Business Is Boring
Episodes
Business is Boring: Angus Brown from Arepa
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Business is boring: Emily Heazlewood
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Business is boring: Hikurangi Cannabis Company
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Business is boring: Mahmood Hikmet
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Mark Kneebone creating safer spaces within festivals
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Native Rituals
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
The entrepreneur empowering Māori and pacific business
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
The team getting kiwis to invest
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Until very recently, if you were wanting to buy shares in American companies like Apple, Facebook, Google or Tesla it is quite amazing how hard it cou...
The kiwi leading the digital move of law firms
05 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
The genius behind the kiwi films we have all heard of
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
The Business Chat: The nature of reality and other weighty matters
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In our regular Business Chat special,...
The Kiwi bringing software as a service into the world
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Veronica Harwood-Stevenson and native bee bioplastic
07 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A few years after studying science, but beginning a career in cosmetics and lingerie and film, today’s guest was reading a science journal for fun. ...
Phil Thomson and his team are bringing down crime and making the community a safer place
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that every day around New Zealand more than $2 million of theft occurs that no one even bothers to report? Petrol station drive offs, lit...
Organic alternative and foster the movement with Helen Robinson
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
2018 can feel quite progressive and doing pretty well, if you’re in the right bubble. But in many ways oh boy there’s a lot still to do. Like with...
Nat Cheshire and a special start to Auckland City
18 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovato...
Creating great teams with Sandy Mamoli
10 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Steven Renata, CEO of Kiwa Digital
03 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If you look at the digital landscape there has been a lot of innovation - Netflix has changed the way we watch things, we are in a golden age of telev...
The Business Chat: Suffrage 125, Fonterra, and wedding magazines
27 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In our monthly Business Chat special...
Telling Pasifika stories in a true Pasifika voice
20 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innov...
Together Journal is a celebration of love and modern wedding culture
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innov...
Murray Bevan on growing some of New Zealand's biggest fashion brands
06 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innov...
The Social Club is helping social media influencers take over the advertising world
29 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innov...
Mike Carden talks SaaS and his life after Sonar6
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
The Business Chat: Elon Musk, Māori innovation, and the worth of a university degree
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In our monthly Business Chat special...
Kōkiri is an accelerator helping Māori entrepreneurs find their feet
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Iyia Liu on predicting trends and how Kylie Jenner helped her business
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Frances Valintine is working to get society ready for a digital future
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Sam Stuchbury is making sure people take Gen-Z seriously
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Simon talks to Sam Stuchbury the only Kiwi who made this year's Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
SwipedOn is streamlining visitor management from super yachts to petrol stations
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Sunfed foods is making meat-free meat an option for everyone
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
The Business Chat: Anatomically correct cow models, self-flying planes, and single use plastic
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In our monthly Business Chat special...
Bridgit Hawkins is helping farmers save water and money
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Tim Lightbourne of Invivo wine talks branding, taking risks, and Graham Norton
14 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
How Dexibit is revolutionising museums and galleries using big data solutions
07 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Vaughan Rowsell of Vend has brought Point of Sale software into the 21st century
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
The Business Chat: Budget 2018, Techweek, and Ethical Dairying
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In a monthly special, The Business C...
Natalie Robinson of Mum's Garage helps guide founders from dream to reality
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
Glen Herud founded Happy Cow Milk to make a difference in the dairy industry
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week Simon talks to Glen Herud about his company Happy Cow Milk trying to create sustainability in the dairy industry, and why it failed. Hosted...
Shaveer Mirpuri is creating commercial ventures using AI.
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innova...
The Business Chat with Simon Pound, Maria Slade, and Duncan Greive
29 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. In the pilot of a new monthly specia...
Matt Weavers is making e-bikes more affordable
19 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovat...
Jennifer Rutherford of the Hi-Tech Trust on diversifying the tech industry
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
When you think about awards ceremonies for traditionally male dominated industries like tech and business, diversity is not the first thing that jumps...
Bird on a Wire takes free range chicken and healthy salads to the people
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovat...
How one seed potato grew into a business for Jade Temepara
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Vodafone Xone. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and...
How crowdfunding website Press Patron is helping to create quality journalism
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the holy what the hell disruptive force of President Trump outlets like the Washington Post and New York Times have turned around years...
Miriana Lowrie is making trade credit a simple, paperless process
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
They say where there's mystery there's margin and one thing that is deep in the depths of mystery is trade credit. What's trade credit? It's the secon...
