NZ Entrepreneur
MARCH 16, 2025
James covers the genesis of Ministry of Awesome following the Christchurch earthquakes in 2011, and provides updates on Ministry of Awesome approaches to startup founder support and programming. We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round.
NZ Entrepreneur
JUNE 24, 2025
Then in 2011, I came up with the idea which eventually became Magical Park, the world’s first digital playground. Mel and Amie secured funding from another incubator, Lightning Lab XX in Wellington, which gave them another few months of runway to get Magical Park off the ground. Is it going to be holograms? Is it going to be AR?
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
It’s interesting to me that two of the most talented tech leaders of our era – Bill Gross & Paul Graham – have both opted for a model of incubation to encourage young tech entrepreneurs to build disruptive businesses.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 23, 2012
This has led to the creation of incubators, accelerators and seed funds. By 2010-2011 this had shrunk by half again, averaging under $15 billion. By the end of 2011 the Internet population was estimated at 2.3 From this we have seen a commensurate boom in the number of startup companies.
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 30, 2010
While he is publicly saying that he expects a modestly improved economy in 2011 , it’s hard to be too sanguine when you look at the data. Let me preface by saying I obviously have a vested interest in being wrong about tough times ahead but as the old saying goes, “hope for best, plan for the worst.”.
StartupNation
DECEMBER 13, 2021
Not only do they work in business development, market placement, and research to help develop solutions for the food service industry, but they also run their own startup incubator! Because the original idea that won $20,000 in startup funding from Grand Rapids incubator Start Garden was to provide this software tool to lawn companies.
TechCrunch
JANUARY 27, 2023
In 2011 , as Twitter hit the 100 million active users mark, the entrepreneur left to pursue new projects with Obvious Corporation , a startup incubator and investment vehicle that had included fellow Twitter co-founder Evan Williams and former Twitter exec Jason Goldman.
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