As Aotearoa’s biggest leadership and innovation summit, Festival for the Future is one of the most inspirational events you’ll ever attend. Join current and future leaders from New Zealand’s business, government and community sectors as we explore the big issues of our time, showcase what’s possible, and build ideas and skills for a more inclusive and sustainable future.

Festival for the Future

Tom Brotherstone, co-owner of Awhi Yoga & Wellbeing, has completed a 500 hour yoga teacher training in Rishikesh, India. He has subsequently been teaching Yin and Vinyasa for the past 8 years.  Along with his 10 years of competing and teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, his focus now is on building a community through both practices and providing a supportive platform for the growth and self-discovery of others through yoga and martial arts.

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Creative Mornings / Wellington

Join our first event and hear Dr Will Barker, founder and CEO of Mint Innovation discuss his experience in commercialising new technologies, securing intellectual property, raising capital and building high-performance teams.


Mint Innovation

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Exploring Bioscience Innovation Series: Scaling Mint’s Cleantech

To kick things off, we will begin with a presentation from Sian Govind, Founder & Director of BeHeard Aotearoa (ex Uber, ex Tesla, ex Halter), covering topics such as impactful resume & cover letter writing, utilising LinkedIn, networking, interview preparation and salary negotiation. Following the presentation we have an amazing panel of experienced hiring managers from some of New Zealand's most exciting employers (who are all actively hiring!) for an “Ask Me Anything” session. To wrap up the evening we will have drinks, snacks and networking. 

Navigate Your Path to a Rewarding Career in Tech

Withouth a clear strategy often the loudest voice infliences marketing priorities.  Pushing people off track, wasting time and budgets.  Winning hearts and minds is as much a battle for boardroom backing as it is for customer attention.  When everyone knows how you plan to win, and how they contribute to success, you start to build a culture of relentless execution.

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kiwiSaaS Webinar: 30% of marketing budgets are wasted on misdirected work.  How to avoid costly detours

Join us at GridAKL for our UiPath Community Meetup for automation enthusiasts and practitioners. We’re excited to share the latest developments in automation and exchange knowledge and experiences.

Accelerating Automation: UiPath latest capabilities

You could be looking for a mentor, have the skills to be a great mentor or are mentoring others right now – let’s explore what that looks like with a diverse panel of wāhine and opportunity for Q and A.

Following the panel discussion, we encourage you to stay, network, drink and eat – meet someone you don’t know and share your mentoring ideas.

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Women in Agriculture: Exploring the world of mentoring

The kiwiSaaS Local Chapter meetup is for anyone working in a New Zealand-founded SaaS company, including technical staff, all functional leads and their team members, as well as founders - its a great way to get to know your local SaaS colleagues

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Edtech Market Deep Dive: Vietnam
What the market looks like and the support and insights needed to get there

A recent publication of HolonIQ has estimated the global edtech market at more than US$400 billion by 2025. Vietnam, with 70 million people under 40 years of age and tech-savvy, is an emerging market in education technology. Its value is estimated at US$3 billion in 2023 by Dezan Shira & Associates.

What are the opportunities and challenges in the Vietnam edtech market? How can New Zealand edtech companies work with Vietnamese schools, universities, and local distributors to enter the market? 

Come along to EdTechNZ’s Market Deep Dive: Vietnam to hear from our panellists and engage in conversation with them. They come from the Vietnamese education and edtech sectors as well as the New Zealand edtech industry and Government. 

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EdTechNZ Market Deep Dive: Vietnam

REGENERATE Game Jam is a week of reimagining farming in games to focus on organic, regenerative and indigenous farming knowledge, practices and frameworks.

Representation matters; we can't imagine what we cannot see! Regenerate Game Jam 2023 is an opportunity to create fun and visible action towards the regeneration of people, place and planet.   

Regenerate game jam is an inclusive game jam. We encourage participants of all experience levels and aim to foster a diverse and inclusive safe space for people to create games.  Sign up with a team or alone, and let us know if you want us to team you up! Everyone is welcome.

When?  The REGENERATE Game Jam will run from 19th -23rd June  2022 NZST.

How?  The game jam will run on the REGENERATE Game Jam Discord server.

What? Make a game in 5 days. To qualify, your game should feature organic or regenerative farming practices + incorporates the theme which will be revealed at the start of the jam.


