The PowerUp Podcast is back for Season 3 – NZ Entrepreneur Magazine
PowerUp Podcast by Te Puna Umanga/Venture Taranaki We’re back with the release of the first three episodes of our latest six-part series, celebrating the prominent Taranaki entrepreneurs and innovators who have left their mark on the world.
As a regional development agency, Te Puna Umanga/Venture Taranaki strengthens Taranaki’s entrepreneurial ecosystem so that fresh thinking and innovation can continue to thrive like no other region.
Owners of pioneering companies that live the famous Taranaki lifestyle yet make waves with their drive and innovative spirit, including energy, technology, wellbeing, beverage makers, commercial developers and digital storytellers. Expect to hear from the founders.
Longtime business advocate David Downes once again hosts, and in each episode he brings out each guest’s unique journey, lessons learned, ah-ah moments, and how they achieve everything they’ve got. reveal inspiring insights about how
You may know that Boring Oat Milk was an overnight success, but it took seven years, two near bankruptcies, and a lot of expert help to make it happen. Founder he Morgan Maw is on a roller coaster ride and spills all the tea in this episode of his PowerUp Pod from Venture Taranaki.
It’s unbelievable. She talks about how investors didn’t like her launching the company two days after her Covid-induced lockdown (and why it turned out so well in the end), and how it turned out more than a decade later. She talks about her amazing branding, including why she chose to return to Taranaki. She’s been away for years.
The global energy sector is changing rapidly and Elemental Group is in the midst of an exciting transition from conventional energy generation to renewable energy generation. Taranaki consultants help large corporations, governments and nations develop and implement future-proof energy solutions that stand the test of time.
Elemental directors Nick Jackson and Brett Rogers discuss why NZ’s carbon-free goals aren’t ambitious and how much we are capable of. Nick and Brett are visionaries doing globally significant work from a small corner of New Zealand. They talk about how it’s possible, why they’re staying in Taranaki, and how they can use New Zealand’s world-class renewable energy assets to outperform the oil and gas sector’s economic success.
Have you ever wondered what it means to grow a tech startup? The third episode of Venture Taranaki’s PowerUp podcast is the perfect case study featuring Elliot Taylor and Throughline.
A throughline helps people in crisis connect to a helpline. Since starting the company from his home in rural Taranaki, Elliot has grown the company to over 100 countries with access to over 1,400 helplines. And since speaking on the podcast, Elliott now Partnership with GoogleThrough this partnership, Elliot said, “we can scale this work globally to help millions of people with accurate and timely information.”
Elliot provides great insight into how he did it, including the company’s inspiration, technology building, funding, and the challenges of monetizing the throughline. Gold nuggets are scattered about. This one has it all!
Venture Taranaki matched $1 per download during the first week of ThroughLine’s episode release, funding RetoqueTaranaki-based surfing for mental health charity.
Stay tuned for the next podcast release in the PowerUp Podcast series.
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