Reworking business with Jason Fried (March 14th, 2010 - 1,008 views)
Jason Fried just spoke at SXSWi about his new book, REWORK. He reminds me of the simple reason I enjoy running The Hive entrepreneurial networking group - it is really refreshing to see people talk passionately and authentically about how they do things. Watch this video: Jason Fried is somebody I have been following since the days [...]
The power of the prototype (June 12th, 2009 - 1,416 views)
At any networking event there is a healthy dose of “so, what do you do?” and last night at the Churchill Club was no different. The best reply that I saw though came from Scott Kilmartin from haul. If somebody asked me what Scott does I would have said something like “he makes satchel bags and [...]
Emergent events with realtime backchannels (May 19th, 2009 - 1,721 views)
Having run and participated in a number of interesting events recently I have been thinking about the formats that we use, and which structures produce an effective environment for engagement and constructive collaboration. It strikes me as odd that although I’m writing from the ‘Future Summit‘, that we are using the same elements as we [...]
How to create a winning business pitch presentation (May 4th, 2009 - 3,115 views)
In 2008 I was involved in two business plan pitching competitions and I wanted to share with you the process my teams used to come up with our award-winning pitch presentations. Start of Presentation: 100% Risk, 0% Reward Demonstrate market demand: 80% Risk Demonstrate well-targeted solution: 60% Risk Demonstrate coherent business model: 40% Risk Demonstrate [...]
How Eddie Harran got to San Francisco (April 25th, 2009 - 1,714 views)
I met up with Edward Harran (@edwardharran) before The Hive Brisbane a few weeks ago and he was telling me about how after winning a scholarship to go to the NTEN Conference in San Francisco he needed to raise the funds for flights. I don’t think anything could stop Eddie – here’s how he did [...]
