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Putting the 'suck' in success, or how raising $5.5m over 12 rounds of funding in five years nearly killed me

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Putting the 'suck' in success, or how raising $5.5m over 12 rounds of funding in five years nearly killed me

By Jenene Crossan

Flossie founder, winner of the 2016 Most Inspiring Individual at NZ Innovation Awards and all-round inspirational New Zealand businesswoman Jenene Crossan was coached by her first investor to never let weakness show, and for 18 years she believed that to be true. However, when she found herself reaching breaking point in one of the most stressful points of her founder career, she decided she needed to restructure her idea of what 'success' looks like. Here, Crossan shares her journey.

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As part of the New Zealand Innovation Council’s new video series, Innovation Heroes - Show and Tell, which will focus on eight specific elements required to achieve successful business growth, some of Aotearoa’s best-known innovators share their stories of innovation and inspiration.

Year in Review 2016, brought to you by Kiwibank

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In the latest edition of our series asking some of Aotearoa's best-known businesspeople and visionaries to take a step back and offer their insights on how the past year has gone and how the future might unfold, we chat with Flossie founder and 2016 New Zealand Innovation Awards Most Inspiring Individual winner Jenene Crossan.

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Jordan Belfort was one of the most crooked and debauched businessmen in recent history, but claims to have reinvented himself as a motivational speaker specialising in sales techniques. Jenene Crossan has a word to the Wolf.

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