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Tips to optimise your online presence: Part 3
In parts one and two of this series, we’ve delved into the how’s and why’s of identifying your target customers and supporting their online journey to you. Now we’re taking the customer-centred approach to the next level, by exploring ways in which you can get your message in front of those customers that matter, increase […]
On the hunt for Taranaki’s next big idea
If you’re a budding entrepreneur and based in Taranaki, Venture Taranaki’s PowerUp programme wants to hear about your big idea. Launched in November last year, PowerUp is the Regional Development Agency’s new entrepreneurship initiative. Driven by three key initiatives – grow, tell, and connect – PowerUp aims to support Taranaki entrepreneurship and enterprise innovation, and […]
Auckland startup ‘Relab’ aims to change property data game
Auckland property data company Relab has launched the freshest version of its software-as-a-service, as version 4.0 of the platform aims to make property data more accessible than ever for mum and dad buyers and sellers, investors, developers, and real estate professionals. The update comes after the January announcement that Relab has secured $1m of post-seed […]
Private equity platform to nurture NZX listing pipeline
The accreditation of private equity investment platform, Snowball Effect, as an NZX Sponsor Participant aims to further support the Exchange’s focus on nurturing a strong pipeline of companies for potential future listings. NZX Chief Executive, Mark Peterson, says Snowball Effect has an excellent track record in working with both startups, and fast growing and established […]
Three ways to get sales pumping at the start of each year
It’s a fresh new year but you’ll need to take decisive action to grow your revenue. Here are three key things you can do at the beginning of each year to get your sales rolling. One – Analyse your sales data The easiest way to get your 2021 sales rolling more quickly is spotting the […]
$500k available for gaming industry entrepreneurs in second round of CODE grants
Dunedin’s game development industry has had a strong start to 2021, with seven new and emerging local studios revealing an exciting mix of entertaining and serious game projects funded by the first New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) grants. Details were released at a CODE update and grants launch event in Dunedin on Friday. […]
Collaboration high on the minds of NZ startup ecosystem
Better collaboration was the goal for more than one hundred representatives of Aotearoa’s burgeoning startup ecosystem, who gathered this week in Wellington to share ideas to help more Kiwis start and grow their own businesses. Attendees at the two day event, held at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington, included entrepreneurs and startup […]
Rachel Adams appointed General Manager, Manaaki
Manaaki, the business support network that was founded in 2020’s first lockdown – and that yesterday was named Community of the Year Semi-finalist in Kiwibank’s New Zealander of the Year awards – has appointed Rachel Adams as General Manager. Coming from a decade nurturing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Waikato and regions around Aotearoa as […]