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We have a bunch of people in our Startup Hub community who dabble with, or have e-commerce as a core string to their bow; so it seemed only fitting to focus on it for this weeks Friday five. And while you may be familiar with the ASOS’s and Alibaba’s of the world, what else is […]

As we move at pace toward the end of 2017, the GridAKL Startup Hub team at GridAKL / John Lysaght are keen to explore, celebrate and muse on the wins of the people that call Lysaght home. It has been a big year for the folks of Lysaght, from product launches to pivots, press and […]

As we move at pace toward the end of 2017, the GridAKL Startup Hub team at GridAKL / John Lysaght are keen to explore, celebrate and muse on the wins of the people that call Lysaght home. It has been a big year for the folks of Lysaght, from product launches to pivots, press and […]

At the recent PWC Herald Talk on The Sharing Economy, there was plenty of conversations about examples of how businesses based on sharing or renting models were tracking well. But what is happening in New Zealand that you might not have considered? Beyond Airbnb and Uber the sharing economy can [...]

6 months, 8 social enterprises, and 1 million dollars in major contracts and funding later, Launchpad Work is now complete. Launchpad Work was New Zealand’s first business accelerator for ambitious social enterprises whose purpose is to provide jobs or training for individuals who face the [...]

In 2016 I penned a piece for GridAKL about the intersection of art and technology, explaining that although these two ideas may seem mutually exclusive, they are increasingly linked. Over a year later, the intersection of art and technology is a fertile area to glean insights on how tech can be [...]

This week the GridAKL / John Lysaght Startup Hub the team asked – so what cool stuff is happening at the intersection of agriculture and technology? Normally when we ask these questions, it’s a team thing, sometimes we ask our residents. This time we thought, why not ask our wider [...]

To celebrate the expansion of GridAKL, we recently hosted an ‘Innovation Day’-  a one-day public festival of innovation and futuristic technology. The day included breakfast and lunch business sessions with a stellar line-up of keynote speakers, technology workshops, innovative [...]

Some see events like Startup Weekend as an experiment. A way to whet their startup appetite before taking the plunge. Some see it as a way to help out other people interested in getting their startup off the ground, but some people see it as a tremendous opportunity. We took some time out to [...]

Justin Dry is very honest. He wants you to be honest? But are we ready for honesty? For the uninitiated, Justin is not just a passionate startup guy; as the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Australian wine startup Vinomofo he has helped form ‘the ‘best wine deals website on the [...]