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When you own a business nearly every day is a busy day, dealing with customers, troubleshooting, strategising for growth while you work diligently to make things bigger and better. As you focus on day-to-day duties and big picture thinking, sometimes the basics can be overlooked. Of course, one of the critical facets of any business […]

Hamilton local and aspiring entrepreneur Kerwan Rose has created technology that automates the background checking process for recruitment agencies and employers hiring tradespeople, eliminating the need for multiple background checks. Rose launched Meport in March 2022, just one year after he started working on the concept – an impressive feat for the 24-year-old business founder. […]

Sydney based global provider of workforce management solutions, Humanforce were bootstrapped for 17 years before raising $22.5M from US tech investment fund Accel-KKR in 2019 to accelerate global growth. We talk with founder Bruce Mackenzie about his company’s unique path to securing outside funding and his lessons for entrepreneurs about knowing when the right time […]

Tune in to another insightful season of entrepreneur insights with the release of the first episodes of a six-part series. Regional Development Agency, Venture Taranaki, is powering-up the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Taranaki so that ideas, entrepreneurship, and innovation can continue to thrive. Off the back of a successful first season launched in 2021, Venture Taranaki […]

“Following last month’s annual Angel Association Summit, we asked Angel Association Chair Suse Reynolds to give us a run down of the event and what the key takeaways were for NZ founders who may be contemplating angel investment this year.” NZ Entrepreneur: For founders who haven’t heard of AANZ, who are you and what are […]

Mentors, founders and startup and innovation enthusiasts from around New Zealand will meet, learn and brainstorm via a series of online workshops, talks and virtual meetings being held this month. The hui, dubbed an “unconference” due to the topics and agenda being set by participants, is organised and hosted by GEN NZ, a collaboration of […]

Southern Software, a venture agency based in Queenstown-Lakes, wants to help entrepreneurs achieve more with the newest addition to their portfolio – an attention management SaaS (software as a service) platform named Focus. As the founder of Southern Software, Duncan Faulkner knows intimately the unique challenges presented to entrepreneurs every day. Not only are they […]

Two 7-figure business founders from Otago, Kale Panoho and Rhys Jeffrey have started a newsletter called Hakune (Māori for Method). To celebrate the launch they’re giving away a free Kindle and a selection of the best books (worth $500+) they’ve read that have helped them get to where they are today. Sign up and be […]