Category Archives: Angel investment

Lightning Lab startups ask – ‘where’s the money’?


Lightning Lab 2013 saw nine startups pitch their digital products to would-be investors last week, seeking expansion capital for ideas that 12 weeks before mostly existed on paper. The Wellington Demo Day saw highly polished presentations, with clear development plans … Continue reading

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Email sales tool allows companies to ‘dress to impress’


On the face of it, creating clever emails with embedded graphics and other gee-whizz stuff that acts as a smart sales tool should be pretty easy. But (apparently), there’s only three companies around the world have pulled off the feat … Continue reading

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Lightning Labs shows off its first flowers of startup blooming


Lightning Labs, a lean startup hub of selected neophyte companies located for three months on Wellington’s The Terrace, gave a ‘where we’re at, what we’ve learned’ quickfire talks recently. The fullhouse (dozens on the waiting list), heard how the nine … Continue reading

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Wellington Startup Weekend well pitched


According to John Holt, the brainchild behind the San Francisco located Kiwi Landing Pad, the final pitch presentations at the Wellington Startup Weekend were better than 75% of those he’s seen in the USA. Given that those State-side entrepreneurs are … Continue reading

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‘Foolproof’ writer to study difference between new business intent and reality


The writer of ‘Foolproof’ a tome about how to find and test great business opportunities through market validation is off writing books – at least for a while. In a previous incarnation, Wellingtonian Jenny Douché put out a series of … Continue reading

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Give up the total DIY for tech start-ups – Clark-Reynolds


The great Kiwi ‘traditional’ of do-it-yourself (DIY) has its downsides in many tech developments according to serial entrepreneur Melissa Clark-Reynolds. Speaking as one of a panel at Unlimited Potential’s AGM, Clark-Reynolds says entrepreneurs and start-up founders need to, quickly, get … Continue reading

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What a problem for ikeGPS…..managing its growth!


The ikeGPS has the world at its feet – so much so it is going to have to carefully decide which of many markets it should attack first. The hand-held device integrates hardware and software and enables anyone from a … Continue reading

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Foolproof market validation tool for those of us who would be fools


‘Foolproof’ (great title) has been inspired by much of a working life immersed in entrepreneurial startups. Its author, Jenny Douché likes to think of the 188 page book as a resource for anyone looking to create or grow a business. … Continue reading

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New media + books = Literary Angels: friend recommendations set to fly


Literary Angels, a Facebook (with other social media to come) book socialising, tracking and selling tool, could be exactly what the publishing industry has been looking for. LA sets up a unique identity for a hard copy or e-book, allowing … Continue reading

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An angel lines up in books’ corner


Here are two aspects of books – an industry ripe for a social media makeover. Firstly, chances are, if you’ve had a good read lately, you’ve told someone else about it. Secondly, with the sometimes predicted death of printed books … Continue reading

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