Unfiltered
241 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingInspiring Business Brilliance. Follow us for new interviews with business advice from the world's best. Watch the full videos at www.unfiltered.tv
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Sir Ray Avery: How an orphan living under a bridge in london created world-changing medical technologies
May 02, 2019 22:01 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MBThe Founder and CEO of Medicine Mondiale, Sir Ray Avery (GNZM) has invented world-changing medical technologies that have impacted millions of people worldwide. Sir Ray Avery grew up living under a railway bridge in London after staying in several orphanages. He moved to New Zealand in 1973 and is now one of our most incredible entrepreneurs. With a background in pharmaceutical science, he is the Founder and CEO of Medicine Mondiale, an organisation devoted to ""developing and commercialisi...
John Hynds: Building the Hynds Group - 600 people, 9 business units and 50 years of growth
May 01, 2019 05:45 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBJohn Hynds is the Founding Director of Hynds Group, which he has grown over 46 years become to New Zealand and Australia’s premier supplier of products for the management of water and water-based waste. Founded in 1973 by John and his wife Leonie Hynds, the Hynds group today employs over 700 people. Hynds Pipe Systems, the largest operating unit within the Hynds Group, has become a leader in the supply of innovative drainage solutions. Its core business is the manufacture of spun concrete p...
Garth Barfoot: How a £75 business grew to 2,500 staff and 40% market share
May 01, 2019 03:14 - 40 minutes - 38 MBGarth Barfoot is a Director at Barfoot & Thompson, and the longest serving member of the team, with a career spanning 57 years and counting! The youngest son of Barfoot & Thompson's founder, Val Barfoot, Garth started off as a Junior in the accounts office after qualifying from university, and has worked his way up the ranks of the family real estate business. At the age of 30, he became a director and has since overseen the company's growth to more than 2,000 staff. Garth is a former Pres...
Julia Xu: How to take advantage of a market 350x bigger than NZ
April 29, 2019 02:50 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBJulia Xu is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Oravida group of companies, a New Zealand-based group specializing in the branding and promotion of NZ's premium food products primarily for the Chinese market through direct sales distribution platforms. As Managing Director, she is responsible for day-to-day operations in China and New Zealand, as well as leading the company's product development and overall business strategy. Prior to establishing Oravida in New Zealand, Julia was ...
Sir George Fistonich: 60 countries, 54 years, and 300 staff - How a love of wine gave rise to a world-class winery
April 28, 2019 11:30 - 45 minutes - 43 MBSir George Fistonich is the Founder and CEO of internationally acclaimed winery Villa Maria. Recognized as the top winery in New Zealand and the country's most awarded winery for over 30 years, Villa Maria currently exports to 60 countries and employs more than 250 people. Villa Maria was founded by Sir George in 1961 when he was 21 years of age, with 5 acres of land in Mangere leased from his father. Watch Sir George‘s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/sir-george-fistonich
Chris Litchfield: From stacking shelves to managing director of an $8 billion dollar business
April 28, 2019 02:30 - 36 minutes - 34.9 MBChris Litchfield is the Managing Director of Coca-Cola Amatil, an AUD$8 billion company with the sole authorization to manufacture and distribute Coca-Cola beverage brands in New Zealand, including Coke, Sprite, L&P, Keri Juice, Powerade, and Pump water. Chris started off stacking shelves for Coca-Cola Amatil to help pay for his university degree, and across 22 years, worked his way up the ranks to Managing Director. Watch Chris‘ interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/chris-lit...
Brendan Lindsay - Live: From making coat hangers in his garage to a $660m exit
April 27, 2019 00:30 - 57 minutes - 54.3 MBBrendan Lindsay is the Founder of Sistema Plastics, acquired by US conglomerate Newell Brands for $660 million in December 2016. At the time of its sale, Sistema employed nearly 900 staff globally, exported to 84 countries and had recently finished construction of a new $100 million, 55,000 square meter factory factory, the largest in New Zealand in 30 years. The origins of Sistema lie in a small business Brendan started 30 years ago from his garage in Cambridge, with the initial goal of s...
