NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Watch/listen to the Interview: In this interview Richard Liew talks with James Burnes , Chief Executive at Ministry of Awesome , a Christchurch New Zealand based startup hub helping high growth startups throughout New Zealand to start, grow and scale up. James Burnes: Well, we started as a result of an earthquake and a city in ruin.

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Impact Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

Why women entrepreneurs need more support Despite Romanias growing startup ecosystem, theres a glaring gender gap in entrepreneurship. Only 8% of startup founders in Romania are women, compared to 75% of men. That statistic alone reveals why programmes like Capsule are critical.

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

14 Leadership Lessons From Successful Startup Founders To gain a deeper understanding of effective leadership, we asked startup founders and CEOs to share the most valuable lessons they’ve learned from successful entrepreneurs. I’ve worked with many startup founders. ” This struck a chord.

leadership

StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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Revolution

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As COVID kept us off the road, we launched a Rise of the Rest Equity Tour in partnership with Morgan Stanley’s Multicultural Innovation Lab, Opportunity Hub, and 100 Black Angels & Allies. We hope Black History Month and the months, years, and decades that follow prove to be more equitable for entrepreneurs everywhere.

innovation

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. 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. Of course I have. Can’t list them all.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 27, 2012

Most large companies (tech or otherwise) have two functions that make it hard to drive the most successful early-stage innovation. The Innovators Dilemma – which means that if you have large customers with big profit margins it’s impossible to throw that all away to destruct your industry.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 18, 2022

As an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who has lived through two downturns (the post-2000 internet bubble bust and the post-2008 financial crisis), I know that entrepreneurial innovation is always alive and that company-building is a marathon, not a sprint.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 3, 2011

If women can get funded to run startups at 22-25 then they can get well into their experiences as entrepreneurs before having to navigate the tricky years of balancing being a mommy with running a company. If your first chance at being a startup founder coincides with your first child it’s really difficult for either gender.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

Technology innovation doesn’t occur in a vacuum. I think that’s one of the reasons that many of the most interesting bay area startups are choosing to locate themselves in the city. In addition to higher rents many cities impose city taxes on local businesses. It’s clearly a complex topic without black-and-white answers.

technology

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 6, 2016

In London when founders failed they were ostracized in the press and culturally I believe it became harder to raise capital. In France in some ways it was worse because if you failed as a startup founder you shouldered personal liabilities that don’t exist in the US under our bankruptcy laws.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa. CincyTech is a local early-stage public private funding entity that pools together capital from local high-net-worth individuals with local community money who want not only returns on capital but also local jobs and innovation.

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Gust

JUNE 8, 2014

Experts on this subject, including Yael Zofi, in her book, “ A Manager’s Guide to Virtual Teams ,” has identified eight key characteristics of high-performing virtual teams that I have observed, and every startup founder should understand and enable: Members exhibit a global mindset – they look outward, not inward.

enablement

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I see way too many startup founders who don’t have experience in selling and probably don’t feel that comfortable going to customers and asking for orders. This is probably because many founders are product or technology people. Reminds me of Eats, Shoots & Leaves.

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Jason Malki

JULY 12, 2024

Can you share your personal journeys from being a startup founder to becoming a venture capitalist? We also enjoy learning about the latest innovations and watching entrepreneurs pitch. What key experiences and lessons from your time as a founder have most influenced your approach to evaluating startups for potential investment?

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Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

A while back, when a startup founder mentioned to me that he wasn’t sure he had the personality to be an entrepreneur, I realized how important that insight was. A successful entrepreneur has to come up with innovative ideas, but also turn them into a value-creating profitable business.

entrepreneurs

StartupNation

DECEMBER 6, 2020

We live in a world with a stereotypical representation of what a startup founder looks like, so it’s no wonder that a large portion of the population feels underrepresented. A Gender Gap Grader study shows that women represent 9 percent of developers in the startup ecosystem. Myth 1: Startup founders are young .

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 24, 2023

Among these investments, nine companies have been selected by the Technology Innovation Program for Startups (TIPS), while four others are in the process of applying for TIPS this year. ” Mark & Company is a data-driven investment firm renowned for operating the startup growth analysis platform “Innovation Forest.”

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 19, 2023

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. Dr Jenny Douché, Callaghan Innovation. Adam Townsend, Bike Matrix.

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AsiaTechDaily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Register Philippines-based Nila Capita l is the country’s inaugural student venture fund, officially launching with new opportunities for Gen Z startup founders. They aim to collaborate with fellow young trailblazers and guide their startups toward success.

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Onevest

APRIL 21, 2015

By Michael Whitehouse If you are considering investing in a startup company offline or online with platforms like 1000 Angels , a private investor network that connects startups with investors, the sheer number of what’s available can be both daunting and comforting.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

Speaking at TechCrunch Early Stage Boston last week, Matt Segneri, the executive director at the Harvard Innovation Labs , highlighted the importance of finding peers and mentors to go with you on your startup journey, and incubators and accelerators can help build those crucial relationships.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Luke Campbell – Cofounder.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Rick Kiessig – Cofounder. Talk to your potential customers as soon as you can.”

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Fun fact: Gen Xers make up the highest percentage of startup founders at 55%. Generation Z are the newest additions to the workforce and are described as universal, innovative and open-minded as well as those who value diversity, individuality, creativity and personalization. Gen Xers will outnumber baby boomers by 2028.

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Jason Malki

JUNE 22, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing DC Palter, startup founder, angel investor, author, and self-described sake snob. DC founded two successful startups in the enterprise IT space, then transitioned to investing in and mentoring startups focusing on energy sustainability. What is it that excites you about investing?

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Entrepreneurs, business leaders, and innovators possess a unique driving force that pushes them to be the best version of themselves in order to elicit change in the world. That’s what’s really exciting to me, because then it’s not about my one vision.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 24, 2023

Budget-minded entrepreneurs and early-stage startup founders take heed — this is no time to procrastinate. Don’t wait…the early bird gets the…SAVINGS: Buy a $249 founder pass and save $200 before prices increase on April 1 — that’s no joke.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 21, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask startup founders and innovators from around New Zealand, What is one piece of advice you would give to people working on their first startup and why? TheTestMart.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 5, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Matt Miller – Founder. ” Samantha Gadd – Founder. BrakeAce. “My

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2022

The fund has partnered with World Innovation Lab (WiL), a Silicon Valley- and Japan-based venture capital firm with roughly $1.5 The Silicon Valley Innovation Lab works directly with the CVC team to drive business development activities between portfolio companies and Tokio Marine companies post-investment,” Pretre said. . .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Early-stage startup founders and investors need to keep their fingers on the sector’s very rapid pulse and the best place to do that is, you guessed it, TC Sessions: Mobility 2021 on June 9. Buy your Startup Exhibitor Package before the deadline hits and save 35 percent. Talk about a rapt audience.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. Risk and reward.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Startup founders just don’t stop. They proved their resiliency and innovative spirit repeatedly. We have funded the first cohort of nine minority-led startups who completed the incubator course, and we are recruiting for cohort No. That is not the case in entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial Support.

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

The sword of innovation that you skillfully yielded in your battle to breakthrough turns out to be double-edged. In this era of endless innovation, there is only one thing you can do to stay competitive: you must learn how to disrupt yourself. billion this year. To thrive, all businesses must focus on the art of self-disruption.

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