EPISODE · Mar 6, 2022 · 37 MIN
How can an Economic Development Agency support your business? - Guest Andrew Wilson CEO Rotorua Economic Development
from SME & Entrepreneur Podcast · host Craig Murray
Do you know what an Economic Development Agency (EDA) is and how it can help an SME? Did you know that an EDA has resources available to help your business? Whether you are in the concept phase or looking to make a big business move, your EDA could be a very helpful source of information/support. This week's podcast guest is Andrew Wilson CEO of Rotorua Economic Development Ltd (RED), some may be more familiar with RED others as Destination Rotorua. Andrew is awesome and happily shared his career journey from his first-ever job packing milk powder, running a full production bakery with 35-40 staff whilst at Uni (having no experience), managing the detector dog program at the airports across NZ sniffing out unwanted biological products, developing a tech startup and how he ended up at the CEO at RED. Andrew also provides his best guestimate of what the tourism If you have no awareness of how an EDA could support your SME/startup, this is the podcast for you.
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Do you know what an Economic Development Agency (EDA) is and how it can help an SME? Did you know that an EDA has resources available to help your business? Whether you are in the concept phase or looking to make a big business move, your EDA could be a very helpful source of information/support. This week's podcast guest is Andrew Wilson CEO of Rotorua Economic Development Ltd (RED), some may be more familiar with RED others as Destination Rotorua. Andrew is awesome and happily shared his career journey from his first-ever job packing milk powder, running a full production bakery with 35-40 staff whilst at Uni (having no experience), managing the detector dog program at the airports across NZ sniffing out unwanted biological products, developing a tech startup and how he ended up at the CEO at RED. Andrew also provides his best guestimate of what the tourism If you have no awareness of how an EDA could support your SME/startup, this is the podcast for you.
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