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This article is the first of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. Here we examine the different types of intellectual property rights and their importance for a business. Patents A patent is a monopoly for an invention, which confers on the rights owner […]

When you start a business, no one hands you a manual for dealing with events like COVID-19. It’s hard, it’s scary and it’s confusing. If you’re a small business owner fighting for survival and not sure what you should be doing in this time, here’s a basic checklist. As the situation around COVID-19 continues to […]

In the face of COVID-19, hundreds of startups, innovative businesses and individuals ready to roll up their sleeves have been recruited into New Zealand’s largest taskforce to Hack the Crisis. Designed to solve real problems in a post-COVID New Zealand, Hack the Crisis is a 48 hour challenge open to all, kicking off April 13 […]

With millions of people forced to work from home under COVID-19 isolation orders around the world, Erin Westover wonders if it could be the welcome end of the 9-5 work week for many businesses. I decided pretty early on that the 9-5 schedule wasn’t for me, though it might not have been the schedule per […]

Startup Genome has launched a new “COVID-19 and Startup Ecosystems Series” to better understand the impact of the pandemic on startup ecosystems and to help founders and policymakers get through the storm. The global economic fallout from COVID-19 has been sudden and far reaching, and startup ecosystems around the world have not escaped it’s effects. […]

An independent Kiwi design and advertising agency is getting creative in its response to a challenging business environment, offering to build quality websites for businesses for a ‘pay what you want’ fee. To promote the offer, RUN, an award-winning, Māori-owned, creative agency has launched paywhatyouwant.co.nz With clients in the tourism sector, the agency has already […]

Otago startup InvestaMatch aims to make it easier for startup hubs and business support groups to match founders with mentors with a new version of their ‘match-making’ platform. Launched in 2019, Investamatch is an online portal that allows entrepreneurs to list investment opportunities, and for interested investors to connect directly with those entrepreneurs. Founded by […]

Cynthia Hunefeld, a self-confessed ‘herbnerd’, has taken her passion for plants and launched her own business, HerbScience, which is focussed on bringing herbal medicine into the 21st Century. Cynthia’s interest in plants and their potential for healing was cemented when she was just 10 years old. After her father contracted a debilitating bacterial infection, Cynthia […]