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Fresh from their recent $1.4M equity crowd funding raise, Christchurch entrepreneurs James Mount and Grace Glass talked to Richard Liew about an entrepreneurial journey that started for them six years ago. James and Grace’s story is a classic case study in Kiwi entrepreneurship. While their capital raise with crowd funding platform Snowball Effect was oversubscribed […]

If you need support to grow your business or business idea, applications are open now for Soda’s next CO.STARTERS programme which starts on 2 August 2021. When Alice Barrett couldn’t find environmentally friendly activewear that was made in New Zealand, the answer seemed simple. She would create it herself. Armed with an idea and a […]

More than a third of New Zealand SME owners and decision-makers have experienced a mental health condition since starting or taking over their current business and a free online mindfulness programme is on offer to support their mental health. Research from the 2021 MYOB Business Monitor revealed that 36% of SME owners and managers have […]

Hastings HIVE is a new large-scale co-working space, attracting a diverse range of customers from startups and large corporate branches to not-for-profit organisations. The Hastings HIVE is situated in the heart of Hastings’ central business district. The city serves the wider agricultural, horticultural, viticulture and food processing industries and was 2020 winner of NZ’s “most […]

Soda is searching for ambitious female entrepreneurs from around New Zealand to apply for its new seed grant competition – Rise Up – and be in to win $10,000. Sponsored by Callaghan Innovation, Wintec and Chow: Hill Architects, Rise Up is targeted at Kiwi female entrepreneurs – regardless of their age, where they live or […]

Covid-19 has turned the world on its head, but it’s also sparked accelerated change in health-tech – and attracted a large amount of capital globally[1]. That mixed with an aging population, the need for personalised care, privacy, digitalisation and value-based care, its no wonder healthcare has become one of the world’s largest and fastest growing […]

I was talking with a good friend of mine about how he would love to be able to go into business for himself. This is someone I have known for over 20 years. We went to school and university together and he is one of the smartest, hard-working and nicest guys I know. Since university […]

Venture Taranaki (Taranaki’s Regional Development Agency) has added an extra three podcasts to its PowerUp Podcasts suite, rounding out the first series of eight episodes.  As part of Taranaki’s entrepreneurship initiative PowerUp, the PowerUp Podcasts celebrate Taranaki entrepreneurs and innovators who are leaving their mark on the world, while living the famous Taranaki lifestyle.  Already-released […]