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Best podcasts about simon pound

Latest podcast episodes about simon pound

Business Is Boring
Changing the face of investment

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 45:24


Finance, investment and better money habits have traditionally been areas mainly staffed by, led by and advocated by men. Boring men. Two friends, Sophie Hallwright and Victoria Harris, saw a need for interesting and relevant information, advice and community for women. They launched The Curve, a platform boasting an internationally popular podcast, investing club, courses and community. The Curve is now a fantastic example of how building community and providing value can be turned into a business that creates positive impact and profit. During a brief visit home to Aotearoa, co-founder Sophie Hallwright sat down with Simon Pound to discuss blazing a pathway for women in investment, before she headed back to London to continue the good work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Why great operators can make for great venture capitalists

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 52:36


Venture capital is one of the most prominent types of capital out there. But it isn't necessarily a great fit for every business. We're joined by Barnaby Marshall, partner and investor at Icehouse Ventures, to talk VC, when it is good, when it is not helpful, and also to chat about his path into the space. Barnaby has invested in and supported great companies like Dawn Aerospace, Basis Tracksuit, and Ideally - and is part of Brand Fund - which is where host Simon Pound got to see him at work up close. But he is also an entrepreneur and active business grower. Before VC he was a co-owner at I Love Ugly and part of its incredible growth journey, and today he is also an owner at New Ground Coffee. We chat about how this experience helps him help spot great business and help great founders, and what kind of companies would benefit from venture capital partnership. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Creating an Extraordinary new category

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 49:42


On this season of Business is Boring we're talking to leaders who are great examples of the best of business - and today we are looking at the opportunities and challenges of creating your own category. Creating a category allows you to be the leader and get away from the competition. But it is one of the hardest things to do - as you need to create awareness, trust, new habits and understanding in the market. It takes energy, positivity, confidence, optimism, perseverance as well as a great product and business discipline. These are things that Steven Zinsli has in spades - and that host Simon Pound has seen up close by working on their brand and being an investor. If you're on LinkedIn you will have seen the way Steve is building in public, sharing the wins, the work and the journey to create a new category of payments for business. Today there is no standard way for any non-wage payments to be distributed to workers. There are a bunch of very ordinary options -gift cards, reimbursements or tax attracting extra payments in payroll. Their platform is built to give every employee a card and account, and help the finance function track, manage and report on all dollars allocated and spent. The amount wasted on gift card admin and unspent dollars, on admin time for reimbursement and on inefficient reporting is massive, but today people don't think of these as all having one solution. What does it take to establish a new idea? What can others learn about communication and turning up? And how might other business people think about choosing their own lane? Hear from Steve Zinsli, founder and CEO at Extraordinary in this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound & Jennie Moreton (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 24:21


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Simon Pound & Jennie Moreton. They discuss the release of Dean Wickliffe and the availability of paediatric palliative care. Plus should Christchurch rate payers get discounted tickets for the new stadium? Jennie Moreton is an investment Adviser & Director of Craigs Investment Partner Simon Pound is a brand strategist & partner at Previously Unavailable. Co-founder of fashion label Ingrid Starnes, and podcaster for Business is Boring. [picture id="4KJZ20Y_Te_Kaha_Christchurch_Sep2024_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound & Jennie Moreton (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2025 23:43


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Simon Pound & Jennie Moreton. They discuss the why tax breaks for churches might be worth retaining, and Tauranga councils $470,000 coffee bill. Plus, what does the future hold for Dunedin Gaol. Jennie Moreton is an investment Adviser & Director of Craigs Investment Partner Simon Pound is a brand strategist & partner at Previously Unavailable. Co-founder of fashion label Ingrid Starnes, and podcaster for Business is Boring. [picture id="4KBH1OYĀuckland_TempleĒxterior_12_jpeg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 23:38


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound. The trio discuss the rise of hate speech on Elon Musk's social media platform X. In response to yesterday's "I've Been Thinking" from Stephen Franks we're joined by traffic management expert Don. Don explains why it matters. Plus - landline's, do you still have one? Can you remember the number? Simon Pound is a start-up brand specialist and venture capital investor at Previously Unavailable and Brand Fund, and host of the Business is Boring podcast. Jennie Moreton is a director and Investment Adviser at Craigs Investment Partners. [picture id="4KE3RUMĀFP__20241025__zawrzelēlonmusk241025_npOIM__v1__HighRes_ĒlonMuskIllustrations_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 21:53


