When entrepreneur Lawrence Railton launched AS Colour in 2006, he envisioned it as a wholesale distributor of blank t-shirts. It targeted screenprinters and fashion labels, but soon, young customers
Wellington brewer ParrotDog’s PledgeMe campaign is breaking records. But is the financial model sustainable?
New Zealanders like to think of themselves and inventive and innovative. And, as Sir Ralph Norris said when collecting his World Class New Zealand
An agritech incubator is back for a second season of growing business ideas. But will they take root?
Fairfax announces the launch of Stuff Fibre, a joint venture with New Zealand Fibre Communications Limited selling high speed, unlimited fibre connections.
There’s more investor money in China than anywhere else in the world. But there’s a right, and a wrong, way to expand into the
As part of Callaghan Innovation's F Word project, Idealog conducted research on the New Zealand business community's attitude to failure and got some
Silicon Valley renaissance man Gary Bolles has lectured and produced events for the biggest brands in Silicon Valley and is the co-founder of <a
A lot of people start out by selling ice cream as their first job. But a business transitioning from ice cream sales to an
Entries for the 2016 round of the New Zealand Innovation Awards close today at 5pm so if you've got an amazing product,
A company with a social mission of helping isolated and depressed elderly residents is the winner of the first Idealog/Cointreau Creative Kickstart Competition.
Footwear designer Gustavia Lui has been invited to pitch a supply deal to Zappos, one of America’s biggest online shoe retailers. She has six days to get
New Zealand’s game development industry has achieved a new high score – again. This time it brought in nearly $90 million in a year.
Misprint Co. co-founder Jenny Buckler on the circular economy; making new things out of unwanted stuff.
The Module Project, an Auckland-based startup making sustainable modular consumer technology products, has opened an equity crowdfunding round.
Tyranny of distance? Pffffffttt. Architecture van Brandenburg is one of many Dunedin companies that are doing world-class work from the deep south—and technology is
There are a host of reasons to consider a shift to Dunedin. Some recent additions tell us theirs.
As someone who grew up in Invercargill, spent five formative years expanding/eroding my mind at the University of Otago and, then, after a
A new online-only Kiwisaver plan that could save you $$$ in fees.
Do investors run scared when they hear about a founder’s failure, or are battle scars seen as a positive? Is a good idea more
The 2016 round of the New Zealand Innovation Awards is open for entries so if you've got an amazing product, service or venture –or
Fed up with clunky proofing and approvals processes, two Kiwi software experts worked out a way to do it better. And they'll be talking
A University of Auckland researcher says innovation in the world of social enterprise is being hampered by a lack of knowledge, out-dated laws and
Black Estate is a family-run vineyard on the rolling hillsides of North Canterbury. While the vineyard now has an established reputation for producing premium
It’s “survival of the fittest” for businesses, according to Velox Innovation founders Colart Miles and David Stokes.