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Founder/s: Brian Mead, Andrew Woods HQ: Auckland, NZ What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? Rent My Gear is a peer-to-peer rental service, allowing gear owners in the Film / TV industry to rent their own equipment out to each other instead of relying on rental companies. Who and […]

ZeroPoint Ventures and Datacom, today released the output from NZ’s first StartUp and Corporate Partnering Retreat. “Venture catalysts” ZeroPoint Ventures, and IT service providers Datacom, recently partnered to bring together six founders from New Zealand’s startup ecosystem and six senior executives from corporate New Zealand, at a three-day retreat, to begin a conversation about the […]

You probably already know the value of social video when it comes to highlighting a product or service, building trust or driving engagement, but how do you make a video shot with your iPhone pop – in other words, not make it look like The Blair Witch Project? Regardless of your frontline position, whether you […]

Released at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) in Istanbul, the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 features strategic startup, investment and policy insights from over 10,000 founders in 60 ecosystems – including New Zealand. With insights ranging from the fast-growing dominance of ICT verticals to the filling of critical gaps in Success Factors for both funding […]

Founder/s: James Fuller, Claire Fuller, Richard Freestone  HQ: Wellington, NZ What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? Hnry is revolutionising the world of self-employment by bringing the world of tax and compliance in to the 21st century, effectively providing ‘self-employment in a box’ on a pay-as-you-earn basis. When you’re […]

Being able to sell is an essential skill for all entrepreneurs and one of the most common problems I hear from entrepreneurs, is how to handle sales objections from the customer. We asked sales expert Paul Newsom what entrepreneurs should do when a buyer raises an objection. Well, the key point here is that if […]

New cyber security survey finds almost one in four New Zealand SMBs experienced a cyber threat in 2017 and the average cost of cybercrime exceeded $15,500. 24 percent of New Zealand SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) have experienced a cyber attack or hacking attempt compared to only 18 percent in the previous year, according to […]

AI disruption will have an extreme impact on New Zealand’s agriculture and health sectors in the next decade. That’s according to a white paper launched today by New Zealand’s innovation agency, Callaghan Innovation, which involved leaders in artificial intelligence (AI), including technical experts and business innovators. Released ahead of AI Day on 28 March, the […]