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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Watch the video interview now A network of more than 140 entrepreneurial businesses and organisations warns New Zealand is in danger of being left behind due to a lack of resources and insufficient policies to progress entrepreneurship. Moskovitz is an entrepreneur’s entrepreneur.

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Budding entrepreneurs receive a head start with startup education scholarships

NZ Entrepreneur

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. Dr Jenny Douché, Callaghan Innovation. Adam Townsend, Bike Matrix.

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. For Niesh, the programme culminated in a collaboration that brought together 15 entrepreneurs, investors, academics and government representatives with startup experience to answer the question “where to grow next.”

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

As for so many others though, the news of his death by suicide last year still came as a shock and with a deep sense of sadness. As an entrepreneur and educator first, publisher second, I followed Jake’s story with interest. It also made me angry.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

With the pandemic, climate crisis, global economic shifts and rapidly changing consumer markets, it is clear that many businesses of today will no longer be relevant tomorrow. Suse Reynolds, Angel Association New Zealand. Check out New Zealand’s Angel networks on the Angel Association NZ website.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. He said that he noticed a lot of tech entrepreneurs don’t speak into the mic, don’t project their voices with confidence and aren’t necessarily paying attention to the mood or energy of the audience. The song spread globally.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The CEO, Phoebe Hayman, is an amazing entrepreneur who had built up this amazingly well-respected crafting company sold globally in high-end stores like Barneys, Harrods, Selfridges, Le Bon Marché in Paris, etc. She created the company in New Zealand and without raising any institutional capital had grown a global business.

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