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Press Release: Icehouse Ventures a huge leap forward for New Zealand entrepreneurs

New investment partners join The Icehouse to give massive boost to entrepreneurs and innovation

Announcing Icehouse Ventures

| Some might wonder, what now? Today we announced Icehouse Ventures, the investment arm of The Icehouse and a new business partnership with the objective of powering up access ...

The Dilemma of Being a Non-Technical Founder in an All Tech World

By Ben Liebert on 04/04/19

At Blackball, we often meet founders with ideas for great new software products and I enjoy talking with them about how to develop and scale their platform as they take on the ...

Why Small Businesses Need an Innovation Strategy

By Nick Egerton on 03/04/19

Interestingly over the years, the term "innovation strategy" may have been something for corporates or the ‘in’ or ‘cool’ companies. What small-to-medium sized business owners ...

Why Would You Ever Create a Startup? (The Odds Are Horrible …)

By Andy Hamilton on 27/03/19

What causes a founder to start their business? What do supporters or wider members of the ecosystem say to these founders when they are starting?

Ready-Made Meal Business has Right Ingredients for Success

By Kate De Lautour on 26/03/19

The way we’re eating is changing – more and more of us are opting for a home-cooked ready to eat idea, either fully prepared or part of a meal that can be added to, like a ...

How to Create Commercial Value for Your Business: 10 Focus Areas

By Richard Poole on 20/03/19

We business owners often get so buried in the day to day, that we forget the myriad of essential building blocks required to be kept in check, in order to create, build, ...

Steph Fry at the 30th annual WasteMINZ Conference in 2018

Sustainable Success: IdealCup’s Path to Becoming a Market-Leading Kiwi Business

By The Icehouse on 12/03/19

Steph Fry is the co-founder of IdealCup, a New Zealand-designed and made reusable cup, made in Wellington. IdealCup have been in business for just under 10 years and in that ...

Bill Bain Creating a raving fan – The Supermarket Story

Customer Experiences: The Sustainable Competitive Edge

By Bill Bain on 21/02/19

In the business world everyone is always looking for that extra something – the product or technology that will give them that competitive edge. But no matter what is found, ...

Champion New Zealander: A Tribute to Ian Elliott, 1946-2019

By David Irving on 21/02/19

I first met Ian Elliott when he came on The Icehouse AGRI3 (agribusiness) programme. Immediately I knew we had someone who knew more than us all combined. We connected as two ...

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