Podcasts about creative hq

Creative HQ recently released their 20 years of Impact report where they provide insights on the 1029 founders they've worked with. We wanted to share the learnings of this highly impactful organisation who has helped create $1.3B in total valuation for the startup industry. Catherine Jones is the highly talented CEO of Creative HQ and we discuss the opportunity of wealth that the startup ecosystem has for us all. For the founders, investors and more importantly for the NZ Government and us tax payers. Watch how some 1029 founders have provided Creative HQ with the compounding knowledge over 20 years to help you on your journey today! Follow Catherine: http://linkedin.com/in/catherine-jones-431213b Follow Creative HQ: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-hq/ Thank you to our sponsor: Talent Army - https://www.talent.army/

Lazule Jewellery owner Olivia Amoah and Creative HQ Startups GM and Six Barrel Soda co-founder Joe Slater join Nick Mills on the Business Panel. Together they discuss Wishbone being liquidated, construction set to begin along the Golden Mile, net migration at an all time high, the gender pay gap, retail crime and whether dogs have a place in the office. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's hoped an initiative to pair start-ups and NGOs with government agencies will encourage much needed creativity and innovation in the public sector to tackle some of the country's biggest social and environmental challenges. Jonnie Haddon from Wellington innovation hub Creative HQ talks to Kathryn about what the barriers have been and the efforts underway to turn things around.

Innovation should be taught as a subject at school, according to research from Wellington's Creative HQ. It surveyed 150 young people aged 12 to 24 across 20 countries, and found that 96 per cent want innovation to be part of the school curriculum. 89 per cent of the Gen Z respondents said they believe innovation to be crucial to improving the world around them, and just over three quarters considered themselves as innovative. Kathryn speaks with Dr Colin Kennedy, Head of the School of Innovation at Creative HQ.

When he was 14, engineer Mark Sorensen wrote an essay about the plastic packaging problem - and how it might be fixed. Now, nearly three decades later, he and his wife Ellie Brade have created a new cleaning product that does away with plastic bottles. The Cleanery sells small sachets of powder that's added to water in a spray bottle and shaken - then ready to use. The business is one of eight companies chosen to take part in the Climate Change Accelerator programme, run by Creative HQ in Wellington and supported by Callaghan Innovation. And it's caught the attention of the founder of Lewis Road Creamery and marketing guru Peter Cullinane, who has also joined the team to help spread the word.

When he was 14, engineer Mark Sorensen wrote an essay about the plastic packaging problem - and how it might be fixed. Now, nearly three decades later, he and his wife Ellie Brade have created a new cleaning product that does away with plastic bottles. The Cleanery sells small sachets of powder that's added to water in a spray bottle and shaken - then ready to use. The business is one of eight companies chosen to take part in the Climate Change Accelerator programme, run by Creative HQ in Wellington and supported by Callaghan Innovation. And it's caught the attention of the founder of Lewis Road Creamery and marketing guru Peter Cullinane, who has also joined the team to help spread the word.