Dr Sam Hazeldine: "You've got to be hungry".
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re very excited to introduce todays guest, someone extra inspiring, even by the pretty amazing standards of the people we talk to week in week ou...
Talking commentary with Spalk co-founder Ben Reynolds
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Business is Boring is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Vodafone Xone. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and...
Flossie's female lead: Jenene Crossan is solving two problems in one app
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As business thinker Cindy Gallop says, there is a lot of money to be made by taking women seriously. But the reason there is that opportunity is that ...
An underground kitchen with a sky-high target
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A flippant comment around a kitchen table in 2013 brought about a business that has gone from making one Thai Green Curry to now having a delivery or ...
WeCompost is keeping tons of waste out of landfill
08 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New Zealand likes to think it’s clean, green and 100% pure, but if you look under the lid, quite a few things you would expect from such a place are...
A lawyer, writer and mother on why mothers are as ambitious as anyone
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Genevieve is External Relations Manager for Lion NZ, a company that is further along than most on the journey. Last year they were champion winner of ...
Nick Shewring, co-founder of co-working company 'BizDojo,' is opening the conversation around mental health in entrepreneurship.
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Great entrepreneurial ideas come from people, but also from environments that foster creativity, provide support and that lift people to help them to ...
Maru Nihoniho on taking Aotearoa's game dev industry to the world
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2003 there wasn’t much of a computer game development industry in Aotearoa. But an entrepreneur that loved games, graphics and design set out to ...
Think start-ups are only run by single guys and their friends? Meet Dr Alyona Medelyan
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Y Combinator is one of the great names in tech and start-ups. The incubator slash business bootcamp is famously hard to get into and famously hard ful...
Why hiring tangata whenua should be a priority for all businesses
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How is a country going to grow if the tangata whenua, some 15 percent of the population, are overrepresented in negative stats and under-represented i...
What the tech sector can learn from pop culture fandoms
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What exactly could loving One Direction have to do with fixing the diversity pipeline problem in tech? Well if you hear ‘One Direction’ and go int...
She's flying with NASA and fighting Gwyneth Paltrow's fake science at 18
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At 16 Alexia Hilbertidou looked around and saw that she was the only girl in her IT and physics class, then the next year the only young women in adva...
The Rowan Simpson founder-centric approach to being a company director
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rowan Simpson has made his name about ten times and he’s not done yet. He’s had a large hand in the product and growth in some of New Zealand’s ...
The 22 year old entrepreneur on why he disrupted his successful business
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On September 4, 2010, when just 15 years old, Jake Millar’s life changed forever. His father and four close friends died is a skydiving plane crash....
How Lewis Road Creamery made gold from chocolate milk
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A few short years ago a fellow looking for some good butter for a baguette noticed something odd. Although we were a dairy country if you went to the ...
BIB Repeat: TV Producer Bailey Mackey on being in the middle of a global bidding war
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Last July long standing TV producer Bailey Mackey (Code, The GC) came to the Spinoff Towers to talk about the busines of making TV. Earlier that year...
Scott Blanks on 20 years of comedy at The Classic
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
20 years ago a bunch of young comedians, and their manager, who’d spent years making comedy nights happen across Auckland, thought it was time for a...
Theresa Gattung on Telecom, surviving public scrutiny and investing in women innovators
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
At the age of 37 a young women, who made her way up through a pretty sexist world, got the biggest job in the country. No, it’s not Jacinda Ardern t...
Always be ready to sell: Mark Hurley on selling to an $11 billion agency
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is a serial entrepreneur. If you haven't heard of his latest company you've very likely seen their work on awarded and effective website...
Cloud technology is the future and the future is now
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the fourth of July just four years ago today’s guest started a new company in the technology space. Having come out of some of the world’s bigg...
Deanna Yang on why Moustache Milk & Cookie bar is now a completely different business
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
About 2 years ago the rent went up on a much loved cookie shop near the Civic in Auckland. Moustache Milk and Cookie Bar was facing a 40% hike. Owner/...
Craig Cotton on leading Charlie's into teenage-hood and remembering to keep family involved
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the first week of the job at Coca Cola in 1996, today’s guest was wheeling out coke products from Pizza Hut after they moved to Pepsi. Although j...
The man who produced Evil Dead and Zena on the art of producing
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
What do The Evil Dead, Zena, Spartacus and an immersive 80s extravaganza live theater spectacular have in common? If you guessed Rob Tapert, you've go...
