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Business Is Boring — 395 episodes
How free meal planning is changing food research
The billion-dollar company that's just getting started
From Aotearoa to the world: how Wai Mānuka is going global
The AI tool that turns conversations into action
Rowan Simpson on the right way to be wrong
How AF Drinks is leading their space in the US
How Polymath is reimagining maths class
Ben Forman & Kat Lintott - From Wrestler to What’s Next
How Pals became Pals
How timber innovation can protect old growth forests
The virtual CFOs with very real results
The compostable cling wrap winning big in the US
Changing the face of investment
Why great operators can make for great venture capitalists
How Keep the Change changes lives
Doing better at business by doing better
Why people leaders make great CEOs
How to build a community of 10,000 marketers
Creating an Extraordinary new category
A banking challenger emerges
From Aotea to the world: Tama Toki on energy, connection, and purpose
Creating Humanistic AI
Building smarter cities and ethical AI with Dr. Ayesha Khanna
How to get the best of AI today
Live from Spark Accelerate: Balancing innovation and efficiency for organisational success
How Karma Drinks earns its name in Sierra Leone
NZ tech’s favourite recruiter
25 years of Nature Baby
The old idea that could be the future for trades payments
The biggest opportunity for startups? People!
The Kiwi company making concrete change
A new agency for a new world
Innovating for the underserved accessibility market
How Re-Leased powers 350,000 tenancies around the world
Grinding away: how Megan Wyper went from employee to co-owner
How Anihana made it in America
Making period products more available through Ads on Pads
How bugs can save the world
The first approach to fitness training designed for women and the menstrual cycle
How Hnry helped Australasia never think about tax again
Has your workplace thought about menopause?
What happened with Ārepa
A billion is just the beginning
Changing boating for the better
Creating more Māori entrepreneurship pathways
What we can learn from Silicon Valley VC
How Taxi is getting the NZ economy moving
Listen Now: episode one of Juggernaut – I Love You, Mr Lange
EThe AI opportunity for Aotearoa
How the design lead of Slack is building the future of work
Future State: The maker of ‘That Sugar Film’ on the power of ideas to fight climate change
Future State: Lessons on the power of AI, from someone who helped build it
Future State: What does sustainability look like at IKEA scale?
Future State: Idea to Impact – understanding circular business
Introducing Behind the Story: If you love a dog, you must also love disposing of its sh*t
The new Aotearoa lead of Australasia’s biggest VC firm
Has the AR/VR moment arrived?
David Yu: 2023 EY entrepreneur of the year with Aotearoa’s fastest growing company
How Albert Cho went from IG influencer to Ponsonby restaurateur
EImproving the food system, one wonky box at a time
The AI tools every business should already be using
Designing a te ao Māori agency
How to grow NZ Inc
Redefining the menstrual experience with Endosoothe
How Powrsuit is changing the face of leadership
The company making sustainable practice fashionable
Setting the right sustainability strategy for your business
The VC firm that raised like a founder
The solvable problem affecting up to one in three women
The legend behind Aotearoa's favourite brands
Summer reissue: Meet the brain behind Xero and Upstock
Summer reissue: Fixing your finances with the Māori Millionaire
Summer reissue: The app making it easier to share your Dosh
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2023
Goldie wants to help you own your own slice of luxury
Why Unyoked thinks we should disconnect
How can you change the world at scale?
Meet one of the Champions of the Earth
Critical's solution to plastic-packed landfills
The zero-alcohol beer hero
Reimagining customer testing with Stickybeak
How Ministry of Awesome gives hope to start-ups
OpenStar's nuclear solution to solve clean energy
Squirrel Mortgages is revolutionising the mortgage broker
Anna Mowbray is creating Tinder for finding jobs
Slice is bringing home ownership back within reach
Mark Adams from Vice on how brands can reinvent themselves
How Almighty grew into an international success
How Frankie manages property management
How Indigital is decolonising digital spaces
OnBoard: Improving diversity in startup boards
Kate Sylvester is celebrating 30 years in fashion
Woolchemy's answer to plastic-filled nappies
Meet the team behind the 2022 NZ House of the Year
What the past tells us about the future of AI
Derek Handley's new non-bank bank for aspiring homeowners
Meet the brain behind Xero and Upstock
Angel Food is bringing vegan cheese to the mainstream
Danielle Krettek on bringing soul to Google's AI
Sam Conniff's journey to embracing uncertainty
Fixing your finances with the Māori Millionaire
Dr. Johnson Witehira's mission for more Māori design
Dennisson Techologies' quest for universal mobility
Is Cleanery the future of sustainable home care?
