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New Zealand startup ecosystem members have teamed up with Good Startups to help Kiwi tech entrepreneurs move from fear to creativity in a 4-week online programme. The programme, Breaking Through the Pandemic, is being coordinated by Athena X Ventures, an online platform helping women and over-looked founders connect and build on key entrepreneurial skills. Founder […]

Online investment marketplace Snowball Effect, has launched Snowball Debt, a range of bespoke debt solutions to support SMEs and high growth businesses impacted by COVID-19. Having raised over $70m in capital for more than 45 Kiwi businesses, Snowball Effect has developed this new suite of services in response to the challenging and uncertain economic environment. […]

Founder: James Burnes HQ: Queenstown, NZ When COVID-19 began to shut down the global economy, governments took the extreme step of ordering businesses to shut down that were deemed non-essential. This had a twofold affect: 1) A very limited number of large scale grocers and pharmacies took on the work of exclusively supplying an entire […]

Idea submissions have opened for this weekends Hack the Crisis New Zealand –  a 48 hour innovation challenge organised by startup hubs around the country in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. #nzentrepreneur editor Richard Liew asks Luke Ball, Hack the Crisis NZ co-organiser, and GM at Creative HQ’s Lightning Lab, about how people can get […]

The Government’s latest SME package, announced today, may be the key to survivability for thousands of local businesses, according to local business accounting software provider MYOB. This morning the Government announced a new targeted business package, including a $3.1 billion tax loss carry-back scheme, changes to tax-loss continuity rules, greater tax payments flexibility and increased […]

This article is the first of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. Here we examine the different types of intellectual property rights and their importance for a business. Patents A patent is a monopoly for an invention, which confers on the rights owner […]

When you start a business, no one hands you a manual for dealing with events like COVID-19. It’s hard, it’s scary and it’s confusing. If you’re a small business owner fighting for survival and not sure what you should be doing in this time, here’s a basic checklist. As the situation around COVID-19 continues to […]

In the face of COVID-19, hundreds of startups, innovative businesses and individuals ready to roll up their sleeves have been recruited into New Zealand’s largest taskforce to Hack the Crisis. Designed to solve real problems in a post-COVID New Zealand, Hack the Crisis is a 48 hour challenge open to all, kicking off April 13 […]

Startup Genome has launched a new “COVID-19 and Startup Ecosystems Series” to better understand the impact of the pandemic on startup ecosystems and to help founders and policymakers get through the storm. The global economic fallout from COVID-19 has been sudden and far reaching, and startup ecosystems around the world have not escaped it’s effects. […]

An independent Kiwi design and advertising agency is getting creative in its response to a challenging business environment, offering to build quality websites for businesses for a ‘pay what you want’ fee. To promote the offer, RUN, an award-winning, Māori-owned, creative agency has launched paywhatyouwant.co.nz With clients in the tourism sector, the agency has already […]

Otago startup InvestaMatch aims to make it easier for startup hubs and business support groups to match founders with mentors with a new version of their ‘match-making’ platform. Launched in 2019, Investamatch is an online portal that allows entrepreneurs to list investment opportunities, and for interested investors to connect directly with those entrepreneurs. Founded by […]

Accounting and payroll software company MYOB, is urging business owners to take cyber security seriously when moving to new operating models, including working from home. Local businesses, especially small and medium sized enterprises, will need to focus on security if they are to successfully and safely change their operating model in the face of the […]