Forward thinking real estate developer, Jacob Loftus, who is Founder and CEO of London-based General Projects, joins Bold Founder, Caleb Parker to discuss how his company is reinventing assets to be customer focused and create long-term value. Jacob tells the story behind repositioning a 150k sqft asset with Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS), then trading that asset for nearly £200M. He follows that up with his advice for investors who want SPaaS in their assets. The two also have a chat about remote work and the role the office will play in the future, and whether social media should play a bigger role in commercial real estate. Follow Jacob on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jacobloftus Follow Caleb on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caleb_Parker If you have any questions or feedback on this episode, email podcast@workbold.co Questions in this episode Your Twitter bio says you design buildings for the “New Economy”. What does this mean to you? You have a focus on reinventing assets. Why not start from scratch? You repositioned an asset with Space-as-a-Service, then traded it for £183M. Did having a Space-as-a-Service footprint in the building negatively affect building valuation? Do you expect Space-as-a-Service to play a big part in your future developments? Will you spin up a new business unit to operate the Space-as-a-Service, or partner with an operating brand? General Projects is active on Tiwtter and Instagram, you’re personally active on Twitter - do you think social media should play a bigger role in commercial real estate? Value Bombs and Tweetables #CRE is now a customer focused business. We are no longer just providers of physical space if we want to stay competitive. We must also provide services and experience. Value is created through the development process, but long-term value is created after completion through curation of amenities and community. 50% of the global workforce are millennials In 5 years 75% of the global workforce will be millennials  Commercial real estate needs to develop assets around the needs and wants of the end user There is an expectation for the workplace to be more engaging, experiential and service driven than the past Corporates are now focused on creating workplace environments to compete for talent There is no need for people to commute to office every day, but the office is important for companies to create culture Remote work is great, but as humans we are social creatures Repositioning assets versus building from scratch saves 50-60% of the carbon footprint A large Space-as-a-Service footprint did not negatively impact the valuation of a marque asset in central London Rent reviews should be phased out just like long-term leases. CRE needs a valuation methodology to recognise buildings which are operated as Space-as-a-Service as a core asset. Having hundreds of customers on flexible terms is less risky than having a few tenants on long leases...if you’re good at customer service. Resources The Property Boom by Oliver Marriott   About Jacob Loftus Jacob Loftus is Founder and CEO of General Projects, a design-led real estate developer that creates experiential and sustainable buildings, designed around the needs of the new economy. With a focus on the changing nature of the home and the workplace, General Projects collaborates with architects, designers, creatives and tech experts to deliver environments that inspire people and connect communities. Since its inception in 2016, the business has led the reinvention of over 900,000 sq ft of real estate across London. Most notably this includes the reinvention of the iconic Grade-II listed One Poultry, transformed into the first Creative HQ in the heart of the City. Ongoing projects include; Technique, an 80,000 sq ft media-style office building in Clerkenwell built entirely from cross laminated timber; the reactivation of the former Woolworth’s HQ on Marylebone Road; Storybox, a former MI5 bunker in Vauxhall being transformed into a new experiential leisure hub; Expressway, an SME workspace & industrial complex in Silvertown and most recently Twickenham Film Studios. Prior to founding General Projects in 2016, Jacob spent 7 years at Resolution Property as Principal and subsequently Head of UK. Whilst at Resolution, Jacob acquired and developed over 1.5m sq ft of real estate. Jacob pioneered Resolution’s push into design-led creative real estate, including leading the award winning development of Alphabeta in Shoreditch. Jacob holds an MSc in Real Estate from London Southbank University and a BA in International Relations from Boston. Visit www.generalprojects.com.  Sponsors   Fortune Favours the Bold   Bold helps commercial real estate create & manage flexible spaces to dream, create, share, and succeed in. Now part of NewFlex (www.workbold.co)   Future Proof Your Portfolio with NewFlex   NewFlex delivers and manages a range of branded solutions for every type of building, in every type of location, for every type of occupier. Including the flexibility to develop your own brand. All enabled by flexible management contracts where we are invested in making money for you. (www.newflex.com)   Launch Your Own Podcast   A Podcast Company is the leading podcast production company for brands, organizations, institutions, individuals, and entrepreneurs. Our team sets you up with the right equipment, training, and guidance to ensure you sound amazing. (https://www.apodcastcompany.com and www.podcastsyndicator.com)   Subscribe to the #WorkBold Podcast   Apple | Spotify | Google | Stitcher | Podbean      

U.S. Consul General Choe introduced renowned cognitive neuroscientist Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath who presented at the U.S. Embassy founded Project Connect series to an audience of 150, on how it's possible to enhance the appetite and ability to learn at both a personal and organisational level (read U.S. Embassy Youth Council Lit Wei's account of the talk here). In addition to the talk, Jared gave two Masterclasses in Auckland, and had additional programming in Wellington & Christchurch. In Wellington, Jared had a business lunch with the Deputy Chief of Mission, Keven Covert, and members of the local business community; visited a location based VR startup beyond.fun; ran a Future of Works team sprint at Creative HQ; and presented at a Startup Garage to an audience of 130. In Christchurch Jared spoke to an audience of 140 at The Canterbury Chamber of Commerce and met with the local business community.  While in New Zealand, Mike Cousins from the U.S. Embassy caught up with Dr Jared at his hotel reception in downtown Wellington... Transcript.

Stefan Korn is the CEO of Creative HQ which is a Wellington based startup hub looking to help guide the next generation of businesses. He is also an angel investor himself. I hit him with a few questions about what Creative HQ does and what he looks for as an investor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Suse Reynolds is welcomed to the Invested Investor for this week’s podcast. Suse shares with us her childhood dream of wanting to change the world and what lead her from a career in diplomacy to immerse herself in New Zealand’s angel investing space with the sole aim of creating world changing businesses.  Suse founded and is the Executive Director of the Angel Association of New Zealand (AANZ), sits on the board of Creative HQ, co-founded Angel HQ and is a member of VicLinks momentum Investment Committee.

