Startup Dunedin Podcast

This week Angus talks to Mitchell Porter-Thomas, Ben Sommerville and Luke van der Vliet from Mana Rangatahi. For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz and check out Mana Rangatahi on the innov8 website - innov8hq.com/manarangatahi

This week Angus chats to Chris Hilder from Kaffelogic and Jason Lindsey from Petridish. For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Abbe Hyde - Winely For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Tip Piumsomboon - Blackbird Ventures For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Tenisha was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) at just seventeen years old. She was told that she was probably going to be miserable, struggle to get pregnant and should lose some weight if she wanted to get close to living a happy, normal life. After using "Dr. Google" and finding dozens of stories from other women struggling with PCOS she decided that she could make a difference. A couple of years later, Tenisha had the opportunity to complete a project as part of her...

There are over 130 craft breweries and over 500 wineries in New Zealand. The vast majority have a taproom or cellar door where you can hear more information about the wine or beer you're about to buy. But what happens when you're at the supermarket or liquor store? Compass gives consumers the customer service they deserve, regardless of where they purchase the product. Their technology allows businesses to tell their story and share important product information, all through the consumers...

When Physiotherapy students, Tobias Hoeta and Andreas Hirczy were sent on placement they came home to their flat telling each other a very similar story. Their patients frequently didn’t complete their prescribed exercises and were hot on the path to re-injury. Many of their classmates and the physiotherapists they spoke to had the exact same problem. After a little digging, Toby and Dre discovered that ACC was spending approximately $48 million on re-injury claims each year. There had to be...

This week Julia Anne came on the show to chat about how she created New Zealand's Premium Homestay Network, Look After Me. Julia shared her story so far including: - Achieving a world record with over 20 billion social media mentions. - The World Cup, Pyjamas, PR stunt that won Look After Me their first customers - The importance of the shared access economy in New Zealand. - Raising capital in New Zealand. Look After Me (LAM) is New Zealand’s Premium Homestay Network. LAM offers welcoming,...

This is an episode for the developers and tech-entrepreneurs! Hear from Jesse Meek on his philosophy as a tech startup founder, the value CodeLingo brings to development teams, when CodeLingo has said no to customers and much much more. CodeLingo helps development teams write better code faster by automating common development practices such as automating finding and fixing bugs, automating code reviews, automating the generation of contributor documents. By focusing on project specific...

Matt Jenkins is an expert on Motivation and Behaviour Change. He completed our Co.Starters programme to use his PhD in Sports Psychology to help individuals create diet and movement change with the Mensana Movement (Matt explains why movement is a better choice of word than exercise). During the podcast Matt discusses a range of topics including: - How he transformed his personal training business - The 'Motivation Soup' concept - How motivation theory applies in health and business - Why he...

Alice Marsh is a co-founder of the Social Experiment. Alice is an alumni of the Audacious Student Startup programme and joined Angus on the podcast to share some of her experience as the co-founder of the weekend long event, the Social Experiment. For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Next Farm utilises integrated farm sensor technology with cloud based dashboards that allow farmers to operate, manage and understand farm resources from the computer desktop or a mobile device. In this episode of the podcast Angus sits down with Aaron Furrer and Sammi Stewart, the team at Next Farm, to talk about their journey so far and how they're changing farming everywhere. For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Anna Guenther is the founder of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe. She joined Angus on an audio version of the podcast and shared some of her journey including: - Why Anna chose "Chief Bubbleblower" as her title. - How Anna got the idea for PledgeMe and her failure on Audacious - How PledgeMe responded when their transaction provider shut them down with no notice -The commonalities of successful crowdfunding campaigns - "The three C's" - The common mistakes and misconceptions of crowdfunding -...

Angus sat down with winning Startup Weekend team, team Less 2 days after they won Startup Weekend Dunedin 2019. Team Less have developed an eco-friendly cleaning solution that drastically reduces plastic waste. On the podcast Sophia and Matthew share their Startup Weekend journey including why they got involved, the highs and lows of the weekend, the progress they made and where to from here. For more information please visit startupdunedin.nz

Disney Imagineer, MK Haley and Mahuki Activation Manager, Priscilla Edmonds join Angus on the show to discuss the Innovation of the Experience Economy. Topics include: How Disney made waiting in line enjoyable The role of physical stores and real life experiences in an e-commerce economy How Disney makes stories like Frozen feel authentic How sotrytelling might apply to an early stage startup + more! Mk Haley Mk Haley is a Disney Imagineer. Imagineers design the Disney theme parks,...