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Blackbird Ventures is excited to announce that we are bringing Blackbird’s community-driven approach to venture capital to New Zealand. We are raising a seed fund dedicated to Kiwi founders, opening an Auckland office that I will head up along with analyst Tip Piumsomboon, and bringing our flagship conference, The Sunrise, to the North Island on […]

Doing a business feasibility study first will help you figure out whether your new business idea is worth your time, energy and money – all very precious commodities. It will help you calculate, analyse and project what will be involved and the likelihood of success. Your big, bold business idea. So bright and shiny, it’s […]

In the first of a three part series on early stage business investment, we asked serial entrepreneur and investor Josh Comrie what three key things New Zealand entrepreneurs must get better at when it comes to seeking angel investment. I made my first investment in the stock market when I was 12 years old. I […]

The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is calling for New Zealand companies to join the Singapore Tourism Accelerator. The pilot programme, which will run for two years, aims to develop solutions to long-standing issues, as well as developing new ideas that will transform the tourism sector. Mr Poh Chi Chuan, Director, Digital Transformation, Singapore Tourism Board, […]

The Online Business Accelerator team are running a free live webinar on Friday 5 July, to help Kiwi businesses generate more visitors, enquiries and warmer leads from your website. Your (virtual) pass includes $250 worth of Facebook and website marketing templates, swipe sheets along with a fill-in-the-blanks booklet, so that you can personalise the content […]

The candidate interviews are done, you’ve made the decision on the right person for the role, and they’ve accepted the job offer. Good news. Now you can start planning your new employee’s successful integration to the company. Ideally. I say that because there are plenty of businesses whose approach to bringing new hires on board […]

Ranked by the World Bank as the easiest country in which to start a business, New Zealand has in many respects become the poster-child for entrepreneurship. But after you’ve started the business is where things can get tricky. With around 8,000 small enterprises with staff (between 1-19 employees) established each year, small businesses account for […]

Auckland-based startup Termius has just closed a $4.10m ($2.7m US) seed round with money from some of Silicon Valley’s top venture capitalists. The raise comes off the back of Termius graduating from the world’s most prestigious startup accelerator, Y Combinator, and some high-profile praise from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Speaking to #nzentrepreneur from Auckland, Termius […]