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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 […]

Has the New Year got you re-evaluating your career? With the ‘great resignation‘ sweeping around the world – you’re not alone. Each New Year, thousands of people begin searching for new career opportunities, hoping to inch closer to their dream job, get a pay rise or, more importantly, find a job that gives them purpose. […]

Over the last two years, Soda has distributed $43,000 cash to 17 startups across Aotearoa through its popular seed grants. Applications are now open for Soda’s first seed grant of 2022 which has a combined prize pool of $10,000. “We created Soda Seed Grants during the 2020 lockdown as a way to offer financial assistance […]