The Mission: Help 1,000,000 new entrepreneurs start & succeed Many new entrepreneurs want to know how long it will take to become successful. It is easy, and dangerous, to fall into a “now mentality”. While we hear stories about entrepreneurs building million dollar businesses in just one year, these are rare instances. According to a [...]
The Māori Kiwiberry Scholarship Applications are now open, please pass onto your networks. Māori Kiwifruit Growers Inc (MKGI) in conjunction with Zespri and Plant and Food Research are providing a kiwifruit cultivar development scholarship for one current Māori undergraduate or postgraduate student. The initial scholarship is up to $40,000 and one year’s work experience or [...]
Headlines around COVID-19, outside of Asia, have continued to worsen. Rising virus cases in Europe and the US, coupled with the oil spat between Russia and Saudi Arabia, have sharply reduced investment sentiment and created pockets of financial stress. At the time of writing, the US share market is down 27% since its peak, and [...]
Māori businesses have a dedicated 0800 helpline to coordinate direct access to specialist advisors who can provide business owners and employers during these difficult times. The 0800 4 POUTAMA (0800 476 882) COVID-19 Māori Business support line for Māori businesses was launched last week to give you direct access to specialist advisors who can provide [...]
Sitting at the intersection of agriculture, food and technology, New Zealand AgriFood Week provides a platform for influential thought leaders from all sectors to meet, build relationships and unite for one conversation about the future of food. New Zealand AgriFood Week 2020 is on 16th-22nd March. The theme for New Zealand AgriFood Week 2020 will [...]
Entrepreneurs-in-the-making: Are You Ready to Take the Leap? By Peter Diamandis As an entrepreneur, there’s a lot on the line. Particularly when starting your first business, you face daunting questions: Do I have what it takes? Is it worth the risk? Should I really take the leap? For me, being an entrepreneur has been my [...]
Its been pretty much business as usual as Poutama rolled on from 2019 and into 2020. We held a team planning session towards the end of January. The next generation of Poutama babies thoroughly enjoyed the planning session but weren’t too impressed with the KPIs that were set for them!! While we have a few [...]
The MacDiarmid Institute is delighted to announce its inaugural Discovery Scholarship Programme, for Māori and Pasifika students in science. This is an extension of the Institute’s long running DiscoveryCamp programme, and is designed to support students studying in the physical sciences, Māori sciences or sciences related to sustainable innovation. The scholarships will pay university fees [...]
By Peter Diamandis AI and broadband are eating retail for breakfast. In the first half of 2019, we’ve seen 19 retailer bankruptcies. And the retail apocalypse is only accelerating. What’s coming next is astounding… Why drive when you can speak? Revenue from products purchased via voice commands is expected to quadruple from today’s US$2 billion [...]
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa is searching for future entrepreneurs and innovators to take part in Kōkiri – a Māori business accelerator programme. Applications for the next programme intake are open now. Launched in 2018, Kōkiri is a joint programme between Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and Callaghan Innovation – New Zealand’s innovation agency. Ventures with tech-based [...]
