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Access Granted NZ

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Anna Guenther - Raise a glass to the Yeastie Boys

February 18, 2015 03:59 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB

After we dispel the myths of "there's a talent shortage in NZ", Mike has an insightful chat with Anna Guenther (@where_is_anna) who was still on a high with the amazing success of the recent Yeastie Boys PledgeMe campaign. ------------------------------------------------------ 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, con...

Vaughan Rowsell - The Lego of the Mind

February 10, 2015 20:38 - 45 minutes

Fantastic catchup with Vaughan as he tells his story ā€“ and remember everyone, take every opportunity to tell your story! ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

Ruth McDavitt - Employee #1 At Summer of Tech

February 04, 2015 08:47 - 38 minutes

The Summer of Tech (SoT) organisation gains employee #1 and it's first CEO in the guise of Ruth who talks to Raj and Mike about the what, why and who of SoT but also her dreams and desires for the future. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

System Error / Mauricio Freitas - Sort out your Security Safety and Privacy, now!

February 03, 2015 03:18 - 29 minutes - 26.6 MB

Mauricio Freitas (@freitasm) has a wee 'discussion' about sorting out your security on-line. AND, if you're a techie, for heaven's sake please reach out to those around you that aren't and help them ... please! ------------------------------------------------------ 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 peop...

Sean (from) Golding's - Studio 1

January 27, 2015 23:27 - 44 minutes - 41.2 MB

Cracking interview with Sean Golding (@Stoatphone)Ā from Golding's Free Dive (http://www.goldingsfreedive.co.nz/)Ā in Wellington explaining how, as a young bar, they used the cloud and tech to get the 'boring stuff' out of the way as fast as possible allowing him and his staff to concentrate on being an awesome bar. And a big thank you for allowing us to record so many of our shows in the bar, or "Studio 1" as we know it as. ------------------------------------------------------ We share New...

Melissa Clark-Reynolds - And We're Back

January 21, 2015 08:28 - 1 hour

Back into a new year. We chat with Melissa Clark-Reynolds is widely recognised as an inspirational role model and entrepreneur. Her story is extremely inspirational. Her business acumen, skills, knowledge and experience have made her a popular speaker in both New Zealand and Australia on a range of business subjects, including entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability.

The Year That Was 2014

December 17, 2014 03:56 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

We wrap up the crazy year that we decided to start a podcast. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 websi...

Nathan Li - Unpluging

December 17, 2014 03:38 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MB

Nathan Li co-founded Educa, a Software as a Service (SaaS) business I started in 2011. They provide an online and mobile learning platform that connects preschool teachers with parents/family members around young childrenā€™s learning. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

2014 Xmas Drinks With Our Show Guests

November 26, 2014 03:23 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MB

We get together with as many of our 2014 show alumni and get their thoughts on the past year and what they're exited about for 2015. ------------------------------------------------------ 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, desig...

Bill Moses + Brad Murray - The Collaboration Myth / Inside The Datacom Beast

November 19, 2014 01:04 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

We find out from Bill MosesĀ (@nzbill)Ā and Brad MurrayĀ how the Datacom machine works including their in-house incubator.Ā  ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ...

Rumi Shivaz - Insightful Insights

November 11, 2014 00:41 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MB

We chat with Rumi Shivaz from Midas Infomedia LimitedĀ about data and analytics. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 show...

TechEd 2014, Chris Auld & Jonny Lin ā€“ Hacking Everything

November 04, 2014 23:43 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

Our final show from the 2014 Microsoft TechEd ConferenceĀ in Auckland thanks to Hashtag Radio.Ā  This episode we catch up with Chris Auld and Jonny Lin from Intergen talk all things hacking - hardware, software, cloud and the delightful "internet of things" combination of all. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 Riversda...

DK - the innovators

October 29, 2014 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

We talk to DK, 'Social Media man' and speaker as well as being one of the minds that bring us TEDx Wellington. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 Khusal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making thi...

