Tara Druce - Business Growth Manager at Otago Regional Business Partners
Wayne Hudson - Mentor and Strategic Legal Advisor, WHIPIT. Associate member of Flying Kiwi Angels.
Olivia Wensley - CEO at Startup Queenstown Lakes
Live Webinar • Wednesday, 22 July • 4pm NZT
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Are You a Startup in Queenstown-Lakes?
YOU'VE GOT YOUR BUSINESS PLAN - NOW YOU NEED FUNDING...
New Zealand is fortunate to have an active Startup scene with agencies here to help with advise, grants and funding.
In this session you will be given ideas on how to get your pitch or grant application noticed.
In this webinar, we will cover:
- Startup Queenstown Lakes - our role, and how we support Startups in our region
- The Flying Kiwi Angels - learn about the monthly Angelic Drop-In clinics, and how to get "pitch ready" for Angel Investment.
- NZ Regional Business Partners - how the RBP supports local businesses, the funding it provides, and how it works with NZTE and Callaghan Innovation to help businesses access the grants available.
... followed by a live Question & Answer session
ABOUT YOUR HOSTS
Tara Druce - Business Growth Manager - Otago Regional Business Partners
Tara is a Business Growth Manager for the Otago Regional Business Partner (RBP) network and is the Growth Advisor in Central Otago and Southern Lakes. The RBP network is funded jointly by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Callaghan Innovation and Tara's role is to connect businesses with the support they need to grow.
Tara has been working in Central Otago for 12 years as a business, community and tourism planning consultant. Before this, she was working in Central Government in Wellington and in Parliament for the Tourism Minister. Tara lives in Alexandra with her husband and three daughters.
Wayne is a Wanaka-based associate member of the Flying Kiwi Angels and hosts the "Angelic Drop-In Clinic" once a month. Wayne is also a board member of Startup Queenstown Lakes.
Wayne has more than 30 years of experience in commercial and corporate law and has spent the last 20 years focusing on the commercialisation of technology and intellectual property, the sale and purchase of technology businesses, capital raising and structuring start-up companies.
Wayne Hudson - Mentor and Strategic Legal Advisor, WHIPIT. Associate Member of Flying Kiwi Angels.
Olivia Wensley - CEO, Startup Queenstown Lakes
Olivia Wensley is the CEO of Startup Queenstown Lakes.
Olivia has lived in Queenstown for 8 years, and has previously worked as a lawyer, before joining a legal tech startup where she worked as an executive.
In February this year, Olivia became the CEO of Startup Queenstown Lakes, and is passionate about creating a thriving ecosystem in the region.
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