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GEN NZ Unconference and Workshops for Entrepreneurs, Auckland 7-8 August 2025

NZ Entrepreneur

Unconference and Workshops at AUT in Auckland on 7 and 8 August 2025. The event brings together entrepreneurs and supporters from all over New Zealand in a two day festival of networking, collaborative education, and getting sh!t done. At the Unconference on 8 August, the attendees set the agenda, and discuss items of importance on the day, sharing experiences, and building coalitions to solve critical problems in real time.

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From City Hall to Startups: Ian Cain on Building the Future of Digital Infrastructure

Jason Malki

Ian Cain I had the pleasure of interviewing Ian Cain , the Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of QUBIC Labs. Ian Cain is a politician and entrepreneur bridging government and technology, and a co-founder of QUBIC Labs, a nonprofit innovation hub based in Quincy, Massachusetts, focused on blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, and digital infrastructure. He serves as President of the Quincy City Council and has spent the last decade driving public-private partnerships, civic innovation, and entrepreneur

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The VC Stack Makeover: What Today's Funds Need - Webinar

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9 Unexpected Challenges to Prepare for in Your First 2 Years of Business

StartupNation

Running a business, like waging a war, goes exactly as planned right until the moment you start. I mean that literally. When I started my first business in my early twenties, for example, I hedged my bets by informing my boss at the time that I’d work part-time for him but do my own thing on my days off and the weekend. That way, I’d enjoy at least one guaranteed source of income as a buffer as I experimented with small business ownership.

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From Curiosity to Competitive Edge: How Mid-Market CEOs Are Using AI to Scale Smarter

Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage

This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.

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API documentation: What it is and how to write it (with examples)

The Zapier Blog

Back before we carried the entirety of human knowledge around with us in our pockets, we printed instruction manuals on paper and included them with just about anything more complicated than a spoon. They were important, too. For instance, if I bought a video game with the manual missing, I'd have to learn the ins and outs myself through trial and error (which meant a whole lot of button mashing).

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VC's should be embracing founders with startup experience not rejecting them

Founder Bounty

If you scan LinkedIn you may be able to see the amount of VC's that have little to no startup experience. But why is this? If YC (the most successful startup accelerator who has backed the likes of companies like dropbox and Airbnb and is full of exited founders, why are other tier 1 VC's hiring mostly Stanford and Harvard alumni without startup experience?

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A Big Bill That’s Not So Beautiful for Small Business

StartupNation

Since 2020, small business owners have faced a parade of economic pressures, from pandemic disruptions and inflation to rising wages and tightening credit. The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill in 2025 may offer the promise of relief. But while H.R. 1 is packed with eye-catching provisions, corporate tax breaks, investment deductions, and innovation credits, it remains conspicuously light on addressing the daily operational burdens squeezing SMBs hardest: labor costs, payroll pressures, and

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Tradition Meets Technology: How WAYS Is Redefining the Future of Cultural Travel

Jason Malki

Rocio Brusseau I had the pleasure of interviewing Rocio F. Brusseau, who is a global strategist at the intersection of data, creativity, and technology. With over 30 years of experience across North America, Europe, and Latin America, she has led strategic transformation and innovation for blue-chip brands and multinationals, holding leadership roles at Starcom, Ogilvy, JWT, and DDB.

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Announcing the Zapier Solution Partner Program: Smarter tools, greater rewards

The Zapier Blog

Today marks an exciting milestone for our partner community: the launch of the Zapier Solution Partner Program. From streamlined onboarding to transparent rewards, the program empowers Solution Partners to deliver unparalleled results for our shared customers while accelerating their own growth. Our Solution Partners are a strategic extension of Zapier’s go-to-market strategy, empowering customers to unlock more value from automation through best-in-class tools, clear revenue opportunities, and

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State of AI in Sales & Marketing 2025

AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.

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Jonathan Rose Companies’ $660M+ Fund Commits to the Greening of Affordable Housing in Urban Areas

American Entrepreneurship

The company is nationally recognized for its pioneering model of impact investing, combining financial returns with measurable social and environmental outcomes that aligns with addressing the gap in affordable housing in the U.S. Amid growing concerns over the nation’s affordable housing shortage and escalating climate risks, Jonathan Rose Companies has officially closed its **sixth and largest fund to date—Rose Affordable Housing Preservation Fund VI—with over $660 million in capital commitmen

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[Alloy Therapeutics in BusinessWire] Alloy Therapeutics and Kansai Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC) announce strategic collaboration to accelerate global growth of Japanese life science startups

OurCrowd

The post [Alloy Therapeutics in BusinessWire] Alloy Therapeutics and Kansai Startup Academia Coalition (KSAC) announce strategic collaboration to accelerate global growth of Japanese life science startups appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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5 AI Tools Every Startup Should Use to Humanize Their Brand in 2025

StartupNation

In this era of digital interactions, maintaining authenticity in brand messaging is critical to business success. The content available online can be overwhelming for customers. Hence, they tend to ignore or disengage with marketing messages that aren’t relevant to their journey. A recent global survey of 3,300 consumers revealed the growing demand for relevant content: 96% of respondents shared that personalized messaging can convince them to choose the brand.