Simon Moore on his game-changing golf club
Is Ron Park NZ's mussel king?
How EatKinda got vegan ice-cream into Hell Pizza
How Fibre Fale are indigenising the tech space
Holiday Records is bringing back local vinyl
Clem Devine on the rise of the intrepreneur
How Allbirds made the first zero carbon shoe
Why Grater Goods is using equity crowdfunding to expand
How Daisy Lab is designing a dairy-free future
How Dispute Buddy makes going to court easier
Matū is making VC investing accessible
Solid Oral Care is using crowdfunding to launch their new lab
Money Sweetspot is changing the finance industry for good
The app making it easier to share your Dosh
How Garage Project pioneered the craft beer boom
What is New Zealand's brand?
The food hero saving Perfectly Imperfect produce
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2022
Creating a community from clothes
Finding practical solutions to help the unhoused
It’s time we talked about paint
A circular, more sustainable business model
How managing Shapeshifter led to more Good Sh*t
ECould Mānuka oil become bigger than the honey?
Abel Odor is disrupting the fragrance industry
Redefining the industrial internet of things
Simplicity's Sam Stubbs wants to improve our financial literacy
Making sustainable business the norm with Rachel Brown
Marking 20 years of Semi Permanent
EMatta: The recycling pioneer turning health hazards into safety equipment
Dolly Mumma: Helping NZ build a bridge past butter chicken
Nuro: The NZ-led answer to self driving vehicles
AgriSea: the wonders of NZ seaweed innovation
EBaina: The NZ contemporary towel company taking over the world
Orah offers schools a student wellbeing solution
How to improve disabled inclusion in the workforce
Halter cow collars are changing the future of farming
Going Global: With Banqer's Kendall Flutey
The new apprenticeship for NZ business people
Meet Vince, NZ’s meat-free vegetable mince
Going Global: With Kami co-founder Alliv Samson
Yu Mei is a luxury brand where everyone is welcome
How Girls Get Off got going
EGoing Global: With SYSCA CEO Lucy Blakiston
EThe Ironclad Pan Company's 100-year guarantee
EAstrix Astronautics is putting solar panels in space
EGoing Global: With Rachel Taulelei, Oho co-founder
How true love and tragedy led Trow Group to business success
EMadison Recruitment’s Marisa Fong on what makes a great leader
EGoing Global: With fashion icon, Karen Walker
Roti Bros want to take their curry-inspired pies to the world
How Augusto is blurring lines beyond being just an agency
Going Global: With Laura Bell, SafeStack Academy
Bringing the best of Australia’s high-growth companies to NZ
Girls that Invest: Simran Kaur on changing the face of investment
What's your mental health plan? (with Sir John Kirwan)
EEasy Crypto's build to a billion in sales
ESpecial Group's hard mahi and manifested success
ENewFish is reimagining the future of NZ fishing
Dotterel is taking NZ IP to the world
Michele Wilson on the sacred kaupapa of AWWA
Greg Denton on creating accessible pathways into the tech world
Method's Sam Ramlu talks the secrets to metaverse success
Brooke Roberts on the rise of Sharesies
Do you have oat milk?