Thank you to our supporters, the Ministry of Education New Zealand, AcademyEX, NZGDA, the University of Canterbury and Tātaki Auckland Unlimited.

✨Winners will be determined by community ranking.✨

Ranking will be open from 24th-26th June. Winners will be announced on the 27 June

Please join the jam's itch.io page - https://itch.io/jam/regenerate-game-jam-2023

REGENERATE Game Jam

About the event:

More details coming soon. 

Join us for our June Lunchtime Tech Session on June 20th with David Reeves

David will present on 'Homomorphic Encryption'

Feel free to bring any questions to this session.

If you can't make it live, this event will be recorded and a replay will be available after.

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Lunchtime Tech Sessions by Canterbury Tech

She Sharp & Deloitte: Innovation Unleashed
Learn about cutting-edge innovation with us!

We are thrilled to announce an upcoming event in partnership with Deloitte. This event is aimed at providing attendees with insights and opportunities for how to embrace cutting edge innovation!

We encourage you to register early as spaces are limited! We will have special prizes and giveaways for those who register and attend the event. 

People of all genders and backgrounds are welcome to attend our events.

More details coming soon!

She Sharp is a community of women and non-binary people in tech who aim to inspire, empower and connect. Deloitte is a global industry leading firm of experts who help clients transform their businesses with innovative solutions.

In this event, you will hear from inspiring speakers who will share their insights and experiences on innovation in various fields. You will also participate in an interactive workshop where you will learn about the Deloitte innovation framework and how to apply it to your own projects. Whether you are a student, a professional, or an entrepreneur, this event will help you learn about cutting-edge innovation and network with like-minded people.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about embracing innovation with She Sharp and Deloitte! We look forward to seeing you there!

Innovation in technology has become increasingly vital in our fast-paced, interconnected world.With the ever-evolving landscape of digital advancements, it's crucial for countries like New Zealand to embrace and foster innovation in the tech industry. It encourages individuals and organizations to think outside the box, explore new possibilities, and push the boundaries of what is currently known. A vibrant tech sector that values innovation can attract and retain talented individuals, foster cross-industry collaborations, and inspire the next generation of tech enthusiasts. Innovation drives economic growth, enhances efficiency and productivity, addresses societal challenges, fosters creativity and collaboration, and embraces ethical considerations.

So, let's celebrate the spirit of innovation and stay ahead by attending the Innovation Unleashed event on 20 June hosted by one of industry leaders - Deloitte!

She Sharp & Deloitte: Innovation Unleashed

Angel Investing is an important aspect of the start-up ecosystem. Not only do Angels provide a source of capital, but they also offer valuable mentorship, advice, and access to their networks – all of which can help founders succeed. From a Dunedin Inc. perspective, local Angel Investors are key to encouraging our early stage companies to stay in our region, as well as a pathway for tapping into other Angel groups.

Join us for a fireside chat hosted by Scott Mason of Findex with special guests Peter Ramsay, Prue Halstead and James Elvery as they provide an insight into the fundamentals of Angel Investing. Covering topics such as:

Common questions faced by founders in their investment journey.
Strategies for attracting and securing funding.
Experiences had through the process.
Determining whether Angel Investing is appropriate (or not) to the Start-Up’s own circumstances.
What's in store?

Fireside chat and audience Q&A - Angel investing
3 pitches with local startups Skillzea, Luni Maternity and OmniEye
FoundX is designed to help empower regional entrepreneurship, connect communities and inspire innovation. 

Prue Halstead - Executive Officer at Invest South

Prue has an extensive background of business development, marketing and general management experience across a diverse range of industries, working in NZ and overseas. Recognising the importance of a fully formed investment ecosystem to the growth of the Southern region, Prue is a strong advocate of early stage businesses in the South. She was involved in establishing COIN South in 2019, is a founding Board member of Mainland Angels, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Angel Association of New Zealand.

Peter Ramsay - Network Manager at Mainland Angel Investors

Peter’s interests lie within startups, having studied the Masters of Entrepreneurship at the University of Otago. For the past 4 years, he has embarked on his own venture, creating a reusable dispensing unit, tailed to the personal drink bottle and beverage industry. After experiencing the difficulties first-hand of trying to raise capital in the lower South Island, Peter was drawn to MAI, in an effort to help pave a better path to investment.