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound. The trio discuss the OCR announcement, and why zoning laws might be preventing more competition in the supermarket sector. Simon Pound is a start-up brand specialist and venture capital investor at Previously Unavailable and Brand Fund, and host of the Business is Boring podcast. Jennie Moreton is a Director and Investment Adviser at Craigs Investment Partners. [picture id="4L3DIR0_Supermarkets_jpg" crop="16x10" layout="full"]

Business Is Boring
Creating Humanistic AI

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 43:57


AI is becoming an integral part of daily life, and chances are you've already used the work of today's guest. Tom Gruber is the co-founder and creator of Siri, the intelligent assistant that revolutionised how we interact with technology with Apple. But Tom's contributions to AI extend far beyond voice commands—he's a pioneer of “Humanistic AI”, a design philsophy that champions the idea that artificial intelligence should amplify human potential, not replace it. While in Aotearoa for the Spark Accelerate Summit, Tom joined Simon Pound to chat about designing human-centered tech, the future of AI, and how to create tools that genuinely enhance our lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Business Is Boring
Building smarter cities and ethical AI with Dr. Ayesha Khanna

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 46:01


AI, smart cities, and the future of urban living aren't just buzzwords—they're reshaping our world. Few are driving this transformation more than Dr. Ayesha Khanna, co-founder and CEO of Addo, an AI advisory firm dedicated to harnessing technology for the greater good. A futurist, thought leader in AI ethics, and passionate advocate for diversity in tech, Dr. Khanna's impact spans continents, from shaping smart city initiatives in Asia to empowering young women through her education nonprofit 21st Century Girls. While Dr. Khanna was in Aotearoa for the Spark Accelerate Summit, she joined Simon Pound to chat about her vision for ethical AI, smarter cities, and tech that uplifts humanity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound & Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 23:54


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Simon Pound & Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet to discuss today's Hikoi. Plus the panel discuss the recent member's bill to shut down the last four licensing trusts.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound & Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 23:33


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Simon Pound & Dame Denise L'Estrange-Corbet to discuss new research that shows $17.3 b of benefits contributed by the live peformance sector and the panel meet New Zealand's arm wrestling hero.

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Business Is Boring
The old idea that could be the future for trades payments

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 45:13


When a client didn't pay Max Semmons-Russell's plumbing business for a completed $30k job it nearly knocked his company over. When it happened again he decided there had to be a better way. Asking around he saw the problem was huge, and there might be a solution that had fallen out of use. Escrow is a concept where people put a payment with a trusted third party until the product or service has been delivered. Max built Green Light Escrow to make it easy for trades businesses to use escrow to have certainty of payment, and customers to know they only pay when the job is delivered. To talk solving the big problem, starting a tech business on top of a successful plumbing business and what's next, Max Semmons-Russell joins Simon Pound.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 23:43


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall discuss whether the government should stump up the cash to host the next America's cup defence and whether online casinos should be forced to make charitable grants.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 23:43


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall discuss whether the government should stump up the cash to host the next America's cup defence and whether online casinos should be forced to make charitable grants.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 24:33


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall discuss the incredible White Ferns victory and also discuss how to reduce waste and avoid a smelly rubbish bin.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 24:33


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Simon Pound and Sarah Catherall discuss the incredible White Ferns victory and also discuss how to reduce waste and avoid a smelly rubbish bin.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 24:27


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound discuss the court of appeals finding that Uber Drivers are employees not contractors. Plus the lack of transparency in political lobbying, particularly in light of revelations about the tobacco lobby. Jennie Moreton is a financial advisor at Craigs Investment Partners Simon Pound is managing Partner Ventures at Previously Unavailable and host of the Business is Boring podcast.

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 25:01


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Jennie Moreton & Simon Pound discuss how AI might be preventing you from getting a job. It's not how you think! And how the countries best tennis facilities came to be in Timaru. Jennie Moreton is a financial advisor at Craigs Investment Partners Simon Pound is managing Partner Ventures at Previously Unavailable and host of the Business is Boring podcast.

