Category Archives: awards

High tech bible also delivers insights into business disposition

Posted on November 12, 2013 by sticknz

The TIN100 Report aims to be an authoritative, dispassionate look at the high tech manufacturing, ICT and biotech industries of New Zealand. Through a thorough process, TIN100 founder Greg Shanahan, and research and publication manager Jo-Anne Hazel have put together … Continue reading →

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Non-success gets a deserved recognition

Posted on September 24, 2013 by sticknz

A thumbs up to Lightning Lab and Wellington’s Creative HQ for celebrating non-success. That, quite deliberately, is different from describing the five of the nine companies which went through LL’s 12 week accelerator programme as failures. Earlier in the year, … Continue reading →

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‘White label’ opportunity for number one food app

Posted on August 14, 2012 by sticknz

While there’s a great deal of satisfaction in creating a mobile device app that people use, and come back to frequently, there’s a bigger game eyed for Fast, Fresh & Tasty. The Wellington-originated app provides updated recipes, with a strong … Continue reading →

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Startup Weekend leans into NZ version of global entrepreneurship competition

Posted on July 31, 2012 by sticknz

What was the fifth Startup Weekend in New Zealand, and the second in Wellington, continued to raise the bar. Co-organiser, and WebFund chairman Dave Moskovitz says the 54 hour event that aims to take pitched (to all participants’) ideas into … Continue reading →

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Science medal and link to wealth creation a great endeavour

Posted on November 18, 2011 by sticknz

It’s great to see some public recognition of scientists and (by implication) science with the just announced medals presented to 13 New Zealanders by the Royal Society. Reading some of the citations and background on the women (with the main … Continue reading →

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The right type of engineer crucial for design success – Simcro

Posted on June 28, 2011 by sticknz

Finding the right type of product design engineer is about as easy as finding hen’s teeth for Hamilton-based animal pharmaceutical delivery company, Simcro. The developer and manufacturer of drench guns and injectors has won a swag of awards for its … Continue reading →

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Design-led company needs a bigger trophy cabinet

Posted on June 2, 2011 by sticknz

Waikato-based agritech company Simcro‘s in danger of needing another trophy cabinet in the near future. But, for a company that pours 10-12% of its turnover into R&D, it’s a pretty good problem to have. The marketer of innovative injectors and … Continue reading →

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NZ’s largest single VC recipient picks up another international prize (Atlantis Healthcare)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by sticknz

An Auckland-based global company, that in August was the target of New Zealand’s largest single venture capital investment, has picked up an international award. Atlantis Healthcare has unique programmes that help patients stick to their courses of treatment, where particularly … Continue reading →

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…..and the winners are (P.M’s Science Prize recipients announced)

Posted on November 26, 2010 by sticknz

So, how much will the rest of New Zealand care about last night’s announcement of the Prime Minister’s Science Prizes? John Key and Wayne Mapp are going their manful best to promote research, and its close kissing cousin, innovation, as … Continue reading →

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Entrepreneurs’ Challenge winners all have a biological look about them – how can that be?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by sticknz

If you look at it slightly askew there’s a general biological theme to the three winners of a $1 million prize in the University of Auckland’s Business School Entrepreneurs’ Challenge. But the businesses that now have some welcome additional growth … Continue reading →

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