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Who: Business Action (EOS Licence holder) What: EOS Implementation; Fractional Executives; Advisory NZ HQ: Newmarket, Auckland  Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? Business Action helps business owners and leadership teams of family or privately owned businesses who are either growing rapidly or feeling stuck. The ultimate goal […]

Callaghan Innovation’s Deep Tech Incubator Programme has supported nearly half of the innovative deep tech startups founded in Aotearoa over the past 10 years. Key highlights: *Number of deals from Young Company Finance, NZGCP, Deep Tech Incubator Programme The term Deep Tech refers to advanced technologies that are based on significant scientific or engineering innovation. […]

While human beings have used wood to build houses for tens of thousands of years, a Kiwi company is finding new and innovative ways of engineering timber in 2024 for better, stronger construction. Prolam is a family-owned structural timber business that designs, manufactures and supplies glue laminated timber products – known as ‘glulam’ – for […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founders: Trevor Topfer, Paul Jason Young, Riley Malins, Marquis Shepherd and Ruslan Saitov Business: Avatars Global Founded: 2023 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? We build exceptional […]

With its mountainous terrain and harsh climate, the stunning Queenstown Lakes region is renowned for the pioneering spirit and resilience of its early settlers. Once again, the region is tapping into that same ‘can-do’ attitude to help locals and visitors alike explore the possibilities of entrepreneurship and innovation in the business realm, hosting a new […]

Enjoy a lighter look at entrepreneurial life with NZ Entrepreneur Media Lead Brendan Boughen, creator of Cartoons by Jim.  Keep an eye out for new cartoons appearing on a semi-regular basis here on NZ Entrepreneur, and in the meantime, check out Jim’s web site: https://cartoonsbyjim.com. To license the above cartoon for your own use, click […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Kathryn McGarvey Business: NosyHQ Founded: 2024 HQ: Hawke’s Bay Can you tell us a bit about your business? NosyHQ, a Napier-based strategic human research agency is on a mission to get […]

The science backing up the facts of global climate change has long been beyond dispute – but the warnings that come with those facts have never been clearer, more present, or more urgent. To address the long-term impacts of a warming planet, humans must reduce our collective carbon emissions by weaning ourselves off fossil fuels. […]