The electrician behind 20% of NZ’s new solar installations
The former Apple leader helping NZ companies go global
The property developer helping build better communities
EThe NZ startup changing batteries for the better
The local label pioneering carbon positive fashion
The importance of employee experience
Theresa Gattung on dealing with burnout in business
A new way for startups to raise capital
How Socialites stays on top of the social media game
How NZ joined the space club, with Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck
How Multitudes is helping businesses measure and improve team culture
Shotgun’s ride from mountain biking brainwave to global business
How to sell a fast growing company, and other tips from an advertising entrepreneur
What Woop does differently with their food boxes
The ticketing app using booking fees for good
Making wearable tech for astronauts, Olympic athletes and everybody
The business and politics of bread
How Rush built the NZ COVID Tracer app in a hurry
Compostic's plan to replace plastic cling wrap
The Seinfeld-inspired startup simplifying flower buying
The NZ company working on a new Covid-19 vaccine
The social enterprise helping create more social enterprises
Fewer than 5% of tradies are women – here’s where to find them
Fix & Fogg is taking NZ nut butters to the world
The NZ non-profit helping prisoners learn to code
The NZ platform where you can rent just about anything
Why ZeroJet wants to electrify small boat motors
The NZ entrepreneur solving some big toilet problems
The Christchurch mum getting people moving in the morning
How LPL became Australasia’s biggest esports broadcaster
How do you become CEO of one of NZ’s biggest insurers?
How The Good Registry is helping give better gifts
The New Zealander helping drive TikTok’s massive growth
How All Good is changing the banana game, again
Summer reissue: Stacy Gregg, author
Summer reissue: Scottie Chapman from Spring Sheep Milk Co.
Summer reissue: Rachel Taulelei from Kono
The chief economist who made himself redundant and started a newsletter
The Spinoff presents SUPERPOD 2020
EThe Australian venture capitalist with $60m for backing NZ companies
How See-LEVEL is using VR to counter seasickness
How Foodprint is helping reduce food waste by bringing the bargains
How IMAGR plans to eliminate checkout queues
Introducing Coming Home: Like nothing we've ever seen before
How AF Drinks is helping lift the non-alcoholic beverage game
How Again Again is making takeaway coffee better for the environment
How Karangahape Road became an international music software hub
How Fuel50 is changing HR software to fit the new ways we work
How Kami is de-stressing the digital learning experience for millions worldwide
Masterchef’s Josh Emett is opening his first restaurant of his own
How to launch a new magazine in the time of coronavirus
The New Zealand app helping predict depression and anxiety in the workforce
How Formus Labs is helping take the guesswork out of joint replacement surgery
How Zincovery is using the $100,000 C-Prize to clean up galvanised steel
How Stacy Gregg went from fashion journalist to bestselling children's book author
Why new fashion website Ensemble just launched in the middle of a pandemic
How to drink – and sell – a New Zealand wine
The Dunedin company growing NZ's high-tech manufacturing sector
Mitchell Pham's incredible journey from Vietnam to NZ and back again with Augen Software Group
Amelia Gain from Preno is reimagining the future of hotel bookings
The tech legend who launched Windows 95 into NZ who's now making digital humans
The company making New Zealand sheep milk a thing
Lovina McMurchy of Movac on getting wifi into Starbucks and shopping lists on Alexa
Rob Teina from Supreme Plumbing
Simon Cooke and Ryan Carville from Froth Technologies
Emma Lewisham Skincare
Jacob Kohn and Gaetano Dedual from Futurity
Rachel Taulelei from Kono
Business advisor David Bell
Emily Miller-Sharma from Ruby
Asantha Wijeyeratne from PaySauce
Alice Lines and Nicholas Burrowes from Homestyle magazine
Mel Lewis from Ultrella
Matthew Chapman from Chapman CG
Pat MacFie from Indigo
Kristin Mead from Regional Business Partners Network
Michelle Dickonson's new online learning platform
Zac De Silva from Business Changing and Nurture Change
Florence and Chloe Van Dyke from Chia Sisters
Grace Stratton from All is for All
Andrea Watson from Sparrows and Simon Yarrow from Callaghan Innovation
Pranav Chopra from Nemi Teas
Emma Ogilvie and Nick Landsman from Bar Céleste
Jimmy Hayes from Minaal
Business is Boring with Morris Pita from EmergencyQ
Business is Boring with Greg Brebner from Blunt Umbrellas
Business is Boring with Bridie Picot from Wrappy and Thing Industries
Business is Boring with Mike Taylor
Business is Boring with Bruce Turner and Thomas Rowe from Urbanaut
Business is Boring with Robyn McLean from The Hello Cup
