Caffeine | The daily for New Zealand's Startups

Changing the world through investment

Brianne West sits down with Sharesies’ Brooke Roberts to discuss the company's mission and journey.

The Young Founders

Old souls in young bodies

Fiona Rotherham

KiwiFibre founders Ben Scales and Will Murrell have developed a natural harakeke fibre product for the global composites market.

Hale Animal Health’s Leila de Koster on funding female founders

Caffeine’s first podcast series, ‘Seed to success’, showcases Kiwi startups with high-growth potential, and the ecosystem players who help them succeed.

Founder Feedback

I’ve never viewed myself as an entrepreneur

How Urban Intelligence cofounder, Mitchell Anderson, made academic theory user-friendly.

Startup Aotearoa

Not a cookie-cutter mentor

How World Changing Business founder Bailey Lenart is using Startup Aotearoa’s coaching service.

Antipodean Musings

New Zealand's innovation journey: Overcoming the obstacles

Mark Bregman

Like some sort of yin and yang, New Zealand’s greatest strengths when it comes to innovation can also create the greatest obstacles. But can we turn the obstacles to our advantage?

Ask About AI

Will the robots take our jobs?

Honestly, I hope so. Well, at least some of them.

OpenStar founder: why mission matters

Caffeine’s first podcast series, ‘Seed to success’, showcases Kiwi startups with high-growth potential, and the ecosystem players who help them succeed.

AI in Action

Taking a JEDI approach to AI

Narrative Muse is using AI to improve processes, but humans are still “the gold standard”

Best Places to Work

Okay boomer, okay zoomer

As the age range in the workforce widens, Caffeine asks founders and experts about generational differences in the workplace and how to bridge them.

Podcasts worth hearing

Including Brianne West's 'Now, that's what I call Business!', Mike Carden's 'The Joyous Podcast' and NZTE's 'The Investment Fix.'

Changing the world through investment

Brianne West sits down with Sharesies’ Brooke Roberts to discuss the company's mission and journey.

Hale Animal Health’s Leila de Koster on funding female founders

Caffeine Podcast

Caffeine’s first podcast series, ‘Seed to success’, showcases Kiwi startups with high-growth potential, and the ecosystem players who help them succeed.

OpenStar founder: why mission matters

Caffeine Podcast

Caffeine’s first podcast series, ‘Seed to success’, showcases Kiwi startups with high-growth potential, and the ecosystem players who help them succeed.

Simplifying microsurgery with Avasa

Caffeine Podcast

Caffeine’s podcast, ‘Seed to Success,’ showcases Kiwi startups with high growth potential and the ecosystem players who help them succeed.

Why aren't we investing in women?

Brianne West tackles the infuriating world of investment and shines a light on women in business in honour of International Women’s Day.

Five reasons most businesses fail...

And what Incrediballs' Brianne West thinks you can do to combat them.

Should you build a personal brand?

Brianne West, with a special appearance from Simran Kaur, discusses why you ‘need to control’ your personal brand and how to grow it.

Building a sustainable community

Brianne West sits down with Young Henry's Oscar McMahon to chat beer, brand, community and algae.

WTF is strategy... and how do I build one?

Challenging existing models for strategy and innovation

Brianne West on cutting through the weeds when it comes to business strategy and figuring out exactly what's needed to get started.

The Joyous Podcast