Young Auckland entrepreneurs are being urged to enter IDEAStarter – a competition which backs young people to turn their business ideas into action…
Te Papa is launching its own entrepreneurial residential programme. Its goal: to find the Next Big Thing for the museum – and the world.
Stephen Henry (Kode Biotech), Dale Clareburt (Weirdly), Lisa King (Eat My Lunch), Glenn Martin (founder and inventor of the Martin Jet Pack) and Toni
Trend forecaster Stefan Hajkowicz says we need to push exports of healthy, nutritious food into Asia as spending on food rises across the continent.
Stephen Henry (Kode Biotech), Dale Clareburt (Weirdly), Lisa King (Eat My Lunch), Glenn Martin (founder and inventor of Martin Jet Pack) and Toni Moyes
In May, five of New Zealand’s most innovative people are travelling the country to share their stories. Introducing Dale Clareburt, co-founder and CCO of
A semi-regular round-up of the deals being did.
A Kiwi start up firm has launched a Snowball Effect campaign for its laser technology which aims to dramatically reduce intravenous medication errors in
The news yesterday that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) would no longer allow embargoed lockups for analysts prior to the release of information
70% of small business owners don’t want to grow their business, but 83% want to improve efficiency, according to Signals, Xero's new ongoing New
Retail futurist Howard Saunders travels the world in search of inspiration. Here, he talks about urban design, high streets, alternative retail communities - and
90 Seconds, the world’s leading cloud video production platform, today announced it has raised US$7.5m in Series A financing led by Sequoia India. Sequoia Capital has
Catherine Taylor from R9 Accelerator’s Tender Advantage team wants to enhance the success of companies doing business with the NZ Government. Here, she shares
The New Zealand Government has introduced a new Research and Development (R&D) Loss Tax Credit to help give innovative companies access to some of
Two NZ tech acquisitions from the last week.
So you want to be a creative genius. Don’t we all? Well there’s a lot more to it than wishin’ and hopin’. If you’re
New figures from the latest Young Company Finance Index, published by the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (NZIF), says that angel networks and funds
At just 21, Jamie Beaton is just about to graduate from Harvard. He’s co-founder of Crimson Consulting, a full service education consultancy that’s attracted
Swimming against the tide of fast fashion, a NZ expat and an Australian are about to launch Well Made Clothes, an online hub for
According to a report released by Statistics New Zealand today, total R&D spending in 2015 is up almost $200 million on 2014, bring the
After crowdsourcing applications for a board member, New Zealand’s crowdfunding site PledgeMe has announced Jessica Venning-Bryan will be joining its board.
Everything you wanted to know about the Panama Papers but were afraid to ask
In a congested space like the electricity market, it’s difficult to stand out from the crowd. But, Flick is on a mission to do
Could fringe benefit tax be single-handedly responsible for New Zealand’s declining per capita GDP rankings?
Though perhaps not apparent to the casual observer, New Zealand has a mattress problem. How bad is it? To the tune of 300,000 discarded
Overnight success tends to take a hell of a long time, so it pays to resist the temptation of a quick win.