Stefan Korn is the CEO of Creative HQ which is a Wellington based startup hub looking to help guide the next generation of businesses. He is also an angel investor himself. I hit him with a few questions about what Creative HQ does and what he looks for as an investor. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Recently I spoke with Anna Guenther, CEO and chief bubble blower of PledgeMe, a New Zealand based crowdfunding platform “helping Kiwis fund the things they care about”. I'd been wanting to chat with Anna for quite a while, her name was on the “potential awesome podcast guests” list that I keep for myself. I'd been reluctant about reaching out as I'd heard she was super busy and had thought, “Why would a CEO give up their time to chat with me if I'm just reaching out to them cold?” Thankfully one day I managed the courage to reach out to ask if she'd be interested in coming on the show. The reply I received back the next day was awesome “Ha! I'm pretty used to being uncomfortable! I could catch up early next week if you'd like?” We caught up down at Creative HQ in Wellington and sat down to find out a bit more about each other over a cup of peppermint tea before the meeting room we were going to chat in freed up. I don't know what I'd felt so uncomfortable about as we discussed favourite podcasts, why we liked them and why we didn't, as well as what we were going to try at “Wellington on a Plate”. When we got stuck into the podcast conversation we talked a bit about Anna's background, her accent belies the fact she is from Dunedin. Then we got into the origin story of PledgeMe, it's an interesting story and you can listen to it here. But as you know it's the uncomfortable stuff around it that I find interesting. Anna discussed heaps of great ideas, but these ones are popping up for me at the moment with where I am at. “That felt like the validation point where we could really start telling people about it” There came a time in the development of PledgeMe that Anna and her co-founder were convinced that this was something that could really work. The idea was validated in their minds and they could really start to push it. It's a tipping point that I'm sure a lot of us face when we come up with an interesting idea. I know it was when I started up podcasting. I had all sorts of thoughts going through my head; Who is going to want to talk with me on the show? Who is going to want to listen to me? Do I have the technical skills to pull this off? Do I have enough interesting things to talk about to pull this off? The easiest things to measure were, if I could get people to come and have a conversation with me, and how many people were downloading the episodes. For some reason I set myself the target of getting 10 people to speak with me before putting out any episodes. I figured that if I could convince 10 people that I might be interesting to chat with, then I could probably go on convincing people. Looking back, I've put out over 70 episodes to date and have spoken with over 60 guests. I'd also set myself the target of trying to get 50 downloads for each episode, I have no idea why I chose that as my validation number (although I do have a big family, so maybe I thought that if I had that many at least someone that wasn't related to me was probably listening). The first few episodes hit that number quickly and all of the others have surpassed it, some by quite a significant amount. Hitting these validation targets is important as it helps with our confidence levels and keeps us engaged and the momentum going on our ideas. The challenging thing is where this validation target lies? Set it too close and it may be an idea that you keep pushing towards that you should let go. Set it too far away and if you don't hit it early then you might find yourself getting disheartened and drifting away from a great idea. I don't have any earthshattering advice about this, instead focus on a target that is a decent challenge for you to hit, but still well below where you want to end up “There is healthy stress which makes you think differently and push harder” We talk about stress often, and I don't know about you but for me the word often brings up negative connotations. The concept of stress is often frame in a way that it is bad to experience. This isn't always the case as having some stress is often a good thing when we are working towards something. Think about a deadline of something you have been working on, this deadline creates a sense of stress around time for us. Being in this state of stress will often increase my effectiveness and my creativity. It forces me to focus my energy and concentration on the topic at hand, getting the job done. Having this pressure on me often forces me to come up with slightly different ways of doing things to the way that I would normally just plod through a task, sometimes this new way increases my efficiency or output in the future. If I didn't have this stress on myself then I find my concentration wandering off and getting distracted with a whole lot of sparkly things. As a bit of a test I've set myself a time deadline to write this post by to see if I can train my focus by putting myself under some stress. It seems to be working so far. I'm perceiving this stress as a beneficial stress for me. I know it's not damaging and I can use it for my advantage to get something productive done. The problem is when I don't manage my stress levels well. This healthy stress that use to my advantage, called Eustress, can turn into distress. The stress is the same in this instance, I have a deadline coming up. However my response to it differs. I perceive the stress as negative, that it is problematic to me. When I do this I find myself getting flustered, my ability to perform drops away and I get distracted easily. My ability to manage my stress levels depends on a lot of things, what I've been eating, how well I've slept, what else is going on in my life, if I've moved my body recently. But the largest influence on how I manage is my perception of the stress as either positive or negative. If I can ship my perspective so that this stress is a positive thing for me, then I can harness it to improve my performance. It's not good to be under stress all the time, even if it is the healthy kind. It's important to have time when not stressed to relax, but also to reflect and take away learnings about how I handled the situation and what I might do differently next time. Each time I am under stress it's an opportunity to train myself to get better at dealing with it. “We should be having robust conversations about everything, diversity of perspective is so important” BOOM! Not so long ago it was thought everything that was known was all that there was. How things have changed, the earth is no longer flat, the sun does not revolve around the earth, and women are capable of making at least as informed choice about who to vote for as men are. I used to be very guilty of adhering to just one perspective. In my early to mid-twenties I was stuck in a very fixed mindset and thought that the way I was doing things was the way I was supposed to be doing things. It didn't serve me well, and I ended up being a pretty boring, unhealthy person, some may even argue a bit of a dickhead! Over the years since then, my perspective has gradually changed. It's changed through conversations, whether this being through having robust discussions with people, or listening to differing viewpoints. This is the way the world has changed over time, through having these discussions. The things I mentioned before have all been proven, but when the concept was first floated they hadn't been and it was only though robust conversation that the world was convinced. Now I try my best to jump into robust discussion about topics. I may not always change my perspective as a result of having these discussions, but at least I'm at a point now where I recognise the importance of taking the time to listen and engage. Listen to the full episode here.   PledgeMe Anna Twitter Host: Chris Desmond UIOK Instagram UIOK Facebook Twitter   Support the show on Patreon