Carmen Vicelich: From corporate office to award-winning startup in just 4 years
April 26, 2019 01:02 - 40 minutes - 37.9 MBCarmen Vicelich is the CEO and Founder of Data Insight NZ, which she founded in May 2012. In 2015, Data Insight NZ won "Best Business to Business Solution" at the TVNZ NZ Marketing Awards, and their flagship product, Valocity, claimed the Nexus Supreme Prize less than two years after launch, beating out companies like Saatchi & Saatchi and ASB. In early 2016, Data Insight won numerous awards at the New Zealand Direct Marketing Awards for Valocity, including "Nexus Supreme Winner", "Nexus G...
Andrew Bagnall: Driving full circle - Starting, scaling, listing, selling
April 24, 2019 06:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBAndrew Bagnall is the Founder of travel agency Gulliver’s Travel Group, which he started with a $4,000 loan and would grow into New Zealand’s largest outbound travel services business. Founded in 1976, Gulliver’s Travel dual IPO’d on the NZX and ASX in 2004, before being acquired by ASX-listed S8 Group for $235 million just two years later. Through his investment vehicle Segoura, Andrew holds a 30% stake in the publicly listed Green Cross Health (Life Pharmacy), which today is worth around...
Sam Ovens: From $30K in debt to $65 million - What Sam Ovens learned from three failed startups
April 22, 2019 23:14 - 1 hour - 76.1 MBSam Ovens is the Founder and CEO of Consulting.com, an e-learning platform that helps people to start and grow their own consulting business. In the five years after he started Consulting.com, and before he turned 28, Sam says he made over $18 million before moving to New York City and opening offices in Dublin and Manhattan. Today, Consulting.com reportedly has a thriving community of over 20,000 active students, has created 52 millionaires and generated a collective $690 million in reven...
Danielle Strachman: Startup Advice From The Heart of Silicon Valley
April 17, 2019 22:52 - 46 minutes - 85.3 MBDanielle Strachman is Co-Founder and General Partner of Silicon Valley-based VC firm 1517 Fund, which has invested in 36 companies to date. Danielle is also the Co-Founder of Innovations Academy in San Diego, a K-8 charter school, and a founding team member of the Thiel Fellowship, where she joined to lead design and operations. She is the visionary behind the Thiel Summit series that has been attended by approximately 2,000 young entrepreneurs. Watch Danielle’s interview on #Unfiltered: w...
Sir John Davies: From farm cadet to tourism empire
April 16, 2019 23:27 - 51 minutes - 46.8 MBSir John Davies is the Founder and Director of Trojan Holdings, where he has invested in a wide array of property and tourism-related ventures in the South Island. Sir John’s investments include the Remarkables, Coronet Peak and Mt Hutt ski fields, and the Hermitage Hotel in Mt Cook as well as a 40 % stake in AJ Hackett’s New Zealand bungy. He also owns Stratton House and the Station Building in Queenstown, and the Milford, Routeburn and Greenstone Tracks Guided Walks. His current projects...
Jonty Kelt: The number one rule for building a profitable startup
April 16, 2019 18:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBCurrently an Executive at Palantir Technologies, a $20 billion dollar technology startup, and Director of Fantail Ventures, Jonty Kelt is immersed in the technology startup scene. Based in New York City, he has founded, co-founded or been CEO of 5 companies across 3 continents, has invested in 20 companies and is an advisor to 5. Jonty holds a Bachelors' Degree from Otago University, where he studied Finance, Marketing, and Philosophy. After university, he went into banking with Macquarie B...
John Holt: The Biggest Challenge All Startups Must Overcome
April 15, 2019 18:00 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBCo-Founder of Sonar6, the Kiwi Landing Pad and homes.co.nz, John Holt is a serial entrepreneur passionate about "Technology, Innovation and New Zealand". Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, he worked as a senior executive in multinational corporations Xerox, HP, IBM and ANZ Banking Group. In 2006 he co-founded Sonar6, an HR Technology company which he was CEO and Director of until 2012 when the company was acquired by NASDAQ listed company Cornerstone on Demand. He is currently the CEO of...
