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Go Innovate! and the ecentre sponsors this event to help students and staff learn what is important about pitching and provide key insight into how to do it well.
During our finals event, the individuals and teams will compete for seed funding, an ecentre development package, and more!
Starting Blocks is a two-day intensive course designed to help students rapidly define and validate their business ideas. This event listing is for the course running in April in Palmerston North.
Starting Blocks is a two-day intensive course designed to help Massey students rapidly define and validate their business ideas. This event listing is for the course running in April in Auckland.
This workshop introduces you to the concept of business modelling, and particularly the "business model canvas".
In this workshop, you'll learn how to generate innovative ideas and test them out. Open to all students and staff.
Increase the impact of your research and pick up valuable new skills that will help you to get funded. Open to postgraduates and faculty at Massey University.
Last year’s event sold out in 3 weeks so keep an eye out for tickets going on sale in May.
You will:
• Gain actionable insights to scale your SaaS business faster
• Hear from SaaS pioneers about their experiences
• Share what you've discovered with others
• Make connections that matter
The Southern SaaS programme has been designed to enable connection and collaboration across two days:
28 August - Conference with keynote speakers followed by networking drinks
29 August - Hands-on workshops for practical application of lessons learned on Day One
For a taste of what's to come, view the highlights of last year’s Southern SaaS event here.
Join us and be part of the New Zealand SaaS success story.
#SouthernSaaS19
Enjoy the video from Callaghan Innovation with highlights of SouthernSaaS 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=40&v=ZFuh8VlyRE0
Professional Tech Entrepreneurs Meetup - expand your network and connect with other tech entrepreneurs.
This event aims to improve our understanding of data sovereignty and the use of personal data to harness better AI results. The sessions will focus on lessons learned in realizing Europe’s new Digital Single Market and its implications for businesses, in particular for innovation and future service delivery.
Massey University Distinguished Visitor Professor Dr Christian Welz will look at the current state of play of social dialogue in Europe, focusing on his organisation’s extensive research findings and attempting to anticipate, in as far as possible, the impacts BREXIT may have.
In this talk, Marcus will discuss a remarkable equation which is, Creativity + Innovation = Entrepreneurship. This equation represents a simple set of relationships, but they often go wrong. Why is it that so many organisations and communities try innovation and fail?
Perhaps they are trying creativity, design thinking, agile or whatever in a sequence that is doomed to fail. Often we confuse the terms, assume skills that don’t exist, or think being busy means being fast. These behaviours and approaches continue to turn the simple into complex. We will discuss a process that will help you calibrate where your organisation or community is when benchmarked against best practice. The benchmark is based on 35 years practice and research in 5 countries. We will then outline the eight steps required to embed an innovation system into your organisation and also help you identify the many ways creative thinking is sometimes stifled! Finally, we will discuss some lessons learned about how universities and business communities can work together successfully in this process.
For more than 50 years, humans have been expanding the potential of future technology – designing software, systems and devices to increase efficiency, solve problems and ultimately, build better lives.
But if we are to compare today’s technology to that expected in the next three to five years, the so-called transformative ‘paper to desktop’ era of the last 20 years is simply the beginning of our technology journey.
Today, the next wave of disruption – the dawn of General AI, nanobots, the internet-of-things, cryptocurrencies and blockchain – is imminent, and is set to change everything we know about technology and its place in our world.
In fact, ideas once coined ‘futuristic’ are already here – and they’re rapidly changing the face of business.
But are New Zealand businesses truly ready for the magnitude of change expected over the next few years? Are they prepared to ride the next wave of technological disruption? Or will they miss the opportunities of an exciting but unpredictable new world?
Keran McKenzie is futurist in residence at MYOB and is fascinated by new technology and how it is transforming the way we live, work and play. His role involves looking at the current and future trends in technology, and how they can be developed to benefit Australasia’s businesses, both small and large.
Join him for a conversation about the latest technology businesses are adopting and how business owners can embrace the change this wave of disruption is bringing.
Ecentre are thrilled to bring you this upcoming speaker session in collaboration with our partners MYOB, Smales Farm and Grow North.
Gear your business for growth by better understanding your customers and working through the customer journey.
Using design thinking to solve problems and grow your business. Product development veteran Dr Aruna Shekar shares best practices in product innovation, design thinking, opportunity identification and ideation techniques.
Gear your business for growth by better understanding your customers and working through the customer journey.
Come along and literally ask anything you've ever wanted to know about angel investing or accelerating your startups.
How can you harness your enthusiasm to make change in the world?
We give five unique and diverse speakers five minutes each to tell their stories of how something they are passionate about has shaped their lives.
Join us for an inspiring event that might spark your own journey in social or business enterprise.
Good governance positions startups for investment and growth — and helps reduce the risk of failure. Debra Hall, the Angel Association’s 2017 NZ Arch Angel, shares her insights.
How can you harness your enthusiasm to make change in the world?
We give five unique and diverse speakers five minutes each to tell their stories of how something they are passionate about has shaped their lives.
Join us for an inspiring event that might spark your own journey in social or business enterprise.
An effective brand strategy is a critical to make your startup stand out. Debra Hall, the Angel Association’s 2017 NZ Arch Angel, shares her experience.
Digital marketing can turbocharge the growth of your venture by connecting you to potential customers. Get insights into marketing funnels, audiences and the most effective channels to reach them.
Startups need to have a solid handle on finances, whether bootstrapping or raising capital. Learn what’s critical to know about startup accounting, and what you should expect from your accountant.
This network is for professional entrepreneurs who are starting up a business with global ambition. The ecentre hosts regular (monthly) meetings that enable participants to share, collaborate, and socialise with like-minded entrepreneurs. Residents of ecentre, and entrepreneurs who have completed an ecentre programme are also members. Our alumni are encouraged to help other people who are at an early stage of starting a business.
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Validate market opportunities and create sustainable business models through Sprint Foundation. Sprint builds your entrepreneurial capabilities and gives you the tools to reduce the risks you take —saving you time, effort, and money.
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Navigating the clash between the intellectual property system and matauranga Maori, with Lynell Tuffery Huria from AJ Park.
Ready to open up shop? Get set up for success by understanding the impact company structure and shareholder agreements can have on your venture.
Navigating the clash between the intellectual property system and matauranga Maori, with Lynell Tuffery Huria from AJ Park.
Validate market opportunities and create sustainable business models through Sprint Foundation. Sprint builds your entrepreneurial capabilities and gives you the tools to reduce the risks you take —saving you time, effort, and money.
Register Now
This network is for professional entrepreneurs who are starting up a business with global ambition. The ecentre hosts regular (monthly) meetings that enable participants to share, collaborate, and socialise with like-minded entrepreneurs. Residents of ecentre, and entrepreneurs who have completed an ecentre programme are also members. Our alumni are encouraged to help other people who are at an early stage of starting a business.
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Hands on tech workshop — get ready to hack a better world. No previous tech experience required!
Discover why the North Shore is being tipped as one of NZ’s most dynamic technology and innovation districts, with leading companies sharing their stories from starting up to scaling up.