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Simon Pound and Anna Dean (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 22:51


Today on the Pre-Panel, Wallace Chapman previews tonight's show and producer Tom Riste-Smith discuss whether we're having enough fun.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Deborah Hart & Simon Pound (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 24:34


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Deborah Hart & Simon Pound discuss whether we need a right to disconnect law, and if we should be taking Avian flu more seriously. Deborah Hart is chair of the Consumer Advocacy Council, chair of the Holocaust Centre of NZ and member of the Human Rights Review Tribunal. Simon Pound is Brand strategist & partner at Previously Unavailable, Co-founder of fashion label Ingrid Starnes, and podcaster for Business is Boring.

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Deborah Hart & Simon Pound (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 24:36


Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman and panellists Deborah Hart & Simon Pound discuss how Te Tiriti is bringing us closer together as a nation, why so many New Zealanders are moving overseas and Hamilton's new not-for-profit power supplier. Deborah Hart is chair of the Consumer Advocacy Council, chair of the Holocaust Centre of NZ and member of the Human Rights Review Tribunal. Simon Pound is Brand strategist & partner at Previously Unavailable, Co-founder of fashion label Ingrid Starnes, and podcaster for Business is Boring.

Business Is Boring
The new Aotearoa lead of Australasia's biggest VC firm

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2024 61:01


Blackbird VC recently netted $800m from a sale of a portion of their holding in Canva. They are, by some distance, the largest and one of the most successful VC firms in Australasia. In Aotearoa they have backed Tracksuit, Veve, Partly and Halter and their work to lift up the venture ecosystem includes Sunrise, Startmate and the Giants programme. Phoebe Harrop is the new local lead, with a background in consulting at Bain, working for Al Gore's investment firm Generation and a few years growing the business in NZ. She joins Simon Pound to dig into what makes a good VC investment, what makes a great founder and how does NZ stack up against Australia? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
The AI tools every business should already be using

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 52:01


AI is the biggest topic in business, but where do you even begin? Mark Laurence, founder of Ten Past Tomorrow, is a local expert helping businesses get at the front of the AI curve. He joins Simon Pound to chat the tools every business needs, the rewards and risks of AI and just how close we are to an AI-driven world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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'The Week That Was' with Simon Pound and Carly Flynn

Duncan Garner - Editor-In-Chief

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 46:16


It's a special 50th birthday (for yours truly) edition of 'The Week That Was' this week. Joining me for cake and robust discussion is Managing Partner at Previously Unavailable Simon Pound, and broadcaster, Mum and all around lovely person Carly Flynn. More media job losses Christopher Luxon's $52k accommodation allowance Security guards Kids & screen time See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ: The Panel
The Pre-Panel with Sally Wenley and Simon Pound

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 14:54


Today on the show, Wallace and panellists Sally Wenley and Simon Pound discuss braided rivers and how vulnerable they are. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been on their minds this week.

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RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Sally Wenley and Simon Pound (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2024 23:42


Today on the show, Wallace and panellists Sally Wenley and Simon Pound discuss the new inflation figures and what it means for households in Aotearoa. Also, they discuss a livestock export lobbying campaign, and whether Christchurch should host the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

RNZ: The Panel
The Pre-Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 14:36


Wallace and panellists Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound hear from the Head Boy who made a brave prizegiving speech. Plus, our panellists tell us what has been on their minds this week.

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound (Part 1)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 23:12


Today on the Wallace and panellists Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound are joined by an epidemiologist for an update on the latest rise in COVID-19 cases, and they discuss the open letter penned by scientists and iwi leaders asking the Prime Minister to leave the country's freshwater policy alone. And - what's on thing a teacher said to you that you haven't forgotten?

RNZ: The Panel
The Panel with Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound (Part 2)

RNZ: The Panel

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 22:31


Today on the Panel Wendyl Nissen and Simon Pound ask whether we're being priced out of family-favourite holiday parks, and how we're going to pay for council infrastructure amid rates hikes. And, Lower Hutt is named the top local travel destination by Air BnB.

