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Listen to the interview #nzentrepreneur · Interview – Adrienne Church, Prospa NZ July 2020 Nearly two months on from New Zealand’s return to COVID-19 alert Level 1, our SME’s are navigating a global cashflow crisis no business owner could have foreseen. In this interview Richard Liew talks to Adrienne Church, General Manager at small business […]

Business experiences during New Zealand’s COVID-19 lockdown period have transformed the way New Zealand’s SMEs plan to use technology, according to a new nationwide survey. The latest MYOB Tech Survey highlighted that local SMEs are now more open to adopting new technology, not only as a way to stay connected with both staff and customers, […]

While New Zealand’s COVID-19 Level 4 “lockdown” was the beginning of the end for many Kiwi businesses, Palmerston North headphone startup earSHOTS used the time to both successfully raise money and launch their new range of magnetically-attaching Bluetooth headphones. Erin Westover got the low-down from founder James Bell-Booth. A lover of mountain biking, earSHOTS founder […]

The Entrepreneurship World Cup is open for 2020 and is accepting applications from New Zealand until 2 August 2020 – aiming to expand past the 102,000 contestants from 187 countries in its first year. The program offers a chance to pitch on a global stage for a share of US$1 million in cash prizes plus […]

Enlighten Designs, a creative technical agency from Hamilton, has been named 2020 Microsoft Partner of the Year. Founded in 1998, the company was honoured among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology. Founder and CEO of Enlighten, Damon Kelly, says the […]

The CIO Summit has a history of being the event for networking and connecting in the technology space. Organisers, Conferenz and IDC, are hoping that this year will be no exception with the Summit and Expo being both live and virtual and entry to the Expo and seminars being free of charge. “We’re hoping that […]

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 finds out more. Social media platforms are treasure troves of data; the only problem is, the data we create is often repackaged and sold to businesses by third parties. Products […]

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 COVID-19 pandemic, risking a “mass extinction” event for startups globally. Compiled annually by global research and policy advisory organisation Startup Genome, the report says that in 2013, just four of […]

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 more true. Richard Liew talks to Hayley O’Connor, cofounder of Buffer – a business financing option relatively unknown in New Zealand, that they hope will help Kiwi businesses speed up […]

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 founder Rowan Teh is well-versed in what it means to be a ‘Lean’ business. As a black belt in Lean Six Sigma, a business improvement method that relies on the […]

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. The funding will support the momentum in startup growth and reflects continued assurance in the activities of the Startup Dunedin Trust, after growing its programmes in 2019 and 2020. Chris […]

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 and the societies in which they operate. The past decade has seen a rise in entrepreneurial accelerator programmes in New Zealand. While it’s tough to pinpoint the cause, the success […]