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Unlock Innovation
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founders: Dorenda Britten and Chris Cole Business: Unlock Innovation Founded: 2021 HQ: Canterbury Can you tell us a bit about your business? Unlock Innovation was founded to address a skills shortage in […]
Mother Trucking startup to streamline lifting and shifting industry processes
A startup aiming to streamline the heavy haulage and βlifting and shiftingβ industries has created a digital dispatch management system for drivers to run their operations more smoothly and directly from the cabs in their vehicles. Mother Trucking, a Nelson-based limited liability startup launched in March 2023, wants to shape the future of the heavy […]
Fingermark
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Luke Irving Business: Fingermark Founded: 2006 HQ: Hawke’s Bay Can you tell us a bit about your business? Fingermark is a technology company that specialises in optimising and empowering those in […]
Editorial: The Saboteur
We are living in uncertain times. To me it almost feels like we are in a pressure cooker of social, economic, political and environmental stew. In such times itβs natural for the prehistoric “lizard” part of our brain to kick into survival mode. This is a problem because if we are here because of our […]
All Things Foil
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Nicole Bourne Business: All Things Foil Founded: 2024 HQ: Taranaki Can you tell us a bit about your business? My name is Nicole, a qualified hairdresser for 12+ years, two years […]
Diversity, equity and inclusion all part of Angel Associationβs focus for the future
Michelle Cole, Executive Director of the Angel Association NZ, hopes to encourage more investors to see the wide range of opportunities out there – particularly when it comes to those that are often on the βfringeβ of founderdom. βWe want to be able to show early stage investors, and the ecosystem, that there are a […]
Daisy
In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and change-makers working on innovative startups, social enterprises and SME’s around Aotearoa New Zealand. At a glance Founder: Emma Michelsen Business: Daisy Founded: 2023 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? Daisy is a pioneer in women’s health, focusing on innovative over-the-counter antenatal products to […]
How NMIT is helping turn the top of the South Island into NZβs tech capital
Nelsonβs leading tertiary education provider is readying its students for the next wave of tech innovation under the guidance of a globally experienced AI specialist who is supercharging the capabilities of the schoolβs IT and Computing programme. Ali Kahwaji, an IT tutor in Digital Technologies at the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT), spent many […]