By Public Affairs staff, U.S. Embassy Wellington. Kate Drane, Senior Director of Outreach for Tech and Hardware at San Francisco-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, is in New Zealand on an embassy run program, to share her thoughts on the future and current trends of crowdfunding. Monday saw Kate engage with Kiwi entrepreneurs at GRID Auckland’s Innovation Hub, ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 9 November, 2017 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, News, Science & Tech | Tags: and the Christchurch Chamber Of Commerce., Auckland University of Technology, Callaghan Innovation, Creative HQ, Crowdfunding, ellington Regional Economic Development Agency, entrepreneur, Kate Drane, local crowdfunding platform PledgeMe, Project Connect
By Public Affairs staff, U.S. Embassy Wellington. Last week, we welcomed Disney Imagineer, Mk Haley, to Wellington. With Support from the U.S. Embassy, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Florida State University and Creative Program Manager at Walt Disney’s Imagineering, Mk Haley, gave a series of talks in Wellington. The week was hosted by
Mahuki – Te Papa’s innovation hub . Mk Haley’s first talk ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 8 May, 2017 | Categories: Business, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech | Tags: Archives, Bizdojo, Candy Green, Chargé d'Affaires, Creative HQ, Disney, Disney Imagineer, entrepreneur, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Florida State University, Galleries, GLAM, Libraries, Mk Haley, Museums, Te Papa
The Auckland University of Technology is kicking off our Project17 speaker series with a bang – Justin Milano (Good Startups, USA), serial entrepreneur, executive coach, intrepid traveller, author and producer will be sharing some valuable insights and inspiration… If you are an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, or simply want to encourage entrepreneurial thinking in yourself and your ...
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By Mike Cousins | 14 February, 2017 | Categories: Auckland, Connecting with Kiwis, News, Science & Tech | Tags: AUT, entrepreneur, Good Startups, intrapreneur, Justin Milano, Project17, Transforming Fear into Creativity, USA
By Mike Cousins, Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy Wellington. Google employee #43 (and now Silicon Valley entrepreneur/investor) Jeremy Wenokur was in New Zealand earlier this week to listen to and give startup advice to some of New Zealand’s young entrepreneurs. Jeremy’s NZ program included a roundtable (the kitchen table to be exact!) discussion with
GRID Auckland startup residents, a
Project Connect fireside chat ...
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By Mike Cousins | 8 April, 2016 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Former Ambassadors, News, Science & Tech | Tags: American entrepreneur, AUT, Bizdojo, entrepreneur, GRID Akl, Jeremy Wenokur, U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert
U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland
Suzi LeVine and Nancy Gilbert spoke with a group of women entrepreneurs at
BizDojo at a Collider Wellington on Tuesday March 29, while in New Zealand on a family holiday. Ambassador LeVine has an extensive background in tech, working at Microsoft and Expedia, and founding her own companies, prior to her appointment as President ...
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By Public Affairs Section | 1 April, 2016 | Categories: Business, Events, Former U.S. Government Leaders, News, Public Affairs, Science & Tech | Tags: Ambassador LeVine, Barack Obama, Collider Wellington, entrepreneur, Nancy Gilbert, Switzerland