Christopher Luxon: The Formula For Building A World Class Business
April 14, 2019 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBOne of the best business minds in the country, Christopher Luxon is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Air New Zealand. He joined Air New Zealand as the Group General Manager International Airline in May 2015, before taking over as CEO in 2013. Prior to Air New Zealand, Christopher worked in a number of roles for Unilever in an 18-year career, culminating in a CEO role for Unilever's $1.4 billion Canadian business, where he led 1,500 employees, was a key member of Unilever's North Ame...
Tim Alpe: Scaling 100x: Jucy's journey from 35 to 3,800 rental cars
April 12, 2019 18:11 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBFollow us to get new interviews from the best leaders in business! Tim Alpe is the Founder and CEO of Jucy Rentals. Originally founded with just 35 rental cars as Ezy Rentals by brothers Tim and Dan Alpe in 2001, Jucy (rebranded in 2007) today has more than 3,800 cars, campervans and motorhomes across Australia, New Zealand and the US, with additional operations including a JUCY Cruise boat in Milford Sound, and JUCY Snooze accommodation in Auckland and Christchurch. Tim was the 2010 Erns...
Eliot Crowther: $500M market cap in 5 years - The hyper-growth of Pushpay
April 11, 2019 18:11 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBEliot Crowther is a Co-Founder and Director of Pushpay, which reached a market capitalization of $510 million in 2016, just 5 years after its founding in 2011. Alongside his Co-Founder Chris Heaslip, Eliot was named New Zealand's EY Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015. Prior to founding Pushpay (his first venture), Eliot was a leading sales executive at New Zealand home ventilation business HRV. Now publicly traded (after its IPO in August 2014), Pushpay is targeting $100 million in ann...
Dame Trelise Cooper: Building a global fashion brand - With no formal qualifications
April 10, 2019 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.8 MBFollow us to get new interviews from the best leaders in business! Dame Trelise Cooper DNZM is one of the most successful designers in New Zealand, and opened her first shop in Auckland's High Street at the age of 23, with no formal education in fashion design. Her outfits have been worn by Miranda Kerr, Miley Cyrus, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Liv Tyler, Lindsay Lohan, the Pussycat Dolls and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and her designs have featured in magazines such as Vogue, Marie Claire,...
Vic Crone: The next 3 biggest billion-dollar trends
April 09, 2019 18:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBFollow us to get new interviews from the best leaders in business! Vic Crone is currently the CEO of Callaghan Innovation, and a Director of Contact Energy. Some of her previous roles include Managing Director of Xero (2014 - 2016), GM of Sales for Telecom and GM of Marketing and Sales for Chorus. Vic was a Mayoral candidate for Auckland in 2016. Watch Vic’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/vic-crone
Sir Robert Stewart: How an apprentice electrician built a world-leading business from New Zealand
April 08, 2019 01:44 - 51 minutes - 48 MBSir Robert Stewart left school at 15 to become an apprentice electrician. At 25 he took a loan from his father and bought a controlling stake in a small company that would grow to become SKOPE Industries, growing the business from 25 employees to more than 400 today. In 2012 SKOPE surpassed $100m in revenue. He has won many export and design awards, including the Master Entrepreneur Ernst & Young award, and is a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Management. SKOPE was a finalist in the ...
Theo Spierings: Lessons from leading a corporate Behemoth
April 07, 2019 22:24 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBTheo Spierings is the Chief Executive Officer of Fonterra, New Zealand's largest company by revenue. Fonterra is the world's largest dairy exporter and sends 95% of their milk products to more than 100 countries, making up 25% of New Zealand's exports. Formerly in a senior role at Dutch dairy company, Friesland Foods, Theo once started his own mergers and acquisitions business for European SME's. In 2011, Theo moved his family from Holland to New Zealand after accepting an offer to lead Fon...
