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Christchurch will become the hub for social entrepreneurs over the next three days, with two events taking place to help create tomorrow’s changemakers. The two day Social Enterprise Challenge 2019 starts today, and on Saturday, a sold out audience at the annual Impact Summit will be treated to inspiring talks from speakers including Crusaders player […]

Today, successful local internship programme JobDUN celebrates 10 years of assisting businesses to find talent, save time and create employment in Dunedin. Since 2009, 131 businesses across a wide range of sectors have been involved with the programme. There have been 388 internships resulting in 270 employment positions. While the programme started with an information […]

Who: Enterprise Dunedin What: Economic Development Agency HQ: Dunedin INTRODUCTION Enterprise Dunedin’s Economic Development team facilitates economic growth and well-being in Dunedin that reflects business community needs and supports the city’s strategic objectives. The team connects and supports local businesses, growing the economy and fostering opportunities for employment. As Dunedin City Council’s in-house economic development […]

Kiwi companies can now compete in world’s largest early-stage ISV (Independent Software Vendors) competition. Ingram Micro, New Zealand’s largest distributor of technology solutions, is providing a unique opportunity for local early stage ISVs to enter the company’s global Comet Competition. The international Comet Competition is aimed at identifying revolutionary business-to-business (B2B) software innovators whose products […]

In the third of a three part series, serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie talks about the emotional journey of the entrepreneur. I grew up in the 80’s in South Auckland, and that’s when I first heard of the term ‘entrepreneur’ – I thought it meant a French pastry chef. The hero career of choice […]

In New Zealand, employment agreements (formerly known as employment contracts) set out the terms and conditions that govern the employment relationship, and under the Employment Relations Act 2000, every employee must have a signed, written employment agreement. An employment agreement is the fundamental legal document between an employer and an employee. Whether the employment agreement […]

MYOB has announced its 2019 Headstart for Startups competition finalists, including Simon Cooke of Froth Technologies, Amy Prebble of Getaflex, Nick Jackson of Spout Alternatives, Olivia Storm of Smile Initiative and Te Ara Armstrong of Stay Native. Supported by The Hits, Ahikōmako, the Ministry of Awesome, 0.Ventures, ANZ and The Common, the Headstart for Startups […]

Researchers have been trying for decades to establish the most common character traits of entrepreneurs. Despite their collective efforts to provide these guidelines, they have been unable to prove that certain traits in individuals consistently lead to entrepreneurial success (Moroz & Hindle, 2012). It has even been noted that there are more differences between the […]