Business is Boring With Campbell Ellison from Callaghan & Alexandra Allan from FoodBowl
Business is Boring Jodie Fox from Shoes of Prey
Business is Boring with Jeff Xu and Ollie McDermott from Micropod
Business is Boring with Dr Brian Ward from Aroa
Business is Boring with Jade Tang-Taylor and Anna Guenther from Cheese Cartel
Business is Boring with Victoria Carter from Cityhop
Business is Boring with Valentin Ozich from I Love Ugly
Business is Boring with James Bartle from Outland Denim
Business is Boring with PredictHQ CEO Cambell Brown
Business is Boring with Kiri Nathan from Māori-inspired fashion brand Kiri Nathan
Business is Boring with Brianne West from Ethique
Business is Boring with Shaun Edlin from Dotterel and Richard Quin from Callaghan Innovation
Business is Boring with Ian Taylor from Animation Research Limited
Business is Boring with Tim Brown from AllBirds
Business is Boring with Erik Zydervelt from Mevo
Business is Boring with Hamish Pinkham from R&V
Business is Boring with Paris Mitchell Temple and Georgia Cherrie
Business is Boring with Michael Allpress from Allpress Espresso
Business is Boring with Dr Peter Surman and Simone Hollier from Douglas Pharmaceuticals
Business is Boring with Nick Hyland and Jacksen Love from Flamingo Scooters
Business is Boring with Jesse Armstrong from Culture Lens
Meet the big cheese from the Clevedon Buffalo Company
Business is Boring with Dr Shaun Holt
How a career bringing goods out of China brought about Container Door
The AI chatbot app helping people get the mental health services they need
Meet one of the Australian-based Venture Capitalists investing in local businesses
Business is Boring with Kate Gwilliam from Zeddy
Business is Boring: Sue Dunmore
Business is Boring : Andrew Childs
Techweek special- celebrating Māori Innovation and 2019's Tech trends
How 5 years of R&D proved a local skincare company had a product that actually works
Manawa Udy on how co-working can tap into South Auckland's potential
How creating more connections can help NZ Scale-Up
Business is Boring with Stephanie Post and Hayley White from Auckland Art Fair
Business is Boring with Dan Mclaughlin and Mark Neal from Scapegrace
Business is boring with Grant Straker from Straker Translations
Business is Boring: Jenny Morel on 20 years in the tech industry
Business is boring: John Macaskill-Smith
Business is Boring: Dr Will Barker and Imche Fouri from Level 2 and Mint Innovation
Business is Boring: Asuwere with Sam and Noah Hickey
Business is Boring: Elisha Watson
Business is Boring: Angus Brown from Arepa
Business is boring: Emily Heazlewood
Business is boring: Hikurangi Cannabis Company
Business is boring: Mahmood Hikmet
Mark Kneebone creating safer spaces within festivals
Native Rituals
The entrepreneur empowering Māori and pacific business
The team getting kiwis to invest
The kiwi leading the digital move of law firms
The genius behind the kiwi films we have all heard of
The Business Chat: The nature of reality and other weighty matters
The Kiwi bringing software as a service into the world
Veronica Harwood-Stevenson and native bee bioplastic
Phil Thomson and his team are bringing down crime and making the community a safer place
Organic alternative and foster the movement with Helen Robinson
Nat Cheshire and a special start to Auckland City
Creating great teams with Sandy Mamoli
Steven Renata, CEO of Kiwa Digital
The Business Chat: Suffrage 125, Fonterra, and wedding magazines
Telling Pasifika stories in a true Pasifika voice
Together Journal is a celebration of love and modern wedding culture
Murray Bevan on growing some of New Zealand's biggest fashion brands
The Social Club is helping social media influencers take over the advertising world
Mike Carden talks SaaS and his life after Sonar6
The Business Chat: Elon Musk, Māori innovation, and the worth of a university degree
Kōkiri is an accelerator helping Māori entrepreneurs find their feet
Iyia Liu on predicting trends and how Kylie Jenner helped her business
Frances Valintine is working to get society ready for a digital future
Sam Stuchbury is making sure people take Gen-Z seriously
SwipedOn is streamlining visitor management from super yachts to petrol stations
Sunfed foods is making meat-free meat an option for everyone
The Business Chat: Anatomically correct cow models, self-flying planes, and single use plastic
Bridgit Hawkins is helping farmers save water and money
Tim Lightbourne of Invivo wine talks branding, taking risks, and Graham Norton
How Dexibit is revolutionising museums and galleries using big data solutions
Vaughan Rowsell of Vend has brought Point of Sale software into the 21st century
The Business Chat: Budget 2018, Techweek, and Ethical Dairying
Natalie Robinson of Mum's Garage helps guide founders from dream to reality
Glen Herud founded Happy Cow Milk to make a difference in the dairy industry
Shaveer Mirpuri is creating commercial ventures using AI.
