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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: Kate Gatfield-Jeffries Business: Moodi Founded: 2022 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? Moodi is a trailblazing mental wellness supplement brand dedicated to helping women feel their […]

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: Jonathan Ring and Prof. Aaron Marshall Business: Zincovery Founded: 2020 HQ: Canterbury Can you tell us a bit about your business? At Zincovery it’s our mission to decarbonize zinc recycling. We […]

A US investor-backed Auckland company, MACSO, is using artificial intelligence to detect and measure air impurities arising from vaping and cigarette smoke. In trials the technology has already been proven to reduce illicit vaping in one New Zealand middle school. MACSO is partnering with US-based Piera Systems, who has developed a family of ‘intelligent particle […]

Entrepreneur and businessperson Wendy Thompson was already an experienced board member when she took the Institute of Director’s Company Directors’ Course (CDC), but she says there was still much to learn. “I thought it would be a great experience and I would meet interesting people,” says Wendy, founder of Thompson Spencer, one of New Zealand’s […]

The Global Entrepreneurship Network Aotearoa NZ (GEN NZ) is holding its fifth annual unconference and workshops at GridAKL Futures Lab 14-15 March 2024. The event brings together entrepreneurs from all over New Zealand in a two-day festival of networking and getting sh!t done. At an unconference on 15 March, the attendees set the agenda, and […]

Watch/Listen to the Video Interview now: Following a recent story in which New Zealand biotech leaders say our biotech industry is in danger of falling behind after years of under investment, Richard Liew takes a deeper dive with two leading proponents for Kiwi biotechs. He’s joined by Dr Zahra Champion, Executive Director at BioTech NZ […]

A new series of PowerUp Masterclasses, unveiled by Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki is proving to be a popular initiative for budding Taranaki entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to supercharge their capabilities. As part of the Regional Development Agency’s flagship PowerUp programme, these half-day Masterclasses offer an interactive classroom for participants to enhance their knowledge […]

Watch now: (19.5 mins) In this edition of Knowledge Base, Richard Liew talks with Kirsten “KP” Patterson, CEO of the Institute of Directors New Zealand. Many company founders are also directors of their own companies but often don’t understand the distinction between the two important roles. In this informative discussion KP helps illuminate the obligations […]