Richard Conway: From $200 to the nation's leading SEO agency - The value of Google advertising
April 05, 2019 00:37 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThe Founder and CEO of Pure SEO, Richard Conway is originally from Hertfordshire in the UK. After moving to Auckland in 2009, he started Pure SEO with no connections and just $200 in startup capital, and built it into one of New Zealand's fastest growing companies and the nation's most awarded SEO agency. Richard is on the board of Entrepreneurs' Organisation and lectures about SEO and SEM for the New Zealand Marketing Association. He has a Bachelor's Degree with Honours in Business Computi...
Peter Chrisp: Scaling in the global markets, & the first step every exporter should take
April 04, 2019 03:50 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBPeter Chrisp is the Chief Executive Officer of NZTE, a role he has held since 2010. As CEO he leads 800 employees in 40 offices around the world. Prior to NZTE, Peter spent 23 years in the Pulp and Paper industry, including roles in human resources, operations, logistics, supply chain, business improvement and general management. Peter was the General Manager of Tasman Paper in Kawerau New Zealand, prior to taking up a role as Senior Vice President for Norske Skog International at the globa...
Keven Mealamu: How to build a company as strong as the All Blacks team
April 03, 2019 03:24 - 22 minutes - 20.3 MBFormer All Black Keven Mealamu is New Zealand's most capped Super Rugby player, featuring on provincial fields 135 times. In 2006 he became the captain of the Auckland Blues side. He is internationally renowned as the 'gentleman' of rugby who wore the world-class black jersey in the 2011 Rugby World Cup, leading the All Blacks as captain in their test against Japan. Now retired from rugby, Keven consults to large companies helping them to foster a stronger team culture. Watch Keven's inter...
John Key: What the Prime Minister's journey can teach us all
March 31, 2019 20:55 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBThe Right Honourable John Key was the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand and held three consecutive terms in office. He entered Parliament after being elected MP for Helensville in 2002, and became Leader of the New Zealand National Party after only 4 short years. Another 2 years was all it took for him to achieve his childhood dream of becoming the Prime Minister of New Zealand. Prior to his political career, John Key held the position of Head of Global Foreign Exchange at Merrill Lynch, ...
Ian Wright: How a Kiwi Co-Founded Tesla with Elon Musk
March 30, 2019 01:00 - 33 minutes - 31.1 MBIan Wright is the Founder and CEO of Wrightspeed, and one of the four Co-Founders of Tesla alongside Elon Musk, Marc Tarpenning and Martin Eberhard. After pitching Tesla to Elon Musk in a 2.5 hour pitching session, Ian left Tesla just one year after its founding, in 2004. Subsequently he went on to build the world's fastest street legal electric car in the world (a record which held for nearly 10 years) and is now leading Wrightspeed, a company that aims to design the "world's most efficien...
Tony Carter: Lessons from one of New Zealand's most accomplished professional directors
March 29, 2019 01:52 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBTony Carter is one of New Zealand's most experienced and respected professional directors. He has operated at the highest levels of New Zealand business over his career, having served as Chief Executive and Managing Director of Foodstuffs, and on the boards of numerous iconic New Zealand companies, including Air New Zealand, Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, ANZ Bank, Fletcher Building and Mitre 10. He is currently the Chairman of Air New Zealand and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, and is also a Dire...
Geoff Ross: From a garage startup to $138M exit - In just 7 years
March 27, 2019 03:42 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBGeoff Ross is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Moa Brewing Company, Chairman of Trilogy International Ltd., and Director at the Business Bakery (a venture capital firm based in Auckland, new Zealand). Geoff founded and led 42 Below Vodka as CEO to its $138 million sale to Bacardi. He started the business from his garage in 1999, selling his first bottle just after a week after his first child was born. 42 Below IPO'd just four years after its founding. Prior to 42 Below and Trilogy...
