I have been fortunate to have sunk everything I’ve got into helping make some of the things I think need to happen in this come to life, from PlanHQ, Silicon Welly, Made From New Zealand, Challenge for Change, StartUp and The Naked Trainer, and tried to turn the ideas and the things I love into businesses, so I can spend more time helping and working with people who love making stuff happen. Some of these ventures have gone great and are firing, others just starting, others simmering and have...[Read full story]
Chatted with Paula Bennett Minister of Social Development and Employment, Disability Issues, and Youth Affairs at the Job Summit about all sorts including businesses playing more of a role in society and younger entrepreneurs often tending to be more interested in what they’re doing for society, checkout Paula’s thoughts.[Read full story]
Prime Minister John Key spoke with us just after the closing remarks of the Job Summit aimed at dealing with the issue of their being 80,000 Jobs at risk in New Zealand. John shared a couple of minutes on New Zealand’s opportunity as a small country, with small business and taking New Zealand to the world. Watch 2 minutes with John.[Read full story]
If you’ve signed up your business on Made From New Zealand already, this message is for you. If you haven’t: go do it now, and come straight on back….[Read full story]
Thanks to everyone who came along (see below) to last years Silicon Welly Xmas party on the Wellesley, was a really good night lovely to share it with you all! Since we had the Made From New Zealand film crew around, we made this quick video, sorry we didn’t quite get around everyone before the battery ran out on the night. I hope everyone has had a great restful break and is starting off a great year.[Read full story]






