The power of the prototype (June 12th, 2009 - 1,014 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 - 1,076 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 - 1,948 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 A-Team who can execute: 30% [...]
How Eddie Harran got to San Francisco (April 25th, 2009 - 1,142 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 [...]
She holds the Deck Of Secrets (April 20th, 2009 - 1,327 views)
Ned Dwyer interviewed Michelle in a newsletter for The Hive - I thought I would copy / paste it for you. Update: The latest Apple TV Commercial features the EAT.sydney app, watch it on Youtube.
Michelle Matthews (@secretshq) is the founder of Shopping Secrets and publisher of Deck of Secrets, a guide to the best bars, restaurants and [...]