George T. Whitesides: Outer space secrets from the CEO of Virgin Galactic
March 26, 2019 05:16 - 31 minutes - 29 MBPrior to becoming the CEO of Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company, George T. Whitesides was NASA's Chief of Staff where he was awarded the company's highest honour, the Distinguished Service Medal. He has been named one of 12 ‘People to Watch' in the space industry by Space News. George has also served as the Executive Director of the National Space Society (NSS), co-founded Yuri's Night that hosts parties to celebrate humanity's aerospace achievements, and has sat on the board of the ...
Tim Williams: How a molecular biologist turned $2,000 into a multi-million dollar business - In Japan
March 23, 2019 00:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MBTim Williams was the first foreigner to list a company on the Japanese stock exchange, despite having gone to the country with only $2,000 NZD and a very basic knowledge of Japanese. Tim studied at Takapuna Grammar and then at the University of Canterbury, training as a molecular geneticist, before traveling to Japan with the plan to head over to Beijing. After meeting fellow Kiwi Jonathan Hendriksen, they set up the first domestic rental server company in Japan. In late 1997 Williams and H...
Dame Julie Christie: The West Coaster who reshaped New Zealand television
March 21, 2019 20:37 - 58 minutes - 53.3 MBDame Julie Christie is the Founder and former CEO of international television company Touchdown Productions, acquired by Dutch media company Eyeworks in 2006, and then later sold to Warner Bros. Amongst New Zealand's most well-known media industry veterans, Dame Julie is the Producer behind numerous critically acclaimed reality or unscripted shows, including Rachel Hunter: Cover Girl, The is Your Life, Changing Rooms, My House My Castle, Whose House Is It Anyway, DIY Rescue, Trading Places,...
Guy Haddleton: The SAS officer who built a billion-dollar tech business
March 11, 2019 14:09 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBGuy Haddleton is a serial entrepreneur, investor and director. He is the Co-Founder, former CEO and Chairman of Adaytum which he led to a $160 million dollar acquisition, and the Co-Founder and former CEO of Anaplan, which would go on to list on the NYSE in a $3 billion-dollar IPO. An accomplished executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the enterprise planning software sector, Guy started Adaytum with his wife, Susie, and Michael Gould in 1990 in the U.K. before later moving the bu...
Craig Piggott: From a Matamata paddock to Silicon Valley - The 24-year-old revolutionizing the farming industry
March 05, 2019 14:51 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBCraig Piggott is the 24-year-old Co-Founder and CEO of Halter, a New Zealand-based agri-tech startup that’s transforming the farming industry. Founded in 2016, Halter’s mission is to meet growing food demands in a more sustainable and productive way. The company is developing a GPS-tracked, solar powered collar for livestock. The proprietary technology ‘Hoop’ is a wearable solar-powered GPS-tracked neckband designed initially for cows. It uses sensory cues to direct cows, and enables farmer...
Ric Kayne: A lifetime of value creation - from Wall Street to Tara Iti Golf Club
March 01, 2019 01:21 - 1 hour - 88.9 MBRic Kayne is the Founder and Co-Chairman of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles-based manager of alternative investment strategies with U.S. $29 billion under management One of the premier alternative asset managers, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors is focused on niche investing in upstream oil and gas companies, energy and infrastructure, credit, speciality real estate, growth equity and marketable securities. The firm is the largest investor in energy pipelines in the United Sta...
Anna Mowbray [Smales]: Leading innovation and disruption on a global scale
February 28, 2019 00:34 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAnna Mowbray is the Co-Founder and COO of ZURU, one of the most successful companies ever to come out of New Zealand. ZURU designs, manufactures and markets innovative toys and consumer products and is known for its agility, innovation, industry disruption, leadership in automated manufacturing and family culture. Anna sits at the helm of ZURU and is the backbone of the organization overseeing all HR, operations, marketing, distribution, new product development, investments and financials....