James Elvery - Co-Founder & CEO at RaceRanger

James, a former NZ representative triathlete from Wanaka, has founded sports-tech start-up ‘RaceRanger’ to address the major problem in the sport of Ironman triathlon. Drafting or slipstreaming on the bike section is against the rules in most events, and is policed in a highly subjective way. RaceRanger is an electronic sensor system which accurately measures distances between bikes, giving riders and referees a visual guide, removing the subjectivity.

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FoundX Dunedin Meetup

Whether you’re a new manager or are a manager of managers who’s helping new managers step up to the role, this talk is for you!

Engineering leaders are tasked with improving performance and retaining team members, but as every manager will say: “code is easy, people are hard!” We also know that a manager has a big impact on the team – as one example, Google’s Project Oxygen research showed that managers are one of the biggest influences on team performance.

Particularly in engineering, there’s a big jump from being an individual contributor – where the indicators of success are more clear – to becoming a people manager.

Of course, it only gets more complicated from there! If you’re someone managing other managers, you now need to understand how to share your own managerial experience and guide the managers you’re supporting to find their own style.

In this talk, we’ll cover key lessons to help both first-time managers of individual contributors and managers of managers, including strategies to:

Step away from the code and not just “do it yourself”
Create and manage a workplan for the team, puzzling through dependencies
Give enough of a challenge to help someone grow but not overwhelm them
Effectively channel and represent the company’s mission, values, goals while staying true to your own managerial style
Champion your team and support their growth within the broader organization
About the speaker
Bear Douglas has over a decade of experience in developer advocacy and developer relations at Slack, Twitter, and Facebook. As a Director at Slack, nearly every manager on her team was a first-time manager, so she has a wealth of experience in being a good coach and helping managers succeed.

Agenda for the session

30 min – Presentation and Q&A (this part will be recorded & shared later)
30 min – Discussion in small groups, where you can chat with peers about your own challenges and learnings (this part won't be recorded)
Do you have a question you’d like us to cover during the session? Tweet us at @MultitudesCo or tell us in the comment section below!

Find us online at:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/multitudesco
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/multitudesco/
Slack: An invite is shared in your welcome message; you can also register your interest here.

How to succeed as a new manager

Electrify Accelerator is where you will have the opportunity to work alongside some  of NZ’s most  successful women founders, leading investors, and startup specialists. 
You will get the support you need, learn new skills, and build a network that will allow you to achieve your incredible dreams. 

There are approximately 2,500 high-growth startups in NZ, but ONLY 21.6% have women on the founding team. And when women are part of a startup's founding team, the data shows that the chances for success increase as well as the magnitude of that success. In short, Aotearoa and the world needs YOU.
Powered by the Ministry of Awesome, Electrify Accelerator is a world-class programme designed for each founder's unique needs. No matter your life situation, this 12-week programme will help you turbocharge your early-stage venture in ways you previously thought impossible. 

Demo Day is the last part of the accelerator where the national innovation community turns out to celebrate your success.  

This is your opportunity to sell your vision to your peers, the startup community, and national and international investors.  

On 22 June we’re bringing together the startup community to cheer on 
20 fantastic female founders as they pitch their startup to the world!

Electrify Accelerator Demo Day

The Callaghan Innovation Roadshow: Fund, Upskill, Connect, Solve, Grow
If you’re looking for support to grow your business or take your innovative idea to market, join us at the Callaghan Innovation Roadshow! 


To mark our 10th birthday, we'll be travelling to Christchurch to bring our problem-solvers and know-how navigators to you. Come along and find out how we can help you overcome your innovation challenges and accelerate your business’ growth by working as ‘the team behind your team’.

Thanks

Callaghan Innovation

Christchurch - Callaghan Innovation Roadshow

Come and celebrate the tech industry in New Zealand - both for its global success and its contribution to the local economy! The annual NZ Hi-Tech Awards Gala Dinner is where the winners of the 2023 NZ Hi-Tech Awards will be announced.

It is a classy evening of celebration, inspiration, networking, food, and entertainment.


Gala dinner - SOLD OUT

Please email info@hitech.org.nz for further information or to be added to the waitlist.

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Hi-Tech Awards Gala Dinner

Sprinting on a short runway: Resilience strategies to help you take flight
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 11.00AM - 12.00PM

Overview:

Most people think that to succeed founders need to give ‘their all’ to their business. In fact, the founders that succeed beyond the initial short runway are those that manage to sustain themselves and the key people on their teams. Dr Denise Quinlan will share practical strategies that ensure you and your team get the job done and don’t fall over  – particularly important when you’re sprinting on a short runway!

