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Interview: James Burnes, Ministry of Awesome

NZ Entrepreneur

We run programs like Founder Catalyst, which is our flagship incubation nine-month long program that happens year-round. In 2022-23, we started having a lot of demand for our programs so our premier program Founder Catalyst, that incubation program, started accepting more and more companies from outside the region.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. My advice to people thinking about getting an MBA is to think about the five C’s. Tags: Start-up Advice. It’s either part of the DNA or it’s not.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be. I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. It’s awesome.

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500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.” The post 500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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What Government funding is available for startups in NZ?

NZ Entrepreneur

Incubators and accelerator programmes. Well technically yes, if their startup was accepted into one of the various startup incubator or accelerator programmes that run throughout New Zealand, they may have indirectly benefited from Government funding. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. What’s that all about?

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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

Niesh worked with ecentre, the startup business incubator at Massey University, as part of the Sprint Launch programme, focusing on growth through customer acquisition. Business incubator “ecentre” is based at Massey University’s Auckland campus in Albany. It didn’t work. “We The post Go global or grow local?

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Four benefits of having a PhD researcher on your team

NZ Entrepreneur

This is often described as desktop research and is a critical step in incubating an innovation. The post Four benefits of having a PhD researcher on your team appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Another round of focussed research will help identify these and reframe the problem appropriately.