Improving Kiwis' digital literacy
A random chat about technology earlier this year led friends Benji Pritchard and Conor Doherty-Craig to create Techne, an online platform that teaches Kiwis how to code.
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‘Courageous’ investment means innovation stays in NZ, not sold off overseas
Most of the big successful New Zealand innovation stories we see in the media are about people who sold their innovation to an overseas company, but Associate Professor Jessica Lai and Dr Jesse Pirini believe there are better measures of successful innovation.
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The benefits of studying entrepreneurship
Student Michaela Hing wasn’t quite sure what she’d get out of her entrepreneurship course. In this blog, Michaela shares what she learnt and how the lessons go beyond just business skills.
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Entrepreneur profile: makeripples
When COVID-19 hit and the future of in-person events for the next year or two was called into question, Fishhook, a startup focused on promoting science through in person events, had two options: ride it out and hope for the best, or focus all of their attention on another product they were developing—makeripples.
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Four benefits of having a PhD researcher on your team
Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur, an established entrepreneur, or somewhere in between, when you’re developing new products and solutions it can be helpful to have a PhD researcher on your innovation team, write Associate Professor Mary Tate and Dr Ivano Bongiovanni.