Who should attend?

Everyone

What's covered:
Practical strategies to protect your attention and energy through the day and week.
Key steps to a culture that prevents burnout and keeps essential people onboard and engaged
Practical solutions to address the challenges of overwhelm, overload and isolation in your team.
You know your founder’s mission – you also need to identify what will make your team as motivated as you. 
Your product is unique, but your business model isn’t. Tap into the SaaS experience and expertise to make your life easier.

What you will learn from attending this presentation:

Managing your own attention and energy is essential to go the distance.
Get clear on what energises and what drains you and structure your day to buffer and protect your energy.
Identify your peak productivity hour and protect it for your most important work.
Embed ruthless prioritisation in your team.

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KiwiSaaS Webinar: Sprinting on a short runway: Resilience strategies to help you take flight

Mid winter webinar: Encouraging women into IT

Join TechWomenNZ council members for a conversation on their knowledge and experience in attracting and retaining women into IT careers.

We’ll be discussing how companies can attract more women into IT roles and support those returning back into roles. We’ll also provide practical tips like how to write a job description and share some interesting statistics on how women respond to a job description compared to how a male would respond. We have a recruitment company  joining us with advice on how to apply to roles in the IT sector.

So grab a cuppa, put on your slippers, and join us online!

Keep an eye out for our future mid-winter webinars including wellness & burnout and women entrepreneurs.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
Time: 12pm - 1.00pm
Location: Online
Event Type: Virtual
Cost: Free for members and non-members

Hosted by:  Amanda Veldman, Sasha Mullins, Vanessa Leite

Panellists: Pip Gilbert, Amanda Watson, Samar Alrayyes, Eva Sherwood plus Louise Cunnigham 

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Mid winter webinar - Encouraging Women into IT

Do you have questions about your next raise, bridging rounds or cap tables? Perhaps you are expanding globally and have burning questions you simply can’t find the answers to. Well, we would love to help!

Register today for a 30-minute direct chat with our investment team.

This is not a 'pitch at us' session, it is a two-way conversation. Across the nation, we know fantastic founders and teams are developing remarkable technologies and we hope these sessions can help guide your next steps. 

About us

GD1 is an institutional-grade VC fund that supports globally ambitious kiwi tech startups with capital, on-the-ground operating expertise, and a vast international network in order to help them achieve growth on the world stage.

We created GD1 AMA (Ask Me Anything) sessions as a casual way for the startup ecosystem in Aotearoa New Zealand to access industry expertise. 

Once you register

You will receive a zoom link in your confirmation email. (Please note your calendar invite will be for the entire two hours. Please tune in for your 30 min slot at your registered time, a GD1 team member will then admit you into the session.)

If you are curious, here is a link to our current portfolio companies. They are across industries and verticals including

SaaS
Deep Tech
Hardware-enabled Software 
Health Tech
Internet 2.0
Web3  
We have a balanced portfolio and pride ourselves on in-house operating partner expertise to support our teams well beyond the cheque. Your confirmation email will contain more information. 

Please reach out if you have any questions. 

Warm regards, The GD1 team.

GD1 AMA - Ask Me Anything

Conference theme
What does great software engineering culture look like, and how have Kiwis done it?

Who this is for
Anyone who is curious about making tech industry a more welcoming and meaningful place.

Perhaps you lead a team. Perhaps you are wondering what kind of influence you can have as an individual contributor.

It doesn’t matter what your job title is — come along and learn from our amazing speakers and from other attendees!

When
Friday 7th July 2023
9am—5pm

Where
Room RHLT1
Rutherford House
Pipitea Campus
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand

Price
$150 standard ticket
$110 group discount applies to 4th ticket onwards in the same booking.

Ticket sale closes 30th June 2023

If your manager needs persuading, we've written a handy letter to help you convince them!

If you require financial assistance to attend, apply for Conference Attendance Award grant by InternetNZ.

About
NZ Tech Rally provide inclusive spaces for the NZ software community to connect and grow together.

For now... we're starting with a conference!

NZ Tech Rally

Join us at the Matihiko Awards, a celebration of Māori contribution in Digital and Tech.

