New Zealand Entrepreneur Events

Most Viable Business winning team The Abnormals with AccuPoint Emma Liu, Rob Scovell, Rowan Scovell-Lightfoot & Wintec CFO Paul Holloway The 6th annual Innes48 Business Startup Competition was held in Hamilton in the last weekend of April. The largest of its kind in New Zealand, Innes48 saw 15 teams compete for the chance to pitch […]

Network NZ is all about supporting New Zealanders in business. Our job is to help other New Zealand based businesses to grow through providing a networking platform to connect with other businesses, as well as giving plentiful opportunities to discuss and learn new skills and knowledge to sky rocket their own business. From a humble […]

First intake in new accelerator programme attracts $500k seed funding Six early stage technology companies have been selected for Flux Accelerator 2017, a new intensive accelerator programme run by The Icehouse and Callaghan Innovation. $500k of seed funding has already been committed by investors, attracted by the high growth potential of startups who represent a […]

New Zealand start-ups have the highest percentage of offshore customers when measured against their counterparts from 50 other ecosystems including New York, Moscow, Beijing and London. For the first time over 100 kiwi start-ups have taken part in the Compass Start-up Genome’s Ecosystem Ranking Survey. The Compass Start-up Genome project team is based in San […]

On Friday 10th March, seven student entrepreneurs travelled from all corners of the country through the storm to compete at the Global Student Entrepreneur’s Awards (GSEA). The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)’s GSEA event gave these up and coming entrepreneurs, who are also university students, the opportunity to win awesome prizes that would help their businesses excel, and […]

Young Enterprise CEO Terry Shubkin highlights some of the innovative business being created through The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. Each year, more than 600 new startups are formed through The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. Their challenge is to create a new product or service and bring it to life within a single school […]

A group of students from Nelson College have won The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Company of the Year title. The award was announced at the Young Enterprise National Awards in Wellington on 7 December. Where’s Woolly beat more than 600 companies from around the country to claim the title. The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme this […]

One of New Zealand’s most prolific angel investors, Trevor Dickinson, has been awarded the Angel Association of New Zealand’s (AANZ) prestigious Arch Angel Award at the 2016 NZ Angel Summit in Hawke’s Bay. The Arch Angel Award is the highest honour in New Zealand’s angel investment community, and recognises individuals who have steadfastly championed the […]

The perfect antidote for the often isolated life of an entrepreneur is an opportunity to mix face-to-face with others in the same boat, and hear from a bunch of inspiring people further down the long and bumpy road who are willing to tell their honest story and impart some golden nuggets of wisdom. “The Leap […]

So you’ve finally launched! Your website’s up, your doors are open, your products and services are ready and waiting to fly out the door. Now if only you had some sales! Prospecting, qualifying, consulting… Most entrepreneurs know that selling is one of the most valuable skills in business, but for many it’s the stuff of nightmares. […]