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The Entrepreneurship World Cup is open for 2020 and is accepting applications from New Zealand until 2 August 2020 – aiming to expand past the 102,000 contestants from 187 countries in its first year. The program offers a chance to pitch on a global stage for a share of US$1 million in cash prizes plus […]

Enlighten Designs, a creative technical agency from Hamilton, has been named 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year. Founded in 1998, the company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Founder and CEO of Enlighten, Damon Kelly, says the […]

Founder: Mel Lewis HQ: Hawke’s Bay What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? Here at Ultrella, we solve physical problems such as sweat and body odour. They may seem like trivial niggles and nags, but they have the power to derail your day. We are producers of innovative body […]

The CIO Summit has a history of being the event for networking and connecting in the technology space. Organisers, Conferenz and IDC, are hoping that this year will be no exception with the Summit and Expo being both live and virtual and entry to the Expo and seminars being free of charge. “We’re hoping that […]

Gisborne-based Riposte Analytics is a social app, and analytics platform aiming to enable users to create change by leveraging our natural sharing tendencies. Erin Westover finds out more. Social media platforms are treasure troves of data; the only problem is, the data we create is often repackaged and sold to businesses by third parties. Products […]

Who: Venture Centre What: Innovation Hub & Coworking HQ: Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty INTRODUCTION Venture Centre is the Bay of Plenty’s lead agency building community, capability, capacity for entrepreneurs to make an impact. Established in 2014 as a social enterprise, Venture Centre provides a safe environment and the fundamental conditions for founders of […]

The latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report says that the positive run startups have enjoyed over the last few years, has changed dramatically thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, risking a “mass extinction” event for startups globally. Compiled annually by global research and policy advisory organisation Startup Genome, the report says that in 2013, just four of […]

Product collaborations involve a range of intellectual property (IP) and other commercial issues. Where the collaboration involves one party producing a product that incorporates elements from the other party, the agreement is, at its heart, a licence agreement. However, they often require the negotiation of other commercial terms, such as supply terms where some element […]