This is a BLACK TIE EVENT.

There are two types of tickets:

1. Hākari Table Seats: These are tickets at a Hākari Table which include a buffet dinner, dessert and drinks throughout the night.

There are 10 seats at each table. Please contact us if you would like to purchase a whole table and we can provide you with an invoice for payment (email us at: tehaporimatihiko@gmail.com).

2. Kaitautoko Seats: These seats are in the upstairs area on the first floor, and are a more cost effective option for our hapori and their whānau. The upstairs viewing area allows you to look over the main events area downstairs, and of course to watch the main stage. For people seated in the upstairs area, we'll have food trucks onsite where you can purchase kai and inu.

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Courtesy bus: To ensure our manuhiri get to and from the event safely, there is a courtesy bus option from Wellington Train Station to Te Rauparaha Arena. To ride on the courtesy bus costs $20 return. Please select this ticket option when purchasing your main event ticket. Or, you can simply return to our event ticketing later when you're ready to purchase a seat on the pahi. 

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Koha: We rely 100% on funding and sponsorship to keep Te Hapori Matihiko operating. Purchasing tickets to this awards event is a koha in itself, however we acknowledge that some of you may want to provide further tautoko. Any additional koha we receive will greatly assist us to create more resources for our Māori in digitech community, and also to deliver more events like this. We know that with more visibility, we can help to grow the number of Māori in digital and tech, and identify future leaders in this space.

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Matihiko Awards 2023

Unlock Your Business's Hidden Potential.

SME&E Growth Reveals the Strategies and Secrets You Need to Propel Your Business to Success!

11-12 JULY 2023 | SHED 6 | WELLINGTON
You've landed on this page because you're a driven business owner, entrepreneur, or founder with a strong focus on growth. At SME&E Growth in Wellington, the value you'll gain from our content far exceeds the cost to attend. Discover game-changing strategies, harness the power of AI, learn from resilient global entrepreneurs, master digital marketing, and connect with like-minded professionals. Limited tickets available! Reserve your spot now and unlock your business's true potential!

Imagine learning directly from those who have achieved extraordinary business growth, without breaking the bank. SME&E Growth brings together a lineup of speakers who have faced the same challenges you're currently encountering and overcome them with resounding success. Their expertise and knowledge are typically reserved for high-paying clients, but at this event, they are sharing their insights with you.

5 HEADLINE SPEAKERS
Unleash Your Business Potential with the Game-Changing Insights of 5 Powerhouse Speakers at SME&E Growth! Get Ready for a Mind-Blowing Lineup of Business Innovators, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Will Ignite Your Entrepreneurial Spirit!

SME&E Festival

PITCH TO WIN
Our last pitch competition was in 2021, won by Victor Anton with his fabulous Wēta Watcher AI.
This July we're coming back bigger than ever, with a pitch-off by selected impact entrepreneurs. They'll pitch their making-the-world-better ventures in the hopes of winning the audience vote and the prize pool.
Watch this space if you're an impact entrepreneur – next month we'll invite submissions to select the top 7 pitches.
Attendance is $20 (cash only) at the door, and includes a hearty bowl of soup and delicious crusty bread.
All proceeds go to the very deserving winner.
Again: thanks New Plymouth District Council for supporting this super worthwhile initiative!

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Taranaki Pitch-Off – Good soup, better pitches, best world!

We’ve all been there – you want to be there for your team, but you end up pushing back 1:1 meetings because there’s a lot on your plate. Or your team member wants to practice a particular framework but you don’t have any upcoming work that would let them do that. Or you’re heading into a career development conversation and trying to figure out how to share some tough feedback.

At the same time, a regular piece of feedback from individual contributors is that they’d like their managers to provide more support for their career development..

So what’s an engineering manager to do? How can we help our teams build fulfilling careers while juggling their asks with all the other work on our plate? And how do we balance their development areas with completing the work that needs to be done? Doing this well will not only help our team’s satisfaction and morale, but also support our own progress in our organization – but it’s easier said than done.