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Tick Testing at Home: LymeAlert’s Bold Vision for Early Lyme Detection

Venture Well

LymeAlert, which recently completed the VentureWell-led National Institutes of Health (NIH) Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, created a kit to help people identify whether a tick carries Lyme-causing bacteria—right at home. The post Tick Testing at Home: LymeAlert’s Bold Vision for Early Lyme Detection appeared first on VentureWell.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Perplexity vs. ChatGPT: Which AI tool is better? [2025]

The Zapier Blog

A lot of AI chatbots all feel the same. Sure, they use different models under the hood, but whether you're using ChatGPT , Meta AI , or Google Gemini , the experience is pretty similar. Prompt goes in, generated AI response comes out—which is why Perplexity AI is so interesting. Meet your new AI teammates Try Zapier Agents Instead of just being another chatbot, Perplexity is billed as an alternative to traditional search engines.

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xLight’s $40M Series B to Revolutionize Semiconductor Manufacturing

American Entrepreneurship

xLight ’s breakthrough EUV FEL platform addresses critical industry pain points, the cost, scalability, and throughput involved in semiconductor fabrication. In a significant step toward reshaping the future of advanced semiconductor manufacturing, xLight, a Palo Alto-based technology innovator, has raised $40 million in an oversubscribed Series B round.

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[Tailor Brands in ACCESS Newswire] Tailor Brands builds operating system to power small business growth

OurCrowd

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / July 22, 2025 /In 2007, Apple’s iOS didn’t just launch an operating system. It redefined how people interact with technology. Tailor Brands is aiming to do the same for entrepreneurship.

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9 Critical Amenities to Make or Break Morale at Your Small Business

StartupNation

Every small business owner who cares about profit should care just as much about their employees. High staff morale is vital for fostering creativity, collaboration, and innovation, boosting productivity and job satisfaction, and discouraging burnout, absenteeism, and turnover. These nine critical workplace amenities will help keep your employees happy.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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Want to make a lot of money. Work in finance or sell a business

Founder Bounty

Dave Portnoy said it in a podcast recently. If you want to get rich, you can either do that through working in a place like finance or by selling a business. These 2 ways are the best ways to do it and since he knows a thing or 2 about building a business I guess he may have a point. I have done both and both are hard, but who said making money will be easy?

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A look inside my vibe coding portfolio

The Zapier Blog

If you'd asked me a year ago whether I could turn my barely-there coding knowledge into fully functional apps, internal tools, and custom widgets without hiring a developer, I would've smiled politely and quietly choked on my LaCroix. But since early 2025, I've been vibe coding my way to actual tools. The code is minimal, the confidence is unearned, and the results are surprisingly functional.

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GCUC Podcast Recap: Bex Murphy, Hub Australia

GCUC

GCUC Podcast Recap: Bex Murphy, Hub Australia The Hospitality Blueprint: How Rebekah Murphy Designs for Loyalty and Impact The coworking world is evolving. Design, amenities, and flexible plans are no longer.

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Medtech to Market: Advancing the First Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Test

Venture Well

At VentureWell, we provide a full spectrum of commercialization services that help bring innovations from lab to market—but what does that look like in practice? The post Medtech to Market: Advancing the First Point-of-Care Hepatitis C Test appeared first on VentureWell.

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Your Fractional Finance and Accounting Team

Mighty Financial specializes in supporting the financial aspirations of small businesses and entrepreneurs. With our comprehensive bookkeeping and precise accounting expertise with decades of experience across diverse financial roles, our team offers tailor-made services ranging from essential bookkeeping to strategic fractional CFO support, catered specifically to the unique challenges of technology companies, startups, and SMEs.

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18 Inspirational Career Reinvention Journeys from Successful Entrepreneurs

StartupNation

Career reinvention is a powerful journey, and this article showcases real-world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Drawing on insights from experts across various fields, these stories highlight the diverse paths to professional transformation. Discover how individuals from law, journalism, tech, and more have leveraged their unique experiences to forge new, thriving careers.

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[Hailo in Hailo] Hailo announces general availability of Hailo-10H Edge AI accelerator with generative AI capabilities  

OurCrowd

The post [Hailo in Hailo] Hailo announces general availability of Hailo-10H Edge AI accelerator with generative AI capabilities appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Document automation: How to get started with Zapier

The Zapier Blog

In a perfect world, we'd have our documents all neatly organized in a centralized location. In reality, that's rarely the case. We have documents, PDF files, emails, forms, and more… all scattered across different apps. You probably feel like you spend half your life copying and pasting information and files from one location to another. What if, instead, these tasks happened automatically in the background?

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Why Coworking is the Third Place We Need — and What Switchyards is Bringing to Austin

GCUC

Why Coworking is the Third Place We Need — and What Switchyards is Bringing to Austin In coworking, we talk a lot about community—but too often, that word gets reduced to surface-level connections. Real community is deeper. It’s about showing.

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Digitalization: 5 Tech Updates That Will Help You Survive The Recession & Thrive

Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.