TechEd 2014, Mark Woodrow + Luke Grange - Yammer Time

October 14, 2014 23:17 - 22 minutes - 21 MB

We're still at the 2014Ā Microsoft TechEd ConferenceĀ in Auckland thanks to Hashtag Radio.Ā  One of the most surprising and interesting TechEd conversations was with Mark WoodrowĀ (@markwoodrow) and Luke GrangeĀ (@lukegrange) from Yammer.Ā Raj flies solo and gets a cracking interview ... ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ...

TechEd 2014 - Andy Wigley and Mobile at Microsoft

October 07, 2014 22:58 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

We're at the 2014Ā Microsoft TechEd ConferenceĀ in Auckland thanks to Hashtag Radio. Covering your diversity issue as well as catching up with Andy Wigley (@andy_wigley) mobile software developer, speaker and author, technical evangelist at Microsoft.Ā  ------------------------------------------------------ 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) backgr...

TechEd 2014 - Shaking things up, Microsoft Azure & Imagine Cup winners

October 07, 2014 22:24 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MB

We're at the 2014 Microsoft TechEd Conference in Auckland thanks to Hashtag Radio. We talk to the 2014 Imagine Cup winners and we shake things up a little in term of our show format. ------------------------------------------------------ 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....

Michelle Dickinson - Inside The Looking Glass

September 30, 2014 23:46 - 13 minutes

This week we talk to Michelle "Nanogirl" Dickinson (@medickinson) about breaking stuff and getting more kids and in particular girls into tech. She also strips down a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 thin...

Jono Tucker ā€“ Back When I Was A Bogan

September 23, 2014 22:45 - 39 minutes - 35.7 MB

This week we catch up with Jono Tucker (@txtjono), a former Business Development manager at a tech firm but has now started his own photograph and film business, we find out how it all happened. 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,...

Election 2014 Special - ICT Policies from Labour, Greens and NZ First

September 10, 2014 07:28 - 34 minutes

That's right we have one too. We speak to the ICT representatives from our policy parties. Well those that made the effort anyway. Today weā€™re talking with Clare Curran (Labour), Gareth Hughes (Greens) and Tracey Martin (NZ First). We had invited National and InternetMANA but unfortunately we were unable to get time with either of those parties. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. ...

Raj Khushal - Field Strip an Uzi, Blindfolded

September 02, 2014 22:27 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MB

This week we find out more about one of the hosts of Access Granted, Raj Khushal (@NZRaj). We find out what he does and how get go to do what he's doing now, from startups to design to film. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 thing...

Owen Evans - Full Interview

August 26, 2014 22:15 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: We talk to with Owen EvansĀ (@buildmaster) co-founder of Hoist apps and the annual WWDC conference. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 makin...

Owen Evans - The Data Lake

August 26, 2014 22:12 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MB

We talk to with Owen EvansĀ (@buildmaster) co-founder of Hoist apps and the annual WWDC conference. ------------------------------------------------------ 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....

Bruce Aylward - full interview

August 18, 2014 21:56 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: This week we talk virtual teams, startup, cloud computing and doing it in Wellington with Bruce Aylward from Psoda. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

Bruce Aylward - Soda with a P

August 18, 2014 21:51 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MB

This week we talk virtual teams, startup, cloud computing and doing it in Wellington with Bruce Aylward from Psoda. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 maki...

Owen Williams - full interview

August 13, 2014 03:05 - 54 minutes - 50 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: We talk to blogger, tech journalist Owen Williams (@ow). We also discuss someĀ CMS advice from Richard Hulse. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

Owen Williams - Stoned Mac OW

August 13, 2014 03:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

We talk to Blogger, Tech journalist Owen Williams. We also pass on some CMS advice from Richard Hulse, Digital Product Lead, Analyst at Radio NZ and InternetNZ Councillor. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 Khusha...

Lou Draper - full interview

August 06, 2014 04:27 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

So much in this show: ICT education, NZTech CEO views, what is the cloud, why aren't Kiwi companies on-line, events, events, events And of course Lou Draper (@loudxx)Ā great "how to get tech publicity" interview. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 pe...

