By Simon Young,
Tim Chang, Principal of Norwest Venture Partners in Silicon Valley, sees New Zealand as a source of unique and refreshing ideas, born out of our distance from easy capital. Being a VC from Silicon Valley, you’d expect him to advise Kiwi businesses to chase American money, but you may be surprised at his answer.
2010-07-09 14:40:44: Sean Simpson at the 2010 TechNZ Innovation Forum
2009-12-18 16:43:22: Little messages
2009-10-31 08:55:49: All the right moves
2009-10-29 14:43:19: And the winner is ...
2009-10-29 14:16:24: Ice chieftain
2009-10-29 13:16:35: Chief Warwick
2009-10-09 08:55:39: The Comedic Matrix
2009-10-08 10:01:18: Big TED
2009-10-07 14:05:09: The Good sort
2009-10-07 12:45:30: Tribe Dewar
2009-10-05 13:24:14: On the flip side
2009-10-05 08:48:50: The ultimate beach party
2009-10-05 08:48:30: Success in failure
2009-10-02 17:44:24: An apple a day did not keep the doctor away
2009-10-02 15:47:01: Building new ideas
2009-10-02 15:32:36: Radio Hologram
2009-10-01 12:21:48: Research feeds kai moana
2009-08-17 08:55:56: On a hunt to animate
2009-08-17 08:50:01: Voicing your design
2009-08-17 08:45:00: James ‘Benjamin Button’ Jean
2009-08-17 08:40:18: Caribbean Carson
2009-08-17 08:35:01: Creative regal
2009-08-16 22:29:27: Not so semi
2009-08-16 21:48:52: Comedic Spore
2009-08-15 20:35:28: Giant Weta
2009-08-15 20:34:56: Clockwork Anna
2009-08-15 20:33:40: Semi-Permanent jaunt
2009-08-13 14:47:39: Wired on Pop Culture
2009-07-27 09:00:00: Todd's foundation
2009-07-21 15:17:41: Flash hurry
2009-07-17 12:27:49: Nice ice
2009-07-14 16:55:25: Science gets personal
2009-07-09 15:13:51: Doom defying behaviour
2009-07-09 12:34:49: Incubus
2009-06-12 09:31:19: Fun, useful and potentially dangerous
2009-05-26 16:04:03: Tim Chang at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-26 15:11:10: Vishal Gondal at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-25 09:13:07: Eric Kearley at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-23 15:05:06: Juliette Powell at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-23 14:53:56: Megan Elliott of X|Media|Lab
2009-05-22 17:52:24: Parmesh Shahani at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-22 16:19:54: Susan Bonds at X|Media|Lab
2009-05-07 11:51:32: Andy Blood and David Walden
2009-05-06 14:29:47: Olaf Diegel
2009-02-23 17:36:00: Jane McGonigal on Signtific Lab
2009-02-20 16:06:21: A little too close and personal with Ze Frank
2009-02-20 11:08:03: Adrian Holovaty on the mashup
2009-02-19 16:13:51: Quickfire: Derek Powazek and Matt Biddulph
2009-02-19 16:05:41: Questions for the speakers
2009-02-19 12:59:40: From the floor at Webstock
2009-02-18 17:17:24: The local tipple
2008-10-24 10:21:28: Peri Drysdale
2008-09-26 13:16:15: George Fistonich
2008-09-12 13:53:36: Geoff Ross
2008-08-26 14:47:06: David Skilling
2008-04-10 15:46:40: Ray Avery
2007-07-01 12:45:44: Josef Roberts
Comments
Ben
Great content, I agree that the issue is the Gap between getting underway and being ready for VC funding. NZ is a country rich in ideas and innovation, and we get things going because we love to “have a go, b..” nah cant say it. It's going from a few people bootstrapping to a company ready to scale that is our hardest hurdle to overcome.
When we get that peice of the puzzle working we will create and keep a much greater number of innovative companies that are doing high value industry, not farming and tourism.
A mixed day at idealog for me, lots of provocative stuff and some enjoying threads.
Cheers
Simon Young
Thanks Ben. I think to be fair we haven't even started to see how Tourism and Farming can innovate themselves.
But you're quite right, Kiwi businesses need to learn how to be big without losing outr innovative streak.
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