Startups

Change is coming

No VR, AR, biotech, blockchain or AI – a student asks the education system, please prepare us better for the real world

William Reynolds recently graduated from high school and is pursuing a career in the tech sector, but he had to use his own initiative to educate himself and explore new technologies, like AR/VR, AI and blockchain, rather than being taught it. Here, he explains why more young people need to be exposed to these exciting new industries through the education system.

Techweek 2017

The birth of Pushpay

By Andy Kenworthy

Pushpay was the big winner at the 2017 Hi-Tech Awards. To mark the occasion, we're republishing this story about where the company came from.

Business casual-ness

Issue Clothing Co. wants to simplify corporate wardrobes

By Sarah Dunn

Hannah Burnard and her business partner Robyn Pelvin were working in corporate roles when they became frustrated with the mainstream clothing options on offer. They decided to build a new capsule-style ecommerce shopping system, offering five work-appropriate pieces bundled together.

FinTech

Kiwibank launches New Zealand's first FinTech accelerator

By Ben Mack

New Zealand’s first FinTech accelerator has been set up – and could help New Zealand grow its share of an industry worth $1 trillion worldwide.

Startups

Wellington startups that stayed up

By Paul Spence

Wellington's startup scene is thriving. Here are six companies that not only have thrived, but are setting a standard for others to follow.

Shoes

Help Kiwi company Staavias step up to ship shoes to US at sprint speed

By Sarah Dunn

Footwear designer Gustavia Lui has been invited to pitch a supply deal to Zappos, one of America’s biggest online shoe retailers. She has six days to get to the same country where Carrie Bradshaw came from.

Startups

Why starting a business is a lot like writing a hit song

By Anita Hayhoe

Songwriter and Idealog advertising manager Anita Hayhoe waxes lyrical on how, when it comes to starting a new venture, you have to follow your muse...

Investment

How to start investing in tech and innovation startups

By Henry Oliver

We talk to Suse Reynolds, executive director of the Angel Association of New Zealand, and Greg Shanahan, managing director of the Technology Investment Network, about how to start investing in early-stage technology and innovation companies in New Zealand.

Startups

Diary of a start-up: Could Hail be the future of digital publishing?

By Lou Donnelly-Davey

When Bex Twemlow, the now-managing-director at Hail, was called back to her old High School in 2013 to help them solve a yearbook-related publishing problem, she ended up leaving the meeting with something on her mind.