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A group of students from Nelson College have won The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Company of the Year title. The award was announced at the Young Enterprise National Awards in Wellington on 7 December. Where’s Woolly beat more than 600 companies from around the country to claim the title. The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme this […]

Successful businesses must have one fundamental component locked down – the ability to deliver their product or service on time and to a high level of quality. Without this, the business will struggle to grow. In mid 2015 #nzentrepreneur Nicholas (Nick) Jack, and his co-founder Nick Hewitt found themselves in exactly this situation with their […]

A global evaluation involving more than a million sales people has revealed that meaningful economic growth in New Zealand and Australia is being held back by a lack of sales and sales management skills. The evaluation, conducted by Objective Management Group, surveyed hundreds of companies to determine how well prepared they are for growth. CEO […]

One of New Zealand’s most prolific angel investors, Trevor Dickinson, has been awarded the Angel Association of New Zealand’s (AANZ) prestigious Arch Angel Award at the 2016 NZ Angel Summit in Hawke’s Bay. The Arch Angel Award is the highest honour in New Zealand’s angel investment community, and recognises individuals who have steadfastly championed the […]

In November 2012 we launched NZ Entrepreneur to help inspire, educate and celebrate entrepreneurship in New Zealand. Since then, as part of our mission to show we all have the potential to be entrepreneurs, we’ve showcased 100+ #nzentrepreneurs from all sorts of backgrounds, industries and parts of the country. There is no doubt that us […]

Steve Jobs said “you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. You have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future.” This month’s feature interview is about connecting a collection of ‘dots’ – the unlikely fusion of fashion and science inspired by nature. Like many stories, it started […]

The perfect antidote for the often isolated life of an entrepreneur is an opportunity to mix face-to-face with others in the same boat, and hear from a bunch of inspiring people further down the long and bumpy road who are willing to tell their honest story and impart some golden nuggets of wisdom. “The Leap […]

If your elevator pitch is simply a way to pass 2-3 minutes talking about how great you and your company are, I would say that the answer to “Do you really need an elevator pitch?”, is NO. This may well contradict traditional sales thinking, however, the trouble with an elevator pitch is they quite often […]