The Christchurch Startup Ecosystem Grows Up
Ths is the audio of two articles I wrote recently on the Christchurch startup scene – they really are a two part of one whole, so thought I would read…
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Mitch Shaw on Upstream and the power of Social Procurement
Mitch Shaw is a co-founder of Upstream, a business which harnesses the power of social procurement to fund charities. With around $250,000 given out already, it is an impressive example…
Community Housing Panel on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka, Adelaide Brown and Stephen Hart
This is not an interview but instead an interesting panel which discussed Community Housing with a focus on financing, structuring and legal considerations with Judith Bullin, James Palmer, Natalia Garstecka,…
The History and Meaning of Anzac Day: Reflections with Historian Rowan Light
This conversation with Historian Rowan Light is from a few years ago and in this episode have pulled out the part where we discussed the meaning of ANZAC Day, the…
Esha Chhabra on the Power of Regenerative Business and her book ‘Working to Restore”
Esha is a catalyst for change through highlighting stories of people approaching business differently. She has just written a book “Working to Restore: Harnessing the Power of Regenerative Business to…
Greenwashing: Audio of short Spinoff Article “Australia opens a fascinating new front in the fight for ethical investing”
This is the audio of an article I just wrote for The Spinoff – you can access the text here which also has a lot of links to all the…
Aimee Blake on Girls who Grow and Future Farmers New Zealand
Aimee is the co-founder of Girls who Grow and co-chair of Future Farmers New Zealand. In this conversation we hear about her background and growing up in a farming community,…
Leanne Holdsworth on Humanising Work
Leanne has co-authored a new book “Human Work: five leadership mindsets for humanising workplaces“. Before we talk about that we first have a conversation about her background and life growing…
“One thing I’ve learned as an Entrepreneur…” Live panel discussion from the Entre annual launch night featuring Saskia van der Peet (Real Girls in Tech / Farmgate Foods), Jack Wood (Komodo Wellbeing), Ben Scales (KiwiFibre) and Rohan Mathias (FoodFuse)
This was recorded 8th March as part of the Entre Annual Launch night and was a panel discussing what they have learned as entrepreneurs. The insights come from Saskia van…
Jennifer Hamlin on Animals, our relationship with them and the work of the Allied Veterinary Professional Regulatory Council of New Zealand
Jennifer Hamlin loves animals and in this episode we talk about her childhood, her relationship with animals, we get philosophical about our role in the World and how we relate…
Jeremy Nurse on empowering youth and improving outcomes with the 180 Degrees Trust
Jeremy Nurse has led a fascinating life and we hear all about his background and working as a farmer and what led to establishing the 180 Degrees Trust. They do…
Dr Angela Lim on Clearhead
Dr Angela Lim is one of the co-founders of Clearhead, and in this interview we find out about her childhood and life growing up in Malaysia and studying in Singapore…
