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With the new financial year beginning on April 1st, it is a critical time to lay the foundations for your sales success in the year ahead. Here are three key things you can do at the start of a new financial year to get your sales rolling. 1. TAKE THE BEST FROM LAST YEAR AND […]

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: Sabine Doolin and Robert Sadleir Business: QWB Lab Founded: 2021 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? QWB Lab unlocks the value of culture by measuring wellbeing. […]

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: Dermot Butterfield Business: Wych Founded: 2018 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? Putting consumers in control of their own data is now a commercial and regulatory […]

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: Samantha Holdsworth and Hamid Abbasi Business: Neurofanos Founded: 2023 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? At Neurofanos, we are focused on transforming neurosurgery while delivering significant […]

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: Max Daniels and William Hunter Business: Astrix Astronautics Founded: 2021 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? As satellite providers enhance their satellite fleets, more and more […]

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 […]