Welcome

In the entrepreneur world we hear a lot of talk about entrepreneurs and businesses needing to be “global from day one”. Investors and business commentators lament our lack of large global businesses and say the “three-B” (bach, ‘Beemer’ and boat) mentality of Kiwi business owners is holding us back. In this regard small businesses are often […]

Got an idea for a product you would love to make but not sure how to get started? In this interview Richard Liew talks to Natalie Jones, founder of Seasick Sunscreen Co about her journey from idea, to formulating and testing her product from home, to being stocked in retailers New Zealand-wide. WATCH NOW: Supporter […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Michelle Hartley & Momo Martin Business: Theory Food Founded: 2018 HQ: Taranaki Can you tell us a bit about your business? Theory Food is focused on providing quality corporate […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Letitia Stevenson & James Donald Business: Yonder HQ Founded: 2018 HQ: Taranaki Can you tell us a bit about your business? For many tourism operators, their product/experience is amazing […]

Whether it’s a lack of confidence in our products or business ideas, a fear of ‘seeking the limelight’ or talking about ourselves, a lack of know-how, or just general busy-ness that relegates PR to the bottom of our to-do list, there is no end of reasons why founders put off sharing their stories with the […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: MATTHEW PEACOCK & Paul Verić Business: IPromise Founded: 2021 HQ: Taranaki Can you tell us a bit about your business? IPromise is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Leanne Bats Business: Tres Cool Founded: 2022 HQ: Waikato Can you tell us a bit about your business? Tres Cool is the internet’s coolest climate action company. We build […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Christopher Staal Business: EC8 Founded: 2019 HQ: Waikato Can you tell us a bit about your business? Imagine if building materials arrived on site pre-cut, ready to be installed. […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: David Sole Business: SoleTech Founded: 2020 HQ: Manawatu Can you tell us a bit about your business? Introducing our startup company, SoleTech, focused on solving one of the biggest […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Jesse Sigurdsson, Dan Radcliffe, Rene Radcliffe, Ajinkya (AJ) Jagdale Business: Shining Peak Brewing Founded: 2018 HQ: Taranaki Can you tell us a bit about your business? Shining Peak is […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founder: Sabrina O’Flaherty Business: Good Line NZ Founded: Established 2014 / launched in 2016 HQ: Auckland Can you tell us a bit about your business? When you are your business, […]

In Founder Focus we introduce entrepreneurs and innovators working on our next generation of new business startups, social enterprises and small businesses. At a glance Founders: Peter Fowler & Andrew McMillan Business: VoxPop Founded: January 2020 HQ: Hawke’s Bay Can you tell us a bit about your business? VoxPop is a media tech company that […]