Things I know now I wished I’d known before

I took to facebook and asked all my Maori Entrepreneurial type fiends this exact question. It created some interesting discussion on and offline. Here were some of the things they said; Know your why. Don't compare yourself Run your own race Be prepared to pay for the best advice Be prepared to be diluted to …

THE JUDO THROW

I’ve been thinking… of our negative stereotypes that hold back Māori Entrepreneurship.  During my childhood I was fortunate to try many different activities, one of these was a short stint at Judo. Judo is predominantly a grappling and takedown form of martial arts that I never got close to mastering. My one take-away was how …

The Uniqueness of a Māori Entrepreneur

I’ve been thinking one of the things we as Māori have the tendency to do is to walk in two worlds, Te Ao Māori and Te Ao Hurihuri, also referred to as Te Ao Pākehā. Often allowing us to look at things from both a western, colonised lens as well as a Te Ao Māori …

Polypreneurs….since ages ago.

I was fortunate enough to be invited to a campaign dinner last Friday for a good friend of mine who is on his own entrepreneurial journey: To become the first Polynesian Mayor of the world's largest Polynesian city, Tamaki Makaurau. As I sat and listened to the speecehes from the Honourable Peeni Henare, David 'Tuamanator' …

How do you choose?

I have been thinking about many different things over the past two weeks, especially regarding what a great case study may look like. The first point that is the hardest is who do I choose? Everything that I have been considering has been based around the communal entrepreneur, but what if I can't find that …

the young innovator

I’m a little suck this week writing, so I’m going to share an experience I had last week at work. I attended a Spark ALL-IN digital equity day. It was a business day to talk about the truths around connectivity, with a focus on the digital divide and digital innovation to help solve some of …

WHAT MAKES A MAORI MEGA-ENTRAPRENEUR TICK?

In this last reflection, I’d like to share some thoughts about Logan Williams, my friend and case study. He is a world-renowned scientist, inventor and Maori Entrepreneur. He was the Young New Zealander of the Year in 2018. In 2020 he was awarded title of one of the Forbes 30 Under 30, which is a …

Te Miringa – ŪKAIPŌ

I remember being in the same room as Te Miringa when her team placed second in the University of Auckland's $100K Velocity challenge for her pākihi - Ūkaipō. While she was very young at the time, 19 I believe, her business idea and concept was so well thought out that it showed in her presentation. …

Ko Tēnei te Wā

Te Whakapakari Huanga Māori is assisting me to gain a greater awareness of the amazing mahi being done in the Māori entrepreneurial space. It feels like there has been a real uprising of Māori willing to take their creations and innovations to the world over the past 5 years. Social media platforms such as Tik …

The never ending journey of entreprenuership.

As we move closer to the end of this academic journey, I can honestly say that out of all our papers to date, this one has triggered the most thought, reflection and self review. I've lost count the amount of time I have spent questioning how and why we succeed and what factors hinder or …

Hinepreneur

As an aspiring "hinepreneur" myself, I look up to many wāhine Māori hinepreneurs. To me, Wāhine like Kiri Nathan, Manu Nihoniho, Awhina Murupaenga and even my own friends Maraika Lidgard and Jordan Horan exemplify what it means to be a Hinepreneur. But what is a Hinepreneur? I can't seem to find one that fits so …

case study – eastcoast paddler aotearoa ltd

Beach set up, Waikorire Mount Maunganui. “If you really want to help our people become a millionaire”. My first venture was prompted by a frustrating conversation with a colleague and her mentor where we were discussing the lack of funding for Maori programmes. To this day I don’t think he realises the catalyst that he …