The Real Pod
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023

The Real Pod

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 42:09


SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 2023 is the crossover to end all crossovers. From intense discussion of government policy to figuring out what the heck a skibidi toilet is, we celebrate the best and worst of what has been a rollercoaster year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gone By Lunchtime
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023

Gone By Lunchtime

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 42:09


SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 2023 is the crossover to end all crossovers. From intense discussion of government policy to figuring out what the heck a skibidi toilet is, we celebrate the best and worst of what has been a rollercoaster year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 42:09


SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 2023 is the crossover to end all crossovers. From intense discussion of government policy to figuring out what the heck a skibidi toilet is, we celebrate the best and worst of what has been a rollercoaster year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Facts Change
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023

When the Facts Change

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2023 42:09


SUPERPOD is back! Hosted by Gone By Lunchtime's Toby Manhire and featuring Jane Yee and Alex Casey from The Real Pod, Duncan Greive from The Fold, Gone By Lunchtime's Annabelle Lee-Mather, Simon Pound from Business Is Boring, Bernard Hickey from When The Facts Change and The Spinoff Podcast Network's Te Aihe Butler and Samuel Robinson, SUPERPOD 2023 is the crossover to end all crossovers. From intense discussion of government policy to figuring out what the heck a skibidi toilet is, we celebrate the best and worst of what has been a rollercoaster year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Goldie wants to help you own your own slice of luxury

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023 42:32


New investment platform Goldie is allowing people to own fractionalised slices of real assets like gold and, into the future, art and collectables. They buy gold bars, and then issue shares in them at the global spot price, which you can then choose to sell or hold. It's a new idea, trekking a similar track to what Sharesies was able to achieve for international shares. Co-founder Cam Maclachlan joins Simon Pound to chat the three-year journey of sleeping on couches and navigating regulation to help change the face of investing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Why Unyoked thinks we should disconnect

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 28:52


Unyoked provide busy city people access to just-secluded-enough getaways, where the carefully art-directed cabins let people disconnect from modern life and connect to nature. Having already established itself in Australia, New Zealand and the UK, Unyoked has raised around $30m to expand into Europe. Co-founder Chris Grant joins Simon Pound to discuss what it takes to make an ideal retreat, Unyoked's journey so far and what's next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
How can you change the world at scale?

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023 41:52


Justin Kamine's family business is a significant infrastructure player in the States, and they have used their scale to change up a number of huge industries - from carbon reduced chicken farming at Do Good Foods, to bioplastics made from seaweed, to clean energy and the future of natural health. Do Good Foods was ranked by Fast Company amongst the Top 50 Most Innovative in the World; he was also named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for Food and ranked as one of the 50 Most Impactful Entrepreneurs in the U.S. Justin speaks with Simon Pound as part of the Spark Lab Future State series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Meet one of the Champions of the Earth

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023 39:09


International circularity and sustainability expert Dr. Leyla Acaroglu believes that we can change the world with our actions if we care enough to do so. She joins Simon Pound in connection to the Spark Lab Future State series to discuss founding her creative agency Disrupt Design and the award-winning experimental knowledge lab The UnSchool of Disruptive Design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Business Is Boring
Critical's solution to plastic-packed landfills

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2023 43:09


We send around 330,000 tonnes of used plastics to landfill every year. Critical are out to change this. They make table and bench tops, partitions and other feature materials for building from plastic waste. Upcycling rubbish into beautiful, low carbon and endlessly recyclable materials. Co-founder and CEO Rui Peng joins Simon Pound to talk the company's journey, making treasure from trash, and overcoming everything the world can throw at them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
The zero-alcohol beer hero

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2023 47:18


State of Play is a 100% non-alcoholic brewery - part of a growing movement looking at how we drink, and providing options for healthier relationship with booze. Founder Grant Caunter spent 25 years building beer brands and growing the craft movement, before quitting drinking, losing 45kg and getting a new take on life. He talks to Simon Pound about what it takes to make a great "zero", and how you build a brand in a new category from a standing start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Reimagining customer testing with Stickybeak

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 45:44


It's fast, cost effective, engaging and being used by big and small brands all over the world. Stickybeak is creating a unique form of consumer testing that customers actually want to engage with. CEO Anna Henwood joins Simon Pound to chat about her path to leadership through Tourism NZ and Les Mills International and her plans for the future of the company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
How Ministry of Awesome gives hope to start-ups

