Gisborne-made social media platform to use data for good
Gisborne-based Riposte Analytics is a social app, and analytics platform aiming to enable users to create change by leveraging our natural sharing tendencies. Erin Westover …
Venture Centre
Who: Venture Centre What: Innovation Hub & Coworking HQ: Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty INTRODUCTION Venture Centre is the Bay of Plenty’s lead agency …
Report: COVID-19 could lead to “mass extinction” of startups globally
The latest Global Startup Ecosystem Report says that the positive run startups have enjoyed over the last few years, has changed dramatically thanks to the …
What to consider when entering into product collaboration
Product collaborations involve a range of intellectual property (IP) and other commercial issues. Where the collaboration involves one party producing a product that incorporates elements …
Interview: Hayley O’Connor, Buffer
They say in business that “cash is king” and with many businesses battling to stay viable due to the coronavirus pandemic, this has never been …
Five tactics for selling B2B services in tough times
Like bomb-shelter survivors after a nuclear blast, business owners have emerged into a post-COVID economic landscape that has been utterly changed. For those selling services …
New online platform helping Kiwi SME businesses become leaner
Auckland-based startup Boxfish is helping Kiwi SME’s find efficiencies and design their business to be lean using a data-driven online platform. Erin Westover explains. Boxfish …
Startup Dunedin Trust funding to focus on underrepresented groups
The Dunedin City Council’s Economic Development Committee (EDC) has approved $150,000 to support the Startup Dunedin Trust’s development of the local startup ecosystem over 2020/21. …
1000 Awesome Horses: Entrepreneurial Accelerators may offer more than you think
A research team at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington has been investigating the rise of accelerator programmes and the value they provide to entrepreneurs …
Three brutal truths about working from home
Working from home has become a reality that businesses and their staff have had to quickly adjust to, and many organisations are now questioning the …