article thumbnail

Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. Suse Reynolds, Angel Association New Zealand. Check out New Zealand’s Angel networks on the Angel Association NZ website.

article thumbnail

Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition. New Zealand startups need to know that the local market is limited by the relatively small population of 4.8 It’s not always the right approach,” said Yoo.

Global 50
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

When Does a Private-to-Private Merger Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

We also built two very high-quality mobile apps that we were experimenting with in terms of building better customer acquisition toools. She created the company in New Zealand and without raising any institutional capital had grown a global business.

Merger 296
article thumbnail

HomeAway Buys a Stake in Bookabach of New Zealand

SiliconHills

Austin-based HomeAway just increased its presence in Asia with the acquisition of Bookabach Limited, a New Zealand-based vacation rental site. Austin Bookabach Homeaway Texas vacation rentals'

article thumbnail

How to monetise IOT – the bottom line

NZ Entrepreneur

IoT (The ‘Internet of Things’) has the potential to do some amazing things for New Zealand businesses, but at the very heart of it, people will want to know how it will help their organisation grow – or more to the point, bring in greater financial gains. So how can IoT be monetised?

article thumbnail

Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

Our discussion today was around prioritization of the next few critical steps around customer acquisition and validation. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. As for business model, Jigar wants to sell services like refilling cards. Report Bee. Then Balaganesh S.,

India 119
article thumbnail

Why our small businesses are a BIG deal

NZ Entrepreneur

But while it’s true that New Zealand needs more globally successful brands bringing us in mountains of foreign cash, there are some very real reasons we need to place more emphasis on valuing and supporting our small businesses and small business owners. 2) Small businesses keep profits in New Zealand.