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Summit calls for ‘free flights’ to NZ - Stuff.co.nz, May 22nd

Making New Zealand a “No Moan Zone” and turning possums into fur coats were among the best ideas to improve New Zealand’s economy at today’s Entrepreneurial Summit in Auckland. The summit, chaired by Tenby Powell and Sharon Hunter, attracted well over a hundred entrepreneurs and business people from around the country to discuss ideas on how to improve the country’s productivity … Read more

Pipes and possums top of list - Stuff.co.nz, May 22nd

Piping alpine water to the parched Canterbury plains and turning the possum problem into a money-spinning opportunity were some of the ideas put to the Entrepreneurial Summit. Chaired by business leaders Tenby Powell and Sharon Hunter in Auckland yesterday, the summit attracted more than 100 entrepreneurs and business people from around the country to discuss ideas on how to improve productivity … Read more

Entrepreneurs’ summit - the top 12 ideas - the National Business Review, May 22nd

Summits are all the rage these days – just weeks after the Job Summit the Entrepreneurs’ Summit has added its own list of ideas as to how to improve the New Zealand economy. The summit, chaired by power couple Tenby Powell and Sharon Hunter, brought together more than a hundred entrepreneurs from around the country to discuss ways to increase New Zealand’s productivity and economic performance … Read more

Go for it Bro! Get them possums! - scoop.co.nz, May 22nd

The Kiwi Party welcomes the results from yesterday’s gathering of entrepreneurs to help New Zealand come up with ideas to overcome our current challenges. Party leader Larry Baldock said it was especially encouraging to hear that the idea to develop our Kiwi Possum industry to its full potential, put forward by Greg Howard, was ranked at number three. “The ‘Go for it bro’ slogan does call out to our number 8 fencing wire innovative gift that has already led some clever Kiwis to develop possum products for export. They are however, being restricted by limited access to raw materials by blind bureaucratic insistence on the use of 1080 poison … Read more

Plans to spur economy from top Kiwi minds - TVNZ One News, May 21st

The idea of giving up a day’s work to share ideas with potential rivals might seem odd, but that is exactly how over 100 entrepreneurs spent Thursday in Auckland. Watch the video.

What’s the big recession idea? (Interview with Andy Hamilton) - TVNZ Breakfast, May 21st

One hundred of the nation’s top entrepreneurs have come together in a bid to lift NZ out of the recession.  Watch the Video.

What’s the big recession idea? - TVNZ Business, May 21st

New Zealand’s top entrepreneurs are gathering in Auckland on Thursday to shortlist their ideas on how to make New Zealand more productive … Read more

Entrepreneurs conference (Audio 17′23”) - Radio New Zealand National, Nine to Noon with Kathryn Ryan, May 20th

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Tenby Powell and Sharon Hunter; The power couple who are gathering 100 entrepreneurs to come up with 100 bright ideas.

Entrepreneur summit aims to ‘bust’ recession - 3 News, May 19th

One hundred of the country’s leading entrepreneurs gather in Auckland on Thursday at a summit called to unearth new opportunities in the recessionary mire … Read more

Organiser Tony Falkenstein discusses what we can expect from the entrepreneurial summit with Michael Wilson. Watch the video.

The big ideas to get us out of the recession - Stuff.co.nz, Sunday Star Times, May 17th

SPREADABLE BUTTER. Jogging. Tranquilliser guns. Egg beaters. All invented by Kiwis. New Zealand is the nation built on number eight fencing wire. It’s the country that runs on the smell of an oily rag, that prides itself on punching above its weight on the world stage. Heck, once upon a time, one of us split an atom … Read more

Innovators aim to energise nation - NZ Herald, May 14th

A who’s who of Kiwi entrepreneurs are expected at a summit next week aimed at lifting the productivity of the nation. Chaired by power couple Tenby Powell and Sharon Hunter, the event has called for 100 entrepreneurs to come up with 100 bright ideas for propelling New Zealand up the OECD rankings … Read more

Free flights and they will come - NZ Herald, May 14th

How about the Government giving a free return economy flight to any person visiting New Zealand from any Air NZ flight departure point in the world, on the condition that they buy a $10,000 Visa Debit card and spend it here? … Read more

Ton of talent at entrepreneurial summit - NZ Herald, March 27th

One hundred entrepreneurs are being called to slap down their ideas for pulling New Zealand out of a recession … Read more

Summit for big bold ideas - Newstalk ZB

If you have a great idea…now is the time to do something about it … Read more

From The Pavement To Parliament: The Entrepreneurial Summit Opens Door To Ideas From All New Zealanders - Voxy.co.nz

The Entrepreneurial Summit team have been flooded with ideas to recreate New Zealand’s future and are now opening up submissions to “the man on the street”. New Zealand was built on the bedrock of great ideas says Entrepreneurial Summit coordinator, Just Water International CEO Tony Falkenstein. And now the Summit team wants Kiwis everywhere to bring their water-cooler conversations to the table … Read more

Entrepreneurial Summit - The Big Idea

Entrepreneurial Summit coordinator Tony Falkenstein has been overwhelmed with interest to participate in a brainstorm of New Zealand’s best entrepreneurs … Read more


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