Had lunch with an old friend Michael Derrick (see below) who has been wise counsel and mentor to me over the years.
We usually talk business and got to discussing people and teams.
I made the comment that a running a business and staffing it with a team is like driving the 389 Bus from Circular Quay to Bondi Beach and you as the founder are the bus driver and fare collector.
The 389 winds its way from the city through a whole bunch of hipster (now) suburbs and ends up at Bondi Beach.
People get on the bus, people get off the bus, not everyone is going to Bondi Beach, not every one is onboard for the [...]
WordPress is a web juggernaut. There are an estimated ~70 million blogs powered by WordPress and a good portion of those are businesses.
While I love WordPress and have been using it for 9-10 years it is still lacking in some hardcore business functionality.
If we accept WordPress is a huge play in the business market and we accept that a critical aspect of marketing and customer acquisition is attracting and communicating with existing and potential customers then these ideas are pretty critical to fulfilling that mission, however the existing solutions just don’t cut it.
Here are some pressing needs for [...]
Have a look here before you sign up to any SAAS service to see if there is a discount on offer.
Startup Name SaaS Invaders What problem are you solving? For startups / partners : we offer better visibility What is your solution? Private sales website of SaaS web tools for Startups. Every week SaaS Invaders lets discover a selection of 4 web tools with great discount. Target Market Startup profiles How will you make money? We take a percentage on sales Tell us about the market & founders, why is this a great opportunity? Member side : This website doesn’t provide an infinite number of solution but renewed every time with new offers and new discounts; the [...]About two years ago I put together a list of problems/business ideas that I thought really needed solving. This was a really popular story and still receives a lot of Google traffic.
Lot’s of people looking for interesting problems to solve.
I see a lot of pitches either via email or in person, over 400 (370 through our pitch form in the last 3 months) in the last 6 months and despite this there are a stack of interesting problems I am not seeing in development.
Here are a few business ideas for Drone Startups if you are still trying to work out what you want to work on.
Air Traffic Control Systems for [...]This huge machine is Ian’s company BT Imaging’s QS-W2 , the photovoltaics industry’s premier silicon wafer robotic inspection system.
Justin Blows, Principal of Phoenix Intellectual Property, interviews one of our long time contributors Dr Ian Maxwell about IP & Startups.
Ian has a wealth of experience with high-tech start-ups in Australia. He has run start-ups in areas as diverse as polymers, water treatment, medical diagnostics, ICT, touch screens, solar technology and software apps. He has also been a venture capital partner and invested in many more start-ups.
With all this experience, I couldn’t wait to discuss patents and start-ups with [...]
Great idea for Australian companies, would be good to see it extended to other countries as well.
Startup Name Business Name Chooser What problem are you solving? When you are starting a business there are many vital activities that you have to do. Choosing the name for your business often sets the tone, form and brand for your new venture, and it’s hard to think of a logo or website look and feel before you have the name set.You don’t want to tell friends and colleagues before you have a name either – firstly, it’s hard to explain without a ‘handle’ and secondly you don’t want anyone borrowing your idea! You can brainstorm up a bunch of different names, [...]
Tonight I had to stop in to buy a bottle of wine from our local superstore and was made a very attractive offer on a product if I signed up to the retailers club.
Normally I refuse all loyalty schemes, I read 1984 when I was a teenager and I loath being tracked by anyone, but the offer did seem rather good so I agreed.
So the assistant drags me away from the cash register (if that seems like a dumb idea thats because it is) and starts asking me all these detailed questions, full name, Date of Birth, address, email and phone number. etc….
I didn’t get to the bottom of the screen before I ended up saying [...]
There is a huge foodie following in the U.K, and in the recent years the food industry has gone crazy. I think niche social networks where users can connect with a small group who have similar interests are the future. We [...]
