James Tuckerman
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Three things to never say to an Australian venture capitalist
Not only does Adventure Capital’s Stuart Richardson have a great hairdresser (we share the same barber) but he knows a thing or two about pitching for venture capital. This is because he lives at the receiving end of hundreds of pitches every week.
Knowing when to call it quits. Barkles breaks the news with a remarkable email. [HUMP DUMP]
Last week, I was surprised to receive this linked email from Barkles, an online debating platform. The startup, barely a year old, was calling it quits. I suppose that’s not so unusual. The mortality rate for start ups in Australia has always been high. What was unusual, however, was the candid nature that the Barkles founders, Diesel Laws and Jay Whiting, approached their sad news.
Is this the best or worst promotion for a startup space you’ve ever seen?
Large companies spend big bucks on making their organisations look uber-sophisticated and polished. This video, on the other hand, took three minutes and 12 seconds to film and maybe a little less to edit. (Maybe.) It’s a very ‘lean’ debut for a much needed addition to the Queensland startup ecosystem. And that’s exactly how it should be.
Here’s why saying ‘My customers are not on Facebook’ is like saying ‘My customers don’t watch television’. It’s kinda stoopid.
An old buddy of mine recently mentioned that his business had no place on Facebook. What my unsuspecting friend didn’t realise was that, on the following day, I was scheduled to make a presentation on “How to create a self-building, largely self-managing Facebook prospect base” on behalf of Interactive Minds. While that exchange lasted, maybe, 45 minutes, I have distilled my main arguments into this two-minute hump dump.
Facebook Interactive Minds Presentation
Please find the presentation from the Interactive Minds seminar, hosted on Wednesday 4 April, below. Simply click the forward arrow to walk yourself through the presentation. Support Anthill by subscribing to our newsletter.
A community is not a business (Or, “How do I monetise my web business?”)
In this clip, I answer a surprisingly common question: How do I monetise my web business? Firstly, let me just say, if you aren’t monetising it, it ain’t a business. It’s a community. And, most likely, it’s an unsustainable community. Because, for any community to last, at some point someone needs to get paid.
What’s better than an elevator pitch? A Gaddie Pitch! [VIDEO]
In this clip, filmed at the Fishberners Incubator in Ultimo Sydney, I look kind of crazy. I’d just disembarked from a super-early flight and the iPhone strangely reversed everything, including my facial expessions. (Weird.) But there’s nothing crazy, strange or weird about the pitching technique that is the focus of this week’s Hump Dump.
Do your clients and business partners make you laugh? It’s the first rule of a successful commercial relationship.
A casual breakfast conversation with MCR’s Peter Christo about kids, family and friendship prompted this week’s Hump Dump. Why do so many of us fail to follow the same principles we apply to our personal relationships when conducting business? Perhaps we could all learn something from Peter’s conversation with a five year old.
The Herald Sun Paywall: The nitty gritty on how Australia’s largest daily newspaper is going freemium.
Last night, I was privileged to find myself among a small group of Melbourne digital influencers and a handful of News Ltd executives to witness the unveiling of the Herald Sun’s new online offering (due to be rolled out from next Monday). More importantly (and rather unexpectedly), we found ourselves being treated to a candid discussion about News Ltd’s plans for monetising this site, the new digital home of Australia’s highest circulating daily newspaper.
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I’ve always been a little afraid of Steve Ballmer. This video doesn’t help. In 1985, on November 20, Microsoft released Windows 1.0. Steve Ballmer, ever the affable chap, stepped in front of the camera to sell this amazing new product.
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