This talk will provide concrete tips to help you do better in supporting your team on their career development journey. We’ll talk about strategies to:

Make time for 1:1s – even when things get busy!
Focus 1:1’s on growth & development (not work)
Balance between improving weaknesses versus cultivating strengths
Design a roadmap for growth and allocate work across the team so everyone gets the right opportunities per their development goals
See and nurture potential in tricky situations, e.g., if the individual lacks self-confidence, when you need to give hard feedback, or if the upcoming work isn’t aligned to someone’s desired development areas
About the speaker
Rahul Pandey is on a mission to help software engineers learn and succeed. He is the CTO & Co-founder of Taro, a platform for engineers to get expert advice from industry leaders and part of the Y Combinator Summer 2022 class. Previously, Rahul worked at Meta and Pinterest, and he developed curriculum and taught at Stanford, CodePath, and via his popular YouTube channel.

Agenda for the session

30 min – Presentation and Q&A (this part will be recorded & shared later)
30 min – Discussion in small groups, where you can chat with peers about your own challenges and learnings (this part won't be recorded)
Do you have a question you’d like us to cover during the session? Tweet us at @MultitudesCo or tell us in the comment section below!

How to build a fulfilling career path for your engineers

From Retention to Advocacy: How to Use Customer Marketing to Grow Your SaaS Business
Wednesday, 26 July 2023, 11.00AM - 12.00PM

Overview:

Far too often SaaS businesses put all their focus into ‘top of funnel’ customer acquisition and underinvest in customer retention. The customer experience doesn’t end once first payment has been secured, and SaaS businesses need to build a plan that spans the entire customer lifecycle to succeed long-term. However, customer marketing often falls down a crack due to a lack of clear ownership between customer-facing functions.

Without a strong customer marketing engine, you’ll likely end up with expensive churn (the classic leaky bucket) and additional pressure on the acquisition engine to keep filling the top of the funnel. And when economic conditions get tougher and your runway needs to extend out, customer marketing is more crucial than ever – it is the fuel to your SaaS engine.



Who should attend?

This webinar is a must-attend event for SaaS CEOs, marketing, sales and customer success leaders.

You will learn:
- how to bring together customer success, sales, product and marketing for better alignment
- how to right size your marketing approach - particularly as markets get tighter
- the key ingredients to develop an effective customer communication strategy that doesn’t stop at acquisition
- how to foster advocacy and leverage customers for content and events

Following this session, you should be able to bring together your customer success, sales, product and marketing leaders to develop a customer marketing strategy that fuels your SaaS growth engine.

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kiwiSaaS Webinar: From Retention to Advocacy: How to Use Customer Marketing to Grow Your SaaS Business

GET READY TO UNLOCK YOUR POTENTIAL AND TURBOCHARGE YOUR BUSINESS.
Electrify Aotearoa is designed to address the unique challenges faced by Kiwi women in entrepreneurship, this event is your gateway to success, connecting you with a vibrant community of like-minded women in the New Zealand startup scene.

Take part in this inspiring conference that brings together the Aotearoa startup community.

Be inspired by trailblazing New Zealand women who have achieved remarkable success in the startup ecosystem. Learn from their triumphs, failures, and valuable insights that can fuel your own entrepreneurial journey right here in Aotearoa. 

Gain practical knowledge and skills through interactive workshops tailored to the specific needs of Kiwi female founders. From funding strategies to go-to-market tactics that resonate with the global market, our sessions will equip you with the tools to navigate the unique challenges of the startup landscape.

Surround yourself with a vibrant community of like-minded Kiwi women who understand the unique challenges and successes of building a startup in New Zealand. Exchange stories, share experiences, and form long-lasting connections with individuals who will continue to support you long after the conference concludes.

Electrify Aotearoa 2023

Digital Trust Hui Taumata 2023
Building a digital future we can trust.

Connect
to collaborate on growth opportunities for our digital trust economy.

Promote
to celebrate our success stories and share insights including banking, health and retail sectors.

Advance
to view trust through a digital lens as we develop an inclusive and equitable digital Aotearoa.

2023 Digital Trust Hui Taumata

Come and join us to explore how a startup becomes a success and the highs and lows that come with it. This event will educate attendees and elevate speakers as  you hear real world case studies and join the discussion on:
Funding
What NZ offers to assist your company in growth
What you need to know to protect your idea 
IP
How to develop a network 
What does the end goal look like

Doors open: 5pm. 

Startup Series

Hey! Welcome to Tourwriter's Space! We've got a great team who are keen to meet you and answer any of your questions.

Feel free to ask us about our current lead dev role that's open, our product or anything else about how we do things at Tourwriter.

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