The Business Chat with Simon Pound, Maria Slade, and Duncan Greive
Matt Weavers is making e-bikes more affordable
Jennifer Rutherford of the Hi-Tech Trust on diversifying the tech industry
Bird on a Wire takes free range chicken and healthy salads to the people
How one seed potato grew into a business for Jade Temepara
How crowdfunding website Press Patron is helping to create quality journalism
Miriana Lowrie is making trade credit a simple, paperless process
Dr Sam Hazeldine: "You've got to be hungry".
Talking commentary with Spalk co-founder Ben Reynolds
Flossie's female lead: Jenene Crossan is solving two problems in one app
An underground kitchen with a sky-high target
WeCompost is keeping tons of waste out of landfill
A lawyer, writer and mother on why mothers are as ambitious as anyone
Nick Shewring, co-founder of co-working company 'BizDojo,' is opening the conversation around mental health in entrepreneurship.
Maru Nihoniho on taking Aotearoa's game dev industry to the world
Think start-ups are only run by single guys and their friends? Meet Dr Alyona Medelyan
Why hiring tangata whenua should be a priority for all businesses
What the tech sector can learn from pop culture fandoms
She's flying with NASA and fighting Gwyneth Paltrow's fake science at 18
The Rowan Simpson founder-centric approach to being a company director
The 22 year old entrepreneur on why he disrupted his successful business
How Lewis Road Creamery made gold from chocolate milk
BIB Repeat: TV Producer Bailey Mackey on being in the middle of a global bidding war
Scott Blanks on 20 years of comedy at The Classic
Theresa Gattung on Telecom, surviving public scrutiny and investing in women innovators
Always be ready to sell: Mark Hurley on selling to an $11 billion agency
Cloud technology is the future and the future is now
Deanna Yang on why Moustache Milk & Cookie bar is now a completely different business
Craig Cotton on leading Charlie's into teenage-hood and remembering to keep family involved
The man who produced Evil Dead and Zena on the art of producing
If you think your organisation doesn't have a gender pay gap, you're probably wrong
Cindy Gallop on the social sex revolution and going as big as YouTube
The news business as a platform: The new Fairfax CEO on Stuff, paywalls and podcasts
The cure to cancer may be closer than we think, all thanks to a kiwi invention.
Is working 9 to 5 really that necessary?
Diversity doesn't just mean straight white women: Mai Chen on the growing need for Asian leaders in NZ businesses
How Burger Burger are giving hospo staff the respect they deserve
Joan Withers on employing diversity without enforcing quotas
How Sharesies is making investment portfolios for everyone, not just the rich
A guide to ethically importing bananas with Karma Cola's Chris Harrison
The angel investor breakdown: do you really need millions of dollars?
Business is Boring replay: Karen Walker
Jamie Ford of Foresight Learning on what New Zealanders need to learn from the Australians
Could New Zealand's future lie with luxury goods?
Bill Reichert of Garage Ventures calls for the scrappy standout in the entrepreneur crowd
Sue De Bievre of Beany on the cloud creating flexibility for working mothers
Holly Cardew of Pixc on what's to be gained from working within Silicon Valley
The AirBnB of parks: Parkable and Campable are turning your empty spaces into a business
Techweek Special: Patrick McVeigh delivers all your Techweek'17 essentials
Christina Bellis and Lani Evans are turning an IRD subsidy into a force for good
Adàn Tijerina of Almighty Juices on why immigrants make ideal entrepreneurs
Lisa King of Eat My Lunch on dealing with massive growth and making 1400 lunches EVERY DAY
My Food Bag co-CEO Cecilia Robinson on why you have to destroy your own market share
Vic Crone on Xero, her Auckland Mayoralty bid and what's next for Callaghan Innovation
Lance Wiggs on how TradeMe was worth even more than its $750m sale price