Mayor Len Brown and Councillors Bill Cashmore and Denise Krum led a delegation of 43 Auckland businesses to the inaugural Tripartite Economic Alliance Summit in Los Angeles. “Auckland is New Zealand’s only global city and we are fast becoming a significant innovation hub in the Asia-Pacific region. The summit gives us the chance to build our trade and economic relations; to create exciting export opportunities …

Panel discussion: Investor Guidance for Raising Money in Los Angeles Mr Bruce Stein, Principal, Westridge Consulting, LLC Mr Robert Perille, Partner, Shamrock Capital Advisors Mr Craig Cooper CCP, LLC Chance Barnett, CEO, Crowdfunder Moderator: Mr Mitchell Berman, Managing Partner Zen Media Entertainment Group People in the private equity space are miserable at the moment because they are finding valuations at …

Through no fault of their own, New Zealand (and even different parts of America) have a cartoonish view of cities in the United States. People tend to think of Los Angeles solely as Hollywood and made up of “fake” people. New Zealand companies – particularly those involved in technology, think of San Francisco or Silicon Valley as their default launchpad. …