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The challenges facing governments around the world have never been more significant. Problems like global warming, cybersecurity and privacy are “big-picture” problems, but there are also the day-to- day challenges of digital transformation, citizen-centric government and participatory democracy that are faced by agencies in most countries. These challenges create a big market opportunity. During a […]

SME owners are feeling isolated, unsure if they’ll ever retire and are confused by social media; according to a new white paper released by Business Mentors New Zealand. The white paper, The State of SME, is backed by research that surveyed more than 700 business owners and experienced business mentors across the country. Following the […]

In one of the biggest capital raises for a social enterprise in New Zealand’s history, the ethical retailer champion Conscious Consumers has attracted $2 million of investment for their upcoming launch into the United Kingdom. Jamie Newth, from impact investment specialists Soul Capital, is a lead investor in the business, which connects ‘conscious’ consumers with […]

What you get when you put a Master’s Degree in Entrepreneurship, a Diploma in Commercial Skydiving and a Certificate in Adventure Leadership together? No idea? Neither did I until I spoke with Ben Calder; a Queenstown based entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Wherewolf, a company specialising in digital registrations and operational software for the tourism […]

New Zealand’s first service-centric affordability platform, Genoapay, aims to launch in Australia in early 2018, in the wake of its record-breaking NZD$1million accelerator funding success in August. Having just rounded out its first year of operations, Genoapay, one of six startups in the inaugural cohort of Icehouse’s Flux Accelerator programme, is now available in over […]

Shoppers around the world are one step closer to experiencing artificial intelligence in action when they fill up their supermarket carts following a private investor’s buy-in to an innovative New Zealand AI start-up. IMAGR, an AI company from New Zealand, has today announced it has secured Sage Technologies Ltd as a cornerstone investor. While the […]

Today we’re super excited to kick off the first of our new video series called “How did they start?” Teaming up with the guys at Upstream Daily, we’ll be bringing you regular insights from entrepreneurs that we think are doing interesting things. Our first video features Sharesies, a startup aiming to make investing in the […]

Time is running out for New Zealand businesses using Facebook, according to a new survey of nearly 24,000 pages which reveals the effects of the platform tightening its grip on free marketing. Mosh Social Media’s 2017 Facebook Report examines the Facebook pages of 23,971 New Zealand businesses. The in-depth look reveals how engagement rates have […]