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

NZ Entrepreneur

Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. No matter how passionate you are, how good your team is, or what new innovative idea you have, it will take you twice as long and cost you twice as much as you planned. Rick Kiessig – Cofounder.

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GEN New Zealand releases manifesto to encourage greater entrepreneurship

NZ Entrepreneur

Over the last three years, GEN has grown its New Zealand network to more than 200 people representing more than 140 organisations, including entrepreneurs, incubators and accelerators, entrepreneur support organisations, central and local government, academia, investors and NGOs. We must have a societal will to make it happen.”

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The Science of Startup: A Conversation with Mike Jones

Entrepreneurs' Organization

Mike Jones shares his entrepreneurial journey that emanates from childhood in fundraising and sales, running a nationally-distributed magazine in high school and eventually setting up a consulting firm in college that was sold. First, the basics: What was the episode about? . Listen and subscribe today! . What idea resonated most with you?

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Four benefits of having a PhD researcher on your team

NZ Entrepreneur

Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur, an established entrepreneur, or somewhere in between, when you’re developing new products and solutions it can be helpful to have a PhD researcher on your innovation team, write Associate Professor Mary Tate and Dr Ivano Bongiovanni. Let us explain why.

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What Government funding is available for startups in NZ?

NZ Entrepreneur

If you qualify, amounts can vary from $5000 with the Callaghan Innovation Getting Started Grant , to significantly more with a Project Grant but be aware you will generally have to match or exceed any contributions. Incubators and accelerator programmes. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. What’s that all about?

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Circularity tales: Accelerating green impact in Barcelona

Impact Hub

Circularity tales: Accelerating green impact in Barcelona The inaugural edition of “Raíz,” organised by Impact Hub Barcelona, showcased a diverse cohort of innovative startups committed to integrating circularity principles into their business models.

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The New Economy Starts with Support to Underserved Communities

Impact Hub

Petr Skvaril, Impact Hub Global Partnerships Director, confirms: “While entrepreneurship has been an essential source of livelihoods for millions of people around the world, support for entrepreneurs through incubation and acceleration programs is often accessible only to the more privileged participants.