Entrepreneur, community builder, writer and advisor
In the last couple of years, the popularity of the word hustler has soared. Especially in tech land where you often hear the combination of hacker, hipster and hustler to represent a dream founding team (i.e. development, design and business). I haven’t tended to use the term to describe myself… for one thing, ‘hustler’ seemed synonymous with porn […]
I was riding the subway today thinking about product and brand evolution. Part of what I love about technology is that it changes so quickly and instead of forgetting about origins, the early days of a product or identity have to be embraced in the story. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine is also good like […]
Humble beginnings in the box… A couple of months ago Ryan Hoover wrote a great post on email-first startups. It really resonated with me as it articulated our journey at The Fetch better than I could. Two years ago when I sent out the first curated digest of events in Melbourne, I received a fair […]
I know, I know, where have I been, right? Can’t believe it’s a month since my last update. And I started the year like a blogging machine. #fail Anyway, there is a reason… I just moved to NYC. Yep, I’m hanging up my minimalist and digital vagabond shoes for a while, and now have a […]
#Edit: Jun 10 – we are hiring a content manager/editor# #Edit: Feb 25 – we have closed applications for this role for now# Just tried reblogging a post via WordPress and it was a bit of a fail – apologies if you got an email notification! Anyway, you might have seen on The Fetch Blog that […]
Community is a long-term slog… I’ve been wanting to cherry pick some of the info from my community management (mostly startup-focused) classes and share it here for a while. For starters, here are five top-level tips to help guide your community strategy below. Expect more over the coming months. 1) Be honest about your product roadmap […]
On my to-do list for a long time has been to get on to some official outreach for our company. However, a year in and I’m still yet to send out a press release or email journalists about us. So, it’s reassuring that we started receiving media queries directly (which is the way it’s supposed […]
Australia Unlimited, a publishing initiative of the Australian Government’s Australian Trade Commission, just released a list of 30 Digital Influencers (full list available here). Alongside the likes of Darren Rowse of ProBlogger, Natalie Tran of Community Channel on YouTube, Mia Freedman of Mamma Mia and Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar of Atlassian, it’s great to see The Fetch recognised […]
We’ve started holding bimonthly dinner gatherings across different cities at The Fetch. This one was from last week’s session in Sydney with the topic around the Quantified Self movement (you can read a review from the Melbourne event here). It was such an interesting conversation and attendees ranged from the Big Four banks and telecommunications […]
Pic thanks to @naomitamar I can’t tell you how impressed I am with the quality of posts we’ve got happening on The Fetch blog at the moment. Our city curators and wider ambassador team are doing such amazing things. We’ve had inspirational people from communities all over the globe, tell their story genuinely with well-rounded depth. […]
A quick, curated list of things I’ve come across this month that are making waves in digital and startup hubs around the world… click the screenshots for the links through. 1) Made in NY Digital Map Launching this week, Rachel Sterne and the City of New York team have delivered another leading city-level tech initiative […]
I’ve been meaning to write a few updates and announcements over the past few weeks but things have been a bit hectic. So, for the sake of getting it done – I’m doing a mixed bag post now. The Fetch London First up, The Fetch officially launched in London. That’s right – we’re now covering […]
Kate Kendall 