Category Archives: Entrepreneur

Solving the part timer work conundrum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by sticknz

Matching both sides of the equation for part time jobs sounds like it should be easy. ‘Employer has limited hours required role = young person willing and happy to do it’. Sounds easy are the operative words though. Now, contrary … Continue reading →

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Helping Kiwis fund the things they care about – a grown up Pledgeme says how it’s done

Posted on March 29, 2017 by sticknz

Well, hasn’t PledgeMe grown up. The crowdfunding platform is only five years old, but as its founder (and self-titled chief bubble blower) Anna Guenther told a Deloitte Private gathering recently, in that time it has managed over 1100 successful fundraising … Continue reading →

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Mevo…(t)apping into the zeitgeist of non-car ownership

Posted on March 3, 2017 by sticknz

Mevo is an intriguing start up that Wellington’s Biz Dojo attracts at times. It is making a major play towards a future where we won’t own our own car, but will hire one as required. Additionally, Mevo’s also touting itself … Continue reading →

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Clever solution to a quad bike problem

Posted on December 12, 2016 by sticknz

Here’s a great idea from someone who is (take your pick from, or choose the lot) young, entrepreneurial, agri-tech, female, creative, persevering, clever; and as it happens is a dag-hand at cake-making. Now the Biz Dojo (where Stick operates out … Continue reading →

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Perhaps the TIN100 deserves an ex gratia payment?

Posted on October 27, 2016 by sticknz

Perhaps Greg Shanahan and his TIN 100 team and reports are deserving of an NZ Inc ex gratia payment. Because arguably they’ve been most responsible for bringing hi tech out of the closet, making it cool(er). (OK, the Hi-Tech Awards … Continue reading →

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Is it really possible to cross-credit open source to open society?

Posted on August 8, 2016 by sticknz

Every party needs a grumpy uncle…so let me be that curmudgeonly guy for the upcoming Open Source//Open Society conference. (Early spoiler alert – I’m going to some of OS//OS. There’s too many thought provoking speakers, too much opportunity to touch … Continue reading →

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Why there’s an opportunity cost in not being in a Biz Dojo

Posted on March 3, 2016 by sticknz

A few months ago I shifted work premises to become part of Australasia’s largest co-working space. My move to Biz Dojo has been great. I wrote a blog last year about its plans to expand its model overseas. As I flippantly … Continue reading →

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The Internet of Things (IoT): A slow burn until it can communicate with everything else

Posted on November 17, 2015 by sticknz

Occasionally, you come across a piece of thinking that makes you go, ‘oh, right, that’s a very interesting point’. So it is with a recent article by Toby Ruckert, CEO and Founder of Unified Inbox, a platform to bring and … Continue reading →

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“If you don’t love your idea, don’t do it”

Posted on November 11, 2015 by sticknz

If you don’t love your idea, don’t do it. As well as this point, Nick Gerritsen, speaking at Supercharge, a recent startup event that attracted 150+ in Wellington, said that it is possible to smash it big from Aotearoa. Not that … Continue reading →

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Hats off to the ‘inventor’ of the combined IT, hi-tech and biotech sectors

Posted on November 4, 2015 by sticknz

Finance Minister Bill English, speaking at the Wellington launch of the 11th TIN100 report, gave Greg Shanahan and his team what amounts to a pretty nice endorsement. “You effectively invented this sector,” English said at the Thursday 29 October gathering … Continue reading →

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