Some things I’ve learnt about money, work & happiness
I moved to Australia from New Zealand during 2000 in my early twenties. Until then I’d never had a job that paid a wage. I had met Grant Thomas, manager of Neil Finn and some big Australian bands, when I…
Random news about Posse and me
I just wanted to highlight a few things this week, so this is not an official blog. 1. A few weeks ago, I posted about my fear in the lead up to speaking at TED. It truly was a terrifying…
A framework for making creative decisions
If you’ve produced anything, you know that creative decision making is challenging. If a project is big, (like for example a website or a record release) then the number of people involved increases and stakes of making good decisions increase. …
This is really hard!
‘If you’re not embarrassed by your first product release, you’ve released too late.‘ - LinkedIn founder & start-up guru, Reid Hoffman Today, I’m writing from my tiny hotel room in downtown Palo Alto. We launched Posse two…
Redesigning our strategy
When I came back from holiday at the start of this year, we were set to launch Posse in retail. We’d planned out the site: similar to music Posse except with stores instead of bands. They could list offers on…
Fear and failure
‘Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.’ Robert F. Kennedy Last weekend I did the scariest thing I’ve done in my life. I spoke at TED. And I spoke about capitalism rather than saving the world…
My pitching techniques
Right from the start I’ve pitched for investment, and pitched well. I started Posse in 2009 as a part-time side project; since then I’ve raised over $3 million from investors and $1.4 million in government grants. I’ve never had a…
The first six months
I started Posse a few years ago as a part-time offshoot of my band management company ‘Scorpio’. It’s only one and a half years since I raised my first round of capital, and I still make mistakes. But I learn,…
What entrepreneurs can learn from rockstars
In 2000 I moved to Sydney, and became a band manager eager to discover the next big thing, have fun and make some money along the way. I started by scouting around the industry, networked and sussed out how it all…
What 2 broken arms taught me
I came back from my January holiday excited by the prospect of 2012. It was my first real holiday for … I don’t know how long, and revived me. I was convinced this was the year our business would take…
