Innovation

online loans Katherine Barr, Venture Capitalist, talks to the 90 Second crew about how NZ startups should promote and network better.

solar panels for sale Chris Quin, CEO of Retail Telecom talks to the 90 Seconds crew about 3 reasons why to invest in Kiwi startups.

solar power systems Andy Symons, BNZ’s CEO talks to the 90 Seconds crew about investing in the Kiwi Startup ecosystem.

Christen O’Brein, Partner & GM of 500 Startsups, talks to the 90 Seconds crew about investing globally.

help writing a paper Todd Sawicki, CTO of Cheezburger.com, compares NZ, Israeli & Silicon Valley Startups at the 2012 Geeks on a Plane Auckland tour.

Wesley Chan is a fun-loving entrepreneur and joined the Google Ventures team in 2009. Wesley is based out of Seattle, WA. As an early employee at Google, Wesley helped to start, launch, and grow Google Analytics and Google Voice products which millions of users depend on worldwide. help me write a paper

Don Christie – founder of Catalyst IT and a leading New Zealand expert on open source software – said he was disappointed with the proposed effects for the technology industry under TPP at today’s stakeholder meeting in Auckland. “TPP is a big missed opportunity” said Christie citing an independent report out of the UK (available for download below) which called …

Wellington-based Alex Gordon was one of 2,000 entries to the World Financial Modelling Championship. After three rounds, he was one of the world’s top-16 financial modelling minds to attend the New York live finals this past weekend. The competition was fierce and finalists came from all the corners of the globe – from New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Britain, Russia, …

IBM has announced Christchurch has won an IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grant – one of 31 cities globally for 2013. The grant provides Christchurch with access to some of IBM’s top experts to analyse and provide recommendations to drive economic development and sustained growth for the city. Launched in 2011, the IBM Smarter Cities Challenge is a three-year, 100-city, US$50-million competitive grant program …

The name of the new institute set up by the NZ Government to help firms in the high-tech manufacturing and services sectors will be Callaghan Innovation. Science and Innovation Minister Steven Joyce said naming the new Advanced Technology Institute after the late Sir Paul Callaghan was recognition of his passion for commercialising scientific research. “Sir Paul was one of New …