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

NZ Entrepreneur

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 Debi Roder : What Is Economic Development? The post GEN NZ Unconference and Workshops for Entrepreneurs, Auckland 7-8 August 2025 appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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The unusual story of an unusual company – Melanie Langlotz and Geo AR Games 

NZ Entrepreneur

Melanie (Mel) Langlotz is the founder and CEO of Geo AR Games , a game design studio that utilises augmented reality for “creating digital experiences that positively impact the world, fostering education and empowerment with simulations and serious games.” I want to be a developer. I love AR.

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4 secrets to successful social media

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Currently, we plan our posts based on engaging educational content leading into a ‘sell’ We have found that by communicating to our audience—by asking them a question like ‘which product do you like better’—really gets engagement up! “We She finds that engagement is key to get the audience interested in the brand.

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Launchpad LA Receives VC Funding: $50,000 Per Startup

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To give visibility to these companies to: Sources of funding (angels / VCs), business development partners, mentors who have themselves built successful companies, the press and potential employees to hire. The first two years of the program focused on education & mentorship. This education will continue. So we went ahead.

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Budding entrepreneurs receive a head start with startup education scholarships

NZ Entrepreneur

A new batch of enterprising New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to fast track their ventures from idea through to startup, thanks to an online education initiative backed by Callaghan Innovation and entrepreneur education platform Startup NZ. Adam Townsend, Bike Matrix.

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Please go see “Waiting for Superman.” Here’s Why:

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It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. They are often raised by single moms, grandparents or under-educated immigrant parents who want the same thing for their children that we do for our own. Yesterday I went to see the film Waiting for Superman. Wasn’t that the American promise?

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Why Acceptance of Failure is Critical to Startup Success

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In my discussions with Korean friends they tell me that there is big pressure in Korea to work for large companies like Samsung over startups (this is similar to what I experienced in Japan) and that the more educated and hard working ones family was the more pressure to join a prestigious firm rather than starting a company or joining a startup.

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