This document provides advice and resources for starting a business in Auckland, New Zealand. It discusses finding an idea you are committed to, creating a product that meets customer needs, and developing a sustainable business model. A variety of local startup events, coworking spaces, accelerators, and funding resources are listed to help entrepreneurs with idea validation, prototyping, networking, and growing their business. The overall message is that with commitment and utilizing the local startup community, it is easier than ever to successfully launch a business in Auckland.

1. It’s easier than ever to
start a business
in Auckland
Jennifer
Clamp

2. An idea you’re
committed to
A product that
meets a need
A sustainable
business model
The startup journey

3. What good shall
I do this day?
Winston Churchill
An idea you’re
committed to
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4. My tools
An idea you’re
committed to
• A book of ideas
• A letter to myself five years from now
• Funds to take some time off work
• Co-founder of

5. Find a
motivating reason,
not a solution.
An idea you’re
committed to

6. INSPIRATION
• The Leap!
• gridakl.com
• Techweek.co.nz
• meetup.com
• eventfinder
• medium.com
Your best
friends
An idea you’re
committed to
Events:
• Startup grind
• Coffee and cream
• Show and tell
• Bootstrappers Breakfast

7. Your best
friends
An idea you’re
committed to
EXPLORATION
• Mum’s garage
• Startup weekend
• ngConnect
• Young enterprise scheme
• Ventureup
• Livethedream

8. Your best
friends
An idea you’re
committed to
RESEARCH
• Google (has it been done?)
• Techcrunch.com

9. Vision without
execution is
hallucination
A product that
meets a need
“
”
Thomas Edison

10. • Lean canvas / elevator pitch
• Competitor research
• Networking events
• Customer interview
• Hacked together prototypes
My tools
A product that
meets a need

11. Find a
compelling problem,
not a solution.
A product that
meets a need

12. FEEDBACK
• Networking events
meetup.com / eventfinder / techweek newsletter
• Event: Entrepreneurs with a twist
• Technical communities
• FKA Angel Dropins
A product that
meets a need
Your best
friends

13. A product that
meets a need
Your best
friends
ROBUST VALIDATION PROCESS
• Co.starters
• thevalidator
• eCentre foundations course
• “Running lean” by Ash Maurya

14. A product that
meets a need
Your best
friends
PROTOTYPING
• PowerPoint for software
• DIY store
• Makerspaces
• Callaghan research grants

15. Without customers, you
don’t have a business.
You have a hobby.
A sustainable
business model
Don Peppers & Martha Rogers
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16. • Business model canvas / Lean canvas
• Desk at co.working space Bizdojo
• People who had been there before
• Pitch competitions
• Website / Advertising
• Sign up page
A sustainable
business model
My tools

17. Start small and get help
A sustainable
business model

18. A sustainable
business model
Your best
friends
PEERS / COFOUNDERS
• Meetup.com / eventfinda / Techweek
newsletter
• Events at GridAKL
• Start a meetup group
• GridAKL tech café
• Café Holm up on Krd
• Facebook Groups
NZTech Startups Ecosystem, CRAKL
• Angel dropins

19. HEAR OTHERS PITCH
• Pitch circus
• Accelerator demo days …
Akina
Lightining lab
eCentre Sprint
Icehouse
Powerhouse
VentureUp
A sustainable
business model
Your best
friends

20. LEARN FROM MENTORS
• Ventureup.co.nz
• Velocity ideas challenge (UoA)
• digmyidea.nz
• Co.starters
• This week in startups (TWIS) podcast
A sustainable
business model
Your best
friends

21. CLOUD SOFTWARE
• Wordpress / WIX
• Unbounce landing pages
FUNDING
• Savings
• Callaghan research and development
grants
A sustainable
business model
Your best
friends

22. 1. Your co.founder could be sat right next to you
2. Sign up to Startup Weekend
3. Or co.starters
4. Join a meetup group (… and go along)
COME SAY HI!
Start today!

23. If I have seen farther than
others, it is because I was
standing on the shoulders
of giants
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