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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • 1-day scores TradeMe daily deal coup

    2011-10-13 12:07:58 // Esther Goh
    TradeMe is handing over its homepage daily deals to 1-day from next month.

  • The mythical startup: pinch me

    2011-05-17 08:51:39 // Rowan Simpson // The Idealog Blog
    These days most of the people I talk to think just their idea alone is worth more like a million dollars. This is crazy.

  • The mythical startup: the firehose

    2011-05-13 11:45:34 // Rowan Simpson // The Idealog Blog
    Like every other overnight success, Trade Me was years in the making.

  • The mythical startup: eureka

    2011-05-10 11:25:18 // Aaron Smale // The Idealog Blog | 1 comment
    How to find out which parts of your product to be embarrassed about.

  • The mythical startup: one-man band

    2011-05-09 11:11:58 // Rowan Simpson // The Idealog Blog
    In the second instalment of his series, Rowan Simpson builds your dream team.

  • The mythical startup [The mythical startup: a guide for entrepreneurs]

    2011-05-06 09:49:12 // Rowan Simpson // Idealog #33: features | 1 comment
    An online idea that’s snapped up for squillions—it’s the modern fairytale, but tech startups don’t always have a happy ending. Rowan Simpson has been a key part of startups-done-right Trade Me and Xero, and as a tech investor he’s been pitched some great ideas and some real dogs. Along the way, he’s learned a few things about building teams, raising cash, learning from mistakes and getting customers who pay.

  • The mythical startup

    2011-05-06 09:47:51 // Rowan Simpson // The Idealog Blog
    Idealog #33 includes an essay by Rowan Simpson on ‘the mythical startup’. He introduces a series of blog posts expanding on his essay.

  • The road to Rubber Monkey

    2008-08-08 11:57:01 // Peter Griffin // Idealog #16: features | 2 comments
    Nigel Stanford tried his hand at music and design but made his fortune on the web, creating social sites and running Trade Me when Sam Morgan left town. Now he’s moving into movies with his own studio. Peter Griffin tracks his strange journey. Plus Trade Me’s fab four and trading places