Inside the room built to fix New Zealand’s tall poppy problem
New Zealand’s leaders are shrinking their own ambitions in isolation. Revved Co-founder Rochelle Moffitt wants to put them in a room together instead.
New Zealand’s leaders are shrinking their own ambitions in isolation. Revved Co-founder Rochelle Moffitt wants to put them in a room together instead.
Three decades behind the counter taught pharmacist turned entrepreneur Tim O’Donoghue that patients know exactly what they want. They just rarely get it. Now, with an FDA-listed product live on Amazon and a 14-strong self-care platform behind it, the Healthtex Co-founder is raising capital through PledgeMe and inviting Kiwi investors into a corner of the global pharmaceutical industry usually reserved for big backers.
As a business student, Josh King earned extra cash by cleaning cars at his Dad’s caryard. Fast-forward five years and he has converted that yard into his own ice-cream business. Sunny Nelson Real Fruit Ice Cream opened in October 2018 and, while he’s still learning the ins and outs of operating a small business, the 25-year-old entrepreneur couldn’t be happier. “I absolutely love my job. It gives me and the team the ability to create, solve problems, bring joy to people and make money.” After graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Wintec in 2015, King applied for his second Prime Minister’s scholarship to China and spent a total of two years there learning Mandarin. He completed an internship at NZTE in
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