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SME&E Festival Podcast: Tim Jones, What is B Corp and why is it a good idea for your business?
Got your tickets to the 2022 NZ SME&E Festival this 8th and 9th of November? Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival. What is B Corp and why is it a good idea for your business? In this episode […]
Food and fibre capital raising programme launched
Planning for and securing capital for small-medium sized (SMEs) food and fibre businesses just got easier with the launch of Investment Ready – a twelve-week capital-raising preparation programme offering one-to-one and group capability building sessions. Investment Ready is designed to equip food and fibre businesses with the tools to prepare for and successfully raise investment […]
Founder Q&A: Noologica
WHO: Noologica FounderS: FABIAN LABRA SPRÖHNLE, ISIDORA LABRA ODDE, MYRIAM ODDE CATTAN HQ: NELSON website: Noologica.com What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed? Noologica is an open source and open science biotech startup developing a digital solution for the precise screening, triaging, diagnosis, and monitoring of neurodivergent and mental health conditions. Solutions we […]
SME&E Festival Podcast: David Remmerswaal, Search Engine Optimisation for beginners
Got your tickets to the 2022 NZ SME&E Festival this 8th and 9th of November? Each week we’ll be sharing a podcast from some of the many great business speakers and mentors you can catch at the festival. Search Engine Optimisation for beginners In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray […]
Mindfulness is the core subject for online mental health programme TAIORA
Brady Polkinghorne was about half way through his ten year career in advertising when he realised it wasn’t the right industry for him. But it wasn’t till he met the team at Headspace that he began building a picture of what he thought his future might look like. “They were a client at my agency […]
BioViros to fill gap in market and support cell therapies
Dr Marina Rajič is excited about commercialising scientific research. She has found a gap in the biotech market and founded a startup to attempt to fill it. She worked for a biotech company in Germany as a business development manager and returned to New Zealand earlier this year. Now based in Wellington, Dr Rajič wants […]
Top tips to protect your small business against a cyber attack
As the adoption of digital tools has become increasingly more important for doing business, it’s crucial that business owners know how to protect themselves and their operations against cyber-attacks, says MYOB’s Head of Information and Cyber Security, Peter Wolski. COVID-19 increased the urgency for many businesses – particularly SMEs – to adopt digital tools. The […]
Wellington UniVentures is giving startups from university research a better chance of success
A clever partnership between Wellington UniVentures and Booster NZ is helping homegrown deep-tech startups bridge the “Valley of Death” separating new ventures from global success stories. There must be something in the water – or wind – in Wellington. The region is a hub for innovation and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington sits at […]