Entrepreneur stories

“Entrepreneurs are the engine-room of the business ecosystem and are vital for a healthy economy here in Australia, New Zealand and across APAC."More

This year's program encourages the next generation of diverse thinking and innovation and is centred around finding solutions to the world's problems using technology to create positive change.More

MYOB recently launched a Stand Tall, Leap High resource centre, which aims to help Kiwi women find inspiration from some of the country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.More

New Zealand is second only to the United States for being the most conducive country to women’s entrepreneurship, a new report from Mastercard revealed today.More

This month Christchurch has hosted two key events designed to encourage social entrepreneurship and innovation within New Zealand, with a particular focus on climate change and sustainability.More

At this time of year there are plenty of foggy patches around the country – but what if it was possible to turn that fog into drinkable water?More

This month Impact Hub Waikato opened in Cambridge. The hub aims to support and expand the region’s social enterprise sector.More

New Zealand ‘unicorns’ behind some of New Zealand’s most successful innovation businesses like Rocket Lab, Xero, and LanzaTech have helped to create more than $34 billion in value to the country.More

The web app streamlines flight and hotel bookings by keeping an organisation’s passenger details on the one platform.More

The people have spoken – GirlBoss CEO and founder Alexia Hilbertidou has been crowned this year’s Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) Emerging Alumni of the Year.More

“Ninety seven percent of what you are holding on to as a founder can be delegated," says Jenene Crossan.More

“We want to establish ourselves as the premium ticketing platform to help event organisers understand their event attendees even more,” says founder Ezel Kokcu.More

The University of Auckland’s annual 40 Under 40 list recognises some of the most outstanding graduates More

The mountainous backdrop of Queenstown is set to become the location of Creative HQ’s newest 2019 Venture Up accelerator for young entrepreneurs.More

New Zealand born firm Adeption got a prominent place in New York’s Times Square last week.More

With luck, our nation can help lead the way, by example, through the challenges of today into a beautiful tomorrow,” comments Brian Monahan.More

There's often resistance from Asian businesses because they don’t know about New Zealand’s tech ingenuity – something Mitchell Pham finds frustrating.More

Coca-Cola Amatil has announced the short-list of startups who have earned their place in the inaugural ‘Xcelerate’ programme.More

A study has revealed the average women-owned startup receives less than half the funding of their male counterparts, despite earning more revenue.More

Looking beyond the need to safely store data, Joe has developed software that enables the secure sharing of information across global teams.More

NZ Story Group's head of engagement discusses three points as to why being from little old NZ can actually be of huge benefit to our tech sector.More

Robin Block interviewed CybSafe founder Oz Alashe to determine his motives, the challenges involved and what the future holds.More

Cheryl Reynolds is open to collaborating on new projects, and is actively looking for potential co-founders and partners for 3Cs.More

“One of the benefits of being in an accelerator program is that even once you finish the formal process, you’re not evicted.”More