which they hope make their advice more accessible to time-poor and cash-strapped entrepreneurs.
BlueChilli chief growth hacker Alan... |
| 23.06.2014 | Pollenizer launches an online community to help entrepreneurs connect | Pollenizer has officially launched a new online community, called the Pollenizer Guild, which is designed to help startup entrepreneurs connect with one another.
The free online community offers a weekly newsletter, a range of startup tools... |
| 20.06.2014 | Pollenizer launches an online community to help entrepreneurs connect | Pollenizer has officially launched a new online community, called the Pollenizer Guild, which is designed to help startup entrepreneurs connect with one another.
The free online community offers a weekly newsletter, a range of startup tools... |
| 18.06.2014 | The who, what and when of R&D tax incentives for Australian startups | If you are just starting out in business you may not be familiar with Research & Development Tax Incentives (R&D) available from the Australian government.
They offer help to businesses by offsetting some of the costs of performing ... |
| 29.05.2014 | Top five things big companies can do right now to benefit from a startup culture | We all know that startups have a different way of doing things to large established business. And many of these business practices have a significant advantage as the world around us changes at a rapid fire pace.
So what to do about it? Gla... |
| 20.05.2014 | Top 10 things employees must know before making the leap to becoming an entrepreneur | I spent a large part of my career in a marketing capacity working for large consumer goods companies – in fact, two of the world’s biggest.
In doing so, and through having such blue chip training, I thought I knew a thing or two about busin... |
| 07.05.2014 | Why not every startup needs a tech co-founder | How do you start a web business when you don’t know how to code?
Eventually you will need engineers, but you don’t need them at the start. In fact, I would argue there are things you MUST DO before you ask an engineer to join your startup. ... |
| 11.04.2014 | Faking it ‘til you make it | We asked a number of well-known Australian entrepreneurs to share their stories around “faking it ‘til you make it”. Here’s what they had to say:
“When I was 17 my friend and I got asked to install a 10 computer network at a local business.... |
| 08.04.2014 | VIDEO: How I validated my startup idea: Edwin Onggo from GiggedIn | Even a brilliantly creative idea is not enough on its own to build a booming startup. The first major challenge many founder fails at is validating their idea.
Startup mentor and Pollenizer cofounder Phil Morle shared his tips on how to act... |
| 02.04.2014 | How to know when your startup idea is validated? | The author of the book Running Lean and successful startup founder Ash Maurya says “the true product of an entrepreneur is not the solution, but a working business model. The real job of an entrepreneur is to systematically de-risk that bus... |
| 26.03.2014 | Sick of being the team’s “weak link”, this founder is committed to learning how to code | Sam Birmingham has played a key role in developing the Perth ecosystem, and a couple of startups, so far. And this month, he’s going to learn how to code come hell or high water.
He’s picking a project, making a plan and calling for similar... |
| 20.03.2014 | Pollenizer move improves access to budding entrepreneur community | Australia’s first startup incubator, Pollenizer, will be moving its Australian operations to Hub Sydney, forging a relationship with one of Australia’s largest communities of entrepreneurs.
The move means Pollenizer will have group regional... |
| 19.03.2014 | Get started on a new business with this one day action plan | This is an action plan to get a new business started. As long as it stays is in your mind and not in the world, your business will stay a dream. You will never know if it could have been real. So let’s begin.
Starting a new business is huge... |
| 24.02.2014 | Excitement At Startup Weekend Perth 2014. Mayor Of Perth Wants “More of that” | Start of the evening
What really happened at Startup weekend? Read on as Barry Newman-Sparks lets out a few secrets of the weekend as they unfolded…
Startup Weekend was finally here and the most widely anticipated event in the Perth calenda... |
| 07.10.2013 | oDesk Launches Startup Accelerator Partnership Program | Redwood City, CA-based online workplace oDesk announced the launch of a new startup accelerator partnership program called oDesk Upstarts.
The program will help startups in 20+ partner accelerator programs delegate tasks in tech hubs, inclu... |
| 10.01.2013 | Stephen Collins – Founder of acidlabs | And we’re back with our first interview of 2013 where we get to know a little bit more about the founder of acidlabs and one of the organisers of TEDxCanberra, Stephen Collins. You can find Stephen in Canberra most of the time, where he’s s... |
| 14.11.2012 | Andrew Coates: Founder of MoneyTribe and Cloudsuper | In our second interview this week, we’re chatting to Andrew Coates, founder of Moneytribe and CloudSuper. Andrew started in media sales at Nine Network, MBA’d up then worked at Accenture’s Strategy practice until the first Dot com boom. In ... |
| 24.10.2012 | Eight top tips to winning a Startup Weekend | It’s fast approaching Startup Weekend time again – the quick-fire start-up get together is set to return to Sydney on November 9.
Last year, the 54-hour sprint to dream up and create a venture was held in more than 100 countries around the ... |
| 13.04.2012 | Eric Ries pays Pollenizer a visit – five things you can learn | Team members at Sydney-based tech incubator Pollenizer have outlined lessons learnt from start-up guru Eric Ries, who visited Pollenizer earlier this month as part of a trip to Australia.
Ries, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, is the author o... |
| 08.11.2011 | Pollenizer invites start-ups to take piece of new $1.1 million fund | Tech incubator Pollenizer is encouraging late applications to its start-up program after closing a $1.1 million funding round.
As StartupSmart reported last month, the Sydney-based hub has lured new, as well as repeat, investors to contribu... |
| 03.10.2011 | Five essential cloud-based tools for start-ups | A couple of years ago, business owners didn’t think about the cloud unless they were flying through one on the way to a major client meeting.
How times have changed. Not only is cloud, or web-based, technology providing start-ups with great... |
| 23.05.2011 | How to snare a US investor | The business world has been abuzz with talk of a second dotcom bubble, fuelled by the huge public debut by LinkedIn last week.
Whether ‘bubble 2.0’ bursts as spectacularly as its predecessor in the early 2000s or not remains to be seen, but... |
| 10.01.2011 | Helping start-ups go global | ANZA Technology Network helps Australian start-ups crack the US and Chinese markets through a series of workshops, webinars and paid-for programs.
StartupSmart speaks to Viki Forrest, CEO of the San Francisco-based network, to find out if A... |
| 16.12.2010 | Pollenizer to invest $500,000 in tech start-ups | Australian start-up incubator Pollenizer has raised $500,000 for a new seed fund it will use to invest in early-stage technology start-ups.
Pollenizer co-founder Mick Liubinskas says he hopes to invest all the money into 10 start-ups by Jun... |
| 06.12.2010 | Sentralize.com.au | Byron Teu put his career as a doctor on ice to work full-time on his start-up Sentralize.com.au, an “intelligent digital curation tool” that provides aggregated content-filled websites to clients.
Teu spoke to StartupSmart to explain why he... |
| 14.09.2009 | Pitch Glut: 220 Web Startups Launch in Two Weeks | I joked that one of the best reasons to go to events such as TechCrunch50, which starts today, and DEMO, which runs September 21st to 23rd, is to get good user names for all of the new services. The startups launch right in front of you, an... |
| 01.05.2009 | First-Mover Advantage Is About Compound Interest, Not Market Share | “It is the greatest mathematical discovery of all time.” – Albert Einstein on compound interest.
There is a fallacy that startups need to be super-secretive and then, when they launch, move very fast to capture the market. This is rarely tr... |