Lou Draper - "Wamble"

August 06, 2014 01:06 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MB

So much in this show: ICT education, NZTech CEO views, what is the cloud, why aren't Kiwi companies on-line, events, events, events And of course Lou Draper (@loudxx)Ā great "how to get tech publicity" interview. ------------------------------------------------------ We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mikeā€™s (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. ...

Natalie Ferguson - RoughRed, full interview

July 30, 2014 04:15 - 41 minutes - 37.5 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: Our interview with Natalie Fergson (@natfergster) is full of gold ā€“ starting a company, think Wellington is a bit up itself or just love a laugh then you must listen. Natalie spent the last 8 years working with companies and organisations, creating websites and applications. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

Natalie Ferguson - RoughRed

July 30, 2014 04:10 - 32 minutes

Our interview with Natalie is full of gold ā€“ starting a company, think Wellington is a bit up itself or just love a laugh then you must listen. We talk to Natalie Ferguson from Decisive Flow over a bottle of wine "that sums her up nicely" ā€“ Rough Red. Natalie spent the last 8 years working with companies and organisations, creating websites and applications. ------------------------------------------------------ We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. Ā  If you ha...

Ben Northrop - full interview

July 22, 2014 21:48 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: This week we talk about what going on with Telecom/Spark and catch up with Ben Northrop (@benNorthrop) from Run the Red ā€“ text marketing agency that was subsequently sold to Push Pay. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 gett...

Ben Northrop - Run the Red

July 22, 2014 21:34 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

This week we talk about what going on with Telecom/Spark and catch up with Ben Northrop from Run the Red ā€“ text marketing agency that was subsequently sold to Push Pay. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 (@...

Grant Sherson - full interview

July 14, 2014 21:11 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MB

FULL INTERVIEW: This week we have guest Phil McAwesome of Hashtag Radio interview Grant Sherson from Vision College about the course they provide there for tech people. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 (@n...

Grant Sherson - Vision College school of ICT

July 14, 2014 20:57 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

This week we have guest Phil McAwesome of Hashtag Radio interview Grant Sherson from Vision College about the course they provide there for tech people. ------------------------------------------------------ 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) backgroun...

Laura Reitel - StartUps, Innovation & the NZ way

July 09, 2014 09:13 - 30 minutes

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

Laura Reitel from CreativeHQ, full interview

July 09, 2014 04:09 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

We speak to Laura ReitelĀ (@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, ...

John Curtis - Beany in Taupo

June 30, 2014 23:14 - 31 minutes

John Curtis (@vrtual) from BeanyĀ and a few other businesses talks accounting software,Ā working on the cloud and running businesses from Taupo. We also talk about Google a little bit. ------------------------------------------------------ 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...

Steve Graham - full interview

June 25, 2014 09:05 - 30 minutes

Steve Graham, ex Microsoft and Fronde talks about being the 'digital hippy', finding tech talent in strange places and his many new ventures. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 vid...

Steve Graham - In Peaks and Coughs

June 25, 2014 08:56 - 33 minutes

Steve Graham, ex Microsoft and Fronde talks about being the 'digital hippy', finding tech talent in strange places and his many new ventures. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 vid...

Sam Rye - Lifehack HQ

June 18, 2014 08:46 - 21 minutes

Sam Rye (@sam__rye) from Enspiral talks us through LifehackHQ and the changes they are making. News from the many Kiwi +TEDx events, was the +CIO Conference just a junket and much much more ... ------------------------------------------------------ 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 t...

Victoria MacLennan - Our First Ever Interview

June 11, 2014 01:45 - 33 minutes

Our very first interview with OptimalBI's Managing Director and co-founder Victoria MacLennan. ------------------------------------------------------ We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mikeā€™s (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Rajā€™s (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. https://www.accessgranted.nz https://...

Episode 2 - Tech news and events

June 02, 2014 08:42 - 30 minutes

Episode 2 - Tech news and events ------------------------------------------------------ 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 website https://www.accessgranted.n...

Episode 1 - And we're off

May 28, 2014 03:19 - 20 minutes

And...We're off. We started this Podcast to tell the stories of the Tech, Startup community her win NZ. ------------------------------------------------------ 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 ha...

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