Three graduates, two breweries, one dream
Parrotdog is a tale of three uni graduates named Matt – Matt Kristofski, Matt Warner and Matt Stevens – who pursued their passion for brewing beer and are today backed
Parrotdog is a tale of three uni graduates named Matt – Matt Kristofski, Matt Warner and Matt Stevens – who pursued their passion for brewing beer and are today backed
It was the intention of Justin Flitter, the organiser of the Blockworks event on October 12th..
Auckland-based VOICE is a specialist agency not afraid to get into the regions to assist companies with branding. Principal Jonathan Sagar uses a case study to highlight the dos and
How is New Zealand’s export sector currently performing? What markets should we be targeting and what trends should we be preparing for? Which export stories stand out? And what’s the
Sometimes it simply pays to skip the New Zealand market and ‘pivot’ into the US. Tech company Kami is a good example of this strategy. It’s one of those fantasy
Parrotdog is a tale of three uni graduates named Matt – Matt Kristofski, Matt Warner and Matt Stevens – who pursued their passion for brewing beer and are today backed by a community of loyal supporters. Many people might think you’d have a screw loose to pass up a perfectly good career in accounting or law to chase a dream of establishing and owning a beer brewery. Parrotdog’s three Matts – Kristofski, Warner and Stevens – certainly had their share of doubters, but that’s exactly what they ended up doing. When Stevens met Kristofski and Warner, he was a chartered accountant working for Deloittes and they were studying law and commerce at Wellington’s Victoria University, as well as turning out
It was the intention of Justin Flitter, the organiser of the Blockworks event on October 12th..
Auckland-based VOICE is a specialist agency not afraid to get into the regions to assist companies with branding. Principal Jonathan Sagar uses a case study to highlight the dos and don’ts of rebranding. There are many design agencies in New Zealand that list branding as one of their many services. That’s called providing a ‘generalist’ service. But in order to be classed a brand ‘specialist’, you must be aware of where the brands you work with will be seen and how they will need to tell their stories. That’s the view of Jonathan Sagar, who heads up Auckland-based brand agency VOICE. His team is well aware of the need to build brands that are flexible and capture people’s attention quickly
How is New Zealand’s export sector currently performing? What markets should we be targeting and what trends should we be preparing for? Which export stories stand out? And what’s the advice for fledgling export businesses? Read on for some answers. A certain former New Zealand Prime Minister was often known to trot out the phrase “we won’t get rich selling to ourselves”. He was right of course – New Zealand’s future and prosperity rides on the back of its ability to sell goods and services into overseas markets, and in increasing volumes every year. Our past performance proves we’re very good at it. Looking forward, with the latest ExportNZ DHL Export Barometer as evidence, there’s every indication that export growth will
Sometimes it simply pays to skip the New Zealand market and ‘pivot’ into the US. Tech company Kami is a good example of this strategy. It’s one of those fantasy moments many people have. You are at university, conscious of your good fortune in being there, but wishing you could produce a great business concept which would take you away from the drudgery. Especially when it comes to taking notes and then trying to make sense of them afterwards at exam time. That’s the situation Hengjie Wang, Alliv Samson and Jordan Thoms found themselves in at Auckland University in 2013. But, they decided to do something about it. Today the three co-founders are, respectively, CEO, COO and CTO of Kami
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