Silicon Welly

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]

Silicon Welly content management gurus SilverStripe have had another big win in the US following their selection as CMS provider to the US Democractic Party in last year’s Presidential elections (which obviously worked out quite well).[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]

Just got a mail from Mike Brown and Natasha Hall from Webstock saying that they’re down to their final 47 tickets for New Zealand’s global web conference next week here in Silicon Welly, so register for Webstock now. They’ve got a bunch of great speakers lined up, and it’s as world class as any of the events in the valley… [Read full story]