Peter Beck [Smales]: Rocket Lab’s extraordinary journey from startup to billion-dollar space business
February 18, 2019 23:34 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBAs the founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck has grown the company from a small start-up to a globally recognized industry leader in space and a billion-dollar company. Peter started Rocket Lab in 2006 with the vision of launching 100 satellites a year into space, for less than $5 million each (a 91% reduction in cost compared to current methods). Just over a decade later this capability was realized with Rocket Lab’s first orbital launch of the Electron rocket, and maiden commercial la...
James Robinson: Zero to $100 million revenue in 3 years - The incredible growth of My Food Bag continues
February 17, 2019 19:33 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBJames Robinson is the Founder and Co-CEO of one of New Zealand's most successful recent startups, My Food Bag, alongside his wife Cecilia Robinson. Since its launch just 3 years ago, My Food Bag has grown phenomenally to become one of New Zealand's foremost startup success stories, with 50,000 active customers in New Zealand and Australia, and had $80 million in revenues in just two and a half years - faster than both Xero and Trade Me - and a 2017 forecast revenue of more than $135 million...
Joey Zwillinger: The World’s comfiest shoe - How Allbirds sold 1M+ pairs in 2 years
February 14, 2019 02:44 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBJoey Zwillinger is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Allbirds. Founded in 2015, Allbirds makes sustainable footwear using natural materials, with its first product being dubbed by TIME magazine as “the world’s most comfortable shoes.” Allbirds sold more than a million pairs of shoes in its first two years of business, earning the recognition of “the fastest growing shoe company in the world.” A biotech engineer and renewable materials expert, Joey was Vice President of Industrial Products at Te...
Casey Eden: Idea vs execution - Which is more important?
February 12, 2019 13:55 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBCasey Eden is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of Neighbourly. Prior to leading Neighbourly, he was the Sales Manager for Sella Co New Zealand, Sales Director of GrabOne (where he led the team from 0 to $100 million in sales), and subsequently the Director of Business Operations for GrabOne. Before getting into the world of startups, Casey started off as a Key Accounts Manager for BP after graduating from the University of Canterbury. Watch Casey’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfilter...
Jessica Iclisoy: From a $2,000 loan to a $330 million fortune - A lesson in controlled and deliberate growth
February 12, 2019 00:53 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBJessica Iclisoy is the Founder and CEO of California Baby, the industry standard in natural skincare. More than 20 years ago, Jessica embarked on a personal journey to create a non-toxic environment for her young family. Launching in her kitchen, Jessica began to create the beloved formulas for what is today, California Baby. She started with $2,000 in start-up capital from her mom, launching with just one product, a nontoxic shampoo body wash. Since then, Jessica has built California Baby...
Greg Smale: The visionary behind Smales Farm - a game changer for the future of workplaces
February 08, 2019 21:48 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBGreg Smale is a property investor and director of Smales Farm, and the visionary behind one of New Zealand's most ambitious large-scale and forward-thinking development projects. He has close to 50 years’ experience in the property sector in residential, industrial and commercial property, initially as a builder and in later years, in development and investment. Greg started his first business at the age of 11, supplying netting to florist shops. He completed a Diploma of Property Valuati...
Bridget Coates: Unbelievable value for very little cost - Why you need an advisory board
February 08, 2019 12:10 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBWith over 20 years of governance experience, Bridget Coates has been on the boards of numerous international organizations since the early 1900s. Currently a Director of White Cloud Dairy Innovation, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and BRAC USA, she was formerly Managing Director of 212 Equity Management and has been on the boards of the NZ Superannuation Fund, SKYCITY, Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings, BioVittoria and KEA New Zealand. She was an inaugural director of Global Women New Ze...
Glenn Renwick: From Office Floor To CEO of a $20 billion corporation
February 05, 2019 14:27 - 21 minutes - 19.5 MBUntil May 2016, Glenn Renwick was the CEO of Progressive Corporation, one of the largest providers of car insurance in the United States and number 153 on the Fortune 500. He is currently the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Progressive. Glenn started working for Progressive Corporation in 1986 as a claims representative, and rose through the ranks through various roles including Auto Product Manager for Florida, Business Technology Leader and Chief Information Officer befor...
