This is still really hard!
‘God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.’ – The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr A few weeks ago I wrote about my pain and…
It’s amazing what can be achieved under pressure
‘We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organise and measure the best of our energies and skills,…
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…
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…
