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Got a business idea but don’t know who can help you with the next steps? Want to meet like-minded entrepreneurs and change makers in your area? Looking for investment, or want to improve your entrepreneurial skills? These are just some of the questions you’ll be able to answer with the StartUp NZ Ecosystem Guide, our […]

There is plenty of advice out there for employees about the importance of not mistaking good management for good leadership. But entrepreneurs also need to be reminded that good leadership is not the same as good management. Because while leadership may come naturally to many entrepreneurs, management is a completely different ball game. As an entrepreneur, […]

We often see single founders slogging it out on their own. While this isn’t necessarily a “problem” that needs solving, it does warrant a discussion. Building a company by yourself can be challenging without a strong network around you. Founders can be reluctant to give up equity and control of their idea to bring in […]

New Zealand’s first business accelerator for Māori entrepreneurs has finished and its graduates have goals much wider than just making profits. The ventures range from medical cannabis; to a process turning the environmentally damaging didymo into fabric; and a digital tool for millennials learning te reo Māori. While many of us have just been trying to stay warm […]

Ten companies have been selected to take part in the 2018 New Kiwis Challenge, a competition for New Zealand startups with immigrant entrepreneurs, and the potential to take on global markets. Debra Hall, an experienced angel investor and Chairman of Zino Innovation Hub, which runs the Challenge, says the Zino team was delighted at the level […]

The Queenstown Lakes District Council has approved landmark funding for local economic development. Funding of $220,000 was announced this afternoon for Startup Queenstown Lakes. The group has evolved from The Cube in Wanaka which has been supporting early stage businesses. A further $160,000 has been set aside for other economic development initiatives that are still […]

Vodafone has awarded nine Kiwi entrepreneurs entry to its start-up accelerator and innovation lab, Vodafone xone, to take New Zealand’s best start-up ideas global. The start-ups all have technology-based business ideas designed to revolutionise the way we live, work and play. Head of xone and Innovation, Lauren Merritt, says, “In our third year of operation, […]

Dunedin has launched a competition to find the city’s most promising startup businesses. Entries are open for the Challenger Series, a competition where three new Dunedin startups could each win up to $65k of value in services and a place in a four-month coaching series featuring Deloitte, Gallaway Cook Allan, Startup Dunedin and proven local […]

I’m not entirely sure what it is about Deborah Hill Cones’ “Stop drinking the entrepreneur Kool-Aid” that I find so perturbing. Is it the way entrepreneurs are tarred with the same dirty brush? The belittling of a particular young mans attempts to do something positive with his life? Or just the general ignorance of the […]

Coca-Cola Amatil and Australian tech startup accelerator BlueChilli have named two New Zealand startups amongst a cohort of twelve to take part in the 6-month, intensive tech accelerator program Xcelerate. The twelve successful founders earned their place from a group of 40, in the inaugural Xcelerate program. The intensive 6-month program, gives early-stage entrepreneurs the […]

With innovation often comes failure along the way, but failing fast and learning from these failures is crucial to your ultimate success. When an entrepreneur or organisation sets out to create a new product, this is often what happens next: With the best of intentions plans are made, developers and designers are hired, and months […]

Aquafortus Technologies has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Texas based PetroH20 Recovery. The agreement, valued at USD $40 million for the first three years and over USD $25 million annually beyond, is to deploy Aquafortus’ patented zero liquid discharge technology in the U.S. oil & gas market. Headquartered in Albany, Auckland, Aquafortus specialises in […]