Michael Jones: Perfecting the art of the startup
February 05, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBMichael Jones is the Co-Founder & CEO of venture capital firm and startup studio, Science Inc. A serial entrepreneur, experienced internet executive, investor and strategic advisor, Michael started his first business in college and has personally led six businesses to successful exits in the tens of millions including Userplane, Tsavo and MySpace. Today, Science has invested in over 70 companies and counts some of the hottest startups in the world in its portfolio, including Bird, Dollar S...
Cliff Cook: Don't invest short - Why the real wealth is created in the long term
February 04, 2019 14:31 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBFounder of Metlifecare, a NZX listed retirement village company with 25 retirement villages; Chairman of Lifecare Residences International and until April 2015, the Chairman of A2 Milk Co., Cliff Cook is a pioneer in the retirement village industry. Currently focused on Lifecare Residences, Cliff sold his 25% stake of Metlifecare in 2005 for $85 million, and has an estimated net worth of $310 million (NBR). Watch Cliff’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/cliff-cook
Greg Cross: Entrepreneurs - The First Thing You Must Do
January 31, 2019 02:54 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBCurrently the Co-Founder of leading wireless technology company PowerbyProxi, Greg Cross has been in the technology field for over 3 decades, with experience in North America, Europe and Asia. He's held numerous senior roles, including Managing Director of Microsoft New Zealand, CEO of the Advantage Group, Co-Founder of Pure Black Racing, SLI Systems and Director of Cross Ventures. Watch Greg’s interview on #Unfiltered: www.unfiltered.tv/public/greg-cross
Alan Gibbs: How To Make The World's First Amphibious Vehicle - And Get Richard Branson To Publicise It
January 28, 2019 20:17 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBBusinessman, entrepreneur and art collector, Alan Gibbs knows both how to make money - and how to spend it. After completing a BA at Canterbury University, he later gained a MA from Victoria University before embarking on an extremely successful business career. His journey included the profitable liquidation of Tappenden Motors Ltd, the merger of Atlas Majestic Industries, Bendon and Ceramco, (three prominent public companies) and the $4.25 billion brokerage of the winning bid for the sale ...
Annette Presley: From South Auckland To $250 Million Exit
January 27, 2019 13:56 - 52 minutes - 48.1 MBAnnette Presley (ONZM) grew up in South Auckland and attended McAuley High School in Otahuhu, and then studied at the Auckland Technical Institute. By 25 years old she was the founder of IT recruitment firm Stratum, and was making over $300,000 a year. She is known as a telecommunications entrepreneur, as the Co-Founder of CallPlus and its subsidiary Slingshot. In 2002 Slingshot (previously known as i4free) sued Telecom for $18 million, and the case was settled out of court in 2005 after a ...
Suhail Doshi: A textbook startup story - from 20-year old dropout to annual revenues of $100 million
January 24, 2019 21:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBSuhail Doshi is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Mixpanel, the most advanced analytics platform for mobile & web. The son of immigrant parents, Suhail moved to Arizona at the age of six. He started programming in the eighth grade, driven by his early love for video games, and in particular StarCraft. Suhail went on to attend Arizona State University and studied computer systems and engineering. In the spring of 2008, he completed an internship with Slide. Suhail co-founded Mixp...
Stephen Jennings: The kiwi who creates cities from scratch in Africa
January 18, 2019 11:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBOnce the richest New Zealanders in the world, with a net worth estimated at $5.2 billion (according to Forbes), Taranaki-born investor Stephen Jennings thrives in financial frontier lands. After starting off as a free-market economist and a New Zealand Treasury official, Stephen worked for Investment Bank Credit Suisse First Boston. In 1992, at 32 years old, he arrived in Moscow on a 6-week assignment for Credit Suisse, which turned into a 20-year stay in the country. He co-founded Renaissan...