It's not the biggest country, but New Zealand has developed thriving startup ecosystems while facing heightened versions of many of the same challenges we see in Canada, including a small domestic market, and an underdeveloped venture capital sector. Creative HQ in Wellington is one of the leading lights of the New Zealand startup ecosystem, and we talk to CEO Stefan Korn about what's working well and what gaps still need to be addressed. I take a look at two different reports on venture capital activity in Canada over the first quarter of 2017. You'd hardly know that they're even talking about the same period: one says it was a great three months, the other says the year got off to a slow start. And I have an update on the NACO report on angel investing in Canada that we discussed in episode 6. Press play to listen or subscribe with your favourite podcast app. Links: Creative HQ Creative HQ on Twitter (@CreativeHQ) Lightning Lab Lightning Lab on Twitter (@LightningLab) New Zealand Startup Ecosystem Map (Mum's Garage) VC & PE Canadian Market Overview // Q1 2017 (CVCA) 2017 Canada PE & VC Breakdown: Part I (PitchBook) "Sowerby on Aust innovation policy" (formerly: "Sowerby unloads: Gov’t is hopeless")

[Part 2 of this interview, "Evidence based entrepreneurship" is now available]You may know about Dan Khan (@leancto) from Lighting Lab and Creative HQ. Originally from England, Dan hit the ground running as soon as he landed in New Zealand, straight into the tech and start-up scene. We also talk to Dan about the good old days of computing and programming – including creating role playing games on computers.Way back when, Dan was also part of a team that created one of the 1st online communities (a social network) and worked with WAP (old school mobile internet).Dan has been involved in a range of projects, startups and ventures and also mentored many entrepreneurs and now he’s part of ZeroPoint Ventures where he’s helping more startup get to where they need to be.We also talk about Euro board games and craft beers, cooking and eating the ultimate curry and the best “last meal” sandwich.We ran out of time to capture Dan's full story, so will get him back on again soon.------------------------------------------------------We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.All our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

Steve O'Connor shares his experiences as CEO and founder at electricity retailer Flick Electric Co - along with lessons learnt on his business journey including as CEO of Wellington based startup hub Creative HQ and Founder at accelerator Lightning Lab. Please connect and send feedback via Twitter @NZ_Business, Facebook.com/NZBusinessPodcast and the official website http://NZBusinessPodcast.com Host and Guests: Paul Spain, Steve O'Connor Running time: 0:42:08

We speak to Laura Reitel Community Startup Manager at Creative HQ about the programs they run and the tech community in Wellington.

We speak to Laura Reitel (@lrtl), Community Startup Manager at Creative HQ about the programs they run and the Wellington tech community.------------------------------------------------------We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.All our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/