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2023 41:35


Marian Johnson has been a key part of Christchurch becoming one of the fastest growing ecosystems for start-up success. As the CEO of Ministry of Awesome, Marian works to increase start-up diversity in all senses, with partnerships and leading the Electrify Aotearoa women's founders conference. Marian joins Simon Pound to chat what it takes, and the changes she wants to see in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
OpenStar's nuclear solution to solve clean energy

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 54:23


It's been called the most ambitious startup in Aotearoa and a company that truly has the potential to change the world. OpenStar CEO and founder Dr Ratu Mataira shares his journey with Simon Pound, from starting his company, where he's at on his mission and what his vision could mean for the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Squirrel Mortgages is revolutionising the mortgage broker

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2023 49:30


John Bolton started Squirrel Mortgages during the height of the 2008 global financial crisis with an aim to bring the process of buying your first home into the 21st century. Now, he's one of the largest operating mortgage brokers in the country and isn't slowing down anytime soon. He talks to Simon Pound about the state of New Zealand's big banks and why Squirrel is a smarter solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Slice is bringing home ownership back within reach

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 39:05


After working hard to get into her first home, Amy Stevens felt there had to be an easier way. So she founded Slice, a platform that makes it easier for first home buyers and co-owners to get on the property ladder. By providing support to navigate the complex financial and legal arrangements involved in buying a home, Slice aims to reduce barriers to ownership and create a world where everyone has the opportunity to own a home. Amy joins Simon Pound to talk about the first home owner journey and how to get in sooner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
How Almighty grew into an international success

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2023 37:17


Ben Lenart, CEO and founder at Almighty Drinks joins Simon Pound to chat innovation in beverages, caffeinated sparkling waters, and their current capital raise to expand internationally. Plus, Ben stages a coup and asks Simon some questions of his own. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
How Indigital is decolonising digital spaces

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2023 28:17


Descending from the Dharug speaking Nations of Sydney, Mikaela Jade is the founder and CEO at Indigital – Australia's first Indigenous edutech company. In town for Future State, a Spark Lab and Semi Permanent event, she joined Simon Pound to talk accessing ancient knowledge to guide tomorrow's AI thinking and her mission to close the digital divide between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
OnBoard: Improving diversity in startup boards

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 47:29


OnBoard is on a mission to improve diversity of thought for startup and growth company boards. Founder Cassie McAdams and Program Director Sophie McLernon join Simon Pound to talk about the work they do to get more perspectives onto boards and to help more companies engage with a wider pool of directors. With day jobs at Movac and Snowball Effect, they share their experience in the growth ecosystem and how they believe things can improve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Kate Sylvester is celebrating 30 years in fashion

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2023 47:40


For Kate Sylvester, 2023 marks 30 years of design, helping make New Zealand's reputation in the fashion industry across the globe. Kate joins Simon Pound to talk creating the brand, growing the sector, and her work as a founder of Mindful Fashion, the industry collective helping support ethical practices in local fashion production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
What the past tells us about the future of AI

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 51:11


The pace at which generative AI is advancing is rapidly accelerating, giving rise to a sense of uncertainty among many individuals regarding its impact on society. Dr Jonnie Penn, a scholar from the University of Cambridge and Harvard, is an expert on the history of AI and an influential thought-leader, shaping the development of AI towards a positive future. During his visit to town for the SparkLab Future State: New Realities event, Dr. Penn engaged in a conversation with Simon Pound, delving into the past, present, and future of AI development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Is Boring
Danielle Krettek on bringing soul to Google's AI

Business Is Boring

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2023 58:38


Founder of Google's Empathy Lab and Grandmother—a nonprofit that brings diverse voices and perspectives into solving big problems—Danielle Krettek is a trailblazer in empathetic design. She has played pivotal roles as a member of the team behind the iPhone, iPad, and the Google X moonshot factory. While visiting town for the Spark Lab Future State: New Realities event, Danielle joined Simon Pound for a chat about working alongside Steve Jobs, the role of spiritual practice in her life, and using business as a tool for good. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices