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WHO: Hybrid Bikes Founder: Frank Witowski HQ: Nelson website: www.hybridbikes.co.nz What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed?  Hybrid Bikes Ltd is a carbon fibre e-bike innovation company based in Nelson. We design our own frame moulds to manufacture the carbon fibre frames and have designed the overall look of the bikes to stand […]

Tom Hilton has probably achieved almost everything one could hope to in the culinary world. In fact, he had done most of it by the age of 23. But after a journey that took him to the highest of highs, and lowest of lows, Hilton has gone back to his roots – literally and figuratively […]

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. Social media marketing tactics In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray speaks […]

WHO: HazEL Founder/s: Kate Bromfield & Richard Coomber HQ: Rothesay Bay, Auckland website: www.chemhazel.com What products, services, solutions or technology have you developed?  HazEL is a SaaS (Software as a Service) based hazard evaluation tool that enables direct chemical comparisons using select human health (toxicity) and environmental (ecotoxicity) parameters. It allows users to narrow down […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Dean Brown, Dr Suzi Hamilton & Ian Burgess Business: Triage-Plus Founded: 2020 HQ: Canterbury Can you tell us a bit about your business? Triage-Plus is a simple and cost-effective […]

The last two and half years have been extraordinarily tough for the business sector, and none more so than small businesses. With lockdowns, supply chain woes, the increasing cost of freight, wage increases and now rising inflation, it can feel like the hits just keep coming. These challenges have impacted us all at once, particularly […]

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 bootstrapping a business/startup? In this episode of the SME&E Festival Podcast, festival organiser Craig Murray […]

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Kaila Colbin – Founder Boma “Invest explicitly in your team culture long before you think it’s necessary, […]