If you think your organisation doesn't have a gender pay gap, you're probably wrong
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're talking action. The debate is over, it is just fact increasing diversity of gender, background and age in the decision making parts of org...
Cindy Gallop on the social sex revolution and going as big as YouTube
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest has been mentioned at least three times on the podcast for her leadership on some of the biggest topics facing business and society to...
The news business as a platform: The new Fairfax CEO on Stuff, paywalls and podcasts
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Big news this week, with Fairfax NZ, one of the largest and most influential media companies announcing a new name and CEO. Now to be known as Stuff, ...
The cure to cancer may be closer than we think, all thanks to a kiwi invention.
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Every company these days has a lofty goal. App makers with silly camera filters say they exist to bring humans together. Every company says it is o...
Is working 9 to 5 really that necessary?
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You could look at the way work is arranged and decide that it’s something designed by the patriachy to avoid looking after their kids. A more equal ...
Diversity doesn't just mean straight white women: Mai Chen on the growing need for Asian leaders in NZ businesses
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's guest is a trailblazer in law, business and leadership. Mai Chen, together with Sir Geoffrey Palmer, opened Australasia's first public law spe...
How Burger Burger are giving hospo staff the respect they deserve
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to see the power of great execution, walk into any of the hospitality offerings that our guest today has brought us. You might think a bur...
Joan Withers on employing diversity without enforcing quotas
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest has broken new ground, confounded any stereotypes and excelled at every level of business. Leaving school in South Auckland with Schoo...
How Sharesies is making investment portfolios for everyone, not just the rich
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of the common kind of bleats from this podcast is that as a country we invest too much in unproductive assets like houses and interest payments, a...
A guide to ethically importing bananas with Karma Cola's Chris Harrison
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is a pioneer in organics, sustainable business and has won awards for being the world’s fairest trader. You have definitely sampled ...
The angel investor breakdown: do you really need millions of dollars?
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One of the big ingredients for business success is other people’s money. Who are these other people and what motivates them? There are stereotypes i...
Business is Boring replay: Karen Walker
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alas, Simon is away this week so we've decided to republish one of our favourite episodes from 2016: fashion Svengali Karen Walker. Their discussion i...
Jamie Ford of Foresight Learning on what New Zealanders need to learn from the Australians
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you like to read and follow the stories of successful people some common themes emerge - never giving up, always persevering, get knocked down and...
Could New Zealand's future lie with luxury goods?
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you’ve enjoyed a scented candle in glass, perhaps one with a lovely gold foil on the front or with letters artfully arranged you may have been en...
Bill Reichert of Garage Ventures calls for the scrappy standout in the entrepreneur crowd
24 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Much of what we talk about in entrepreneurship in NZ comes to us from Silicon Valley. Whether its the lean, agile, the series A, the seed round - the ...
Sue De Bievre of Beany on the cloud creating flexibility for working mothers
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Many small business people get into business to pursue their passion, yet end up spending a lot of time on the admin and accounts, and the salt in the...
Holly Cardew of Pixc on what's to be gained from working within Silicon Valley
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One day when working on an online marketplace entrepreneur Holly Cardew was trying to get some imagery clear-cut onto a white background. Unless you’...
The AirBnB of parks: Parkable and Campable are turning your empty spaces into a business
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In a few years' time, once enough cars are autonomous and car ownership has collapsed and we’re turning roadside car parks into bike lanes and garag...
Techweek Special: Patrick McVeigh delivers all your Techweek'17 essentials
26 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
One week ago, on the second week of this podcast, we had a lovely chap in to talk about the Techweek that was going on. A week to bring in local and i...
Christina Bellis and Lani Evans are turning an IRD subsidy into a force for good
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Here’s a cool idea. How about taking a service every company needs, then doing it for free for them while also managing, as part of the deal, to g...
Adàn Tijerina of Almighty Juices on why immigrants make ideal entrepreneurs
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adàn Tijerina is the director of Almighty Beverages. It's a Wellington based company producing a range of organic juices now to be found in stock ar...
Lisa King of Eat My Lunch on dealing with massive growth and making 1400 lunches EVERY DAY
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It's a remarkable success story: create a enterprise that combines both business and philanthropy and before you blink, you're knee deep in work. The...
My Food Bag co-CEO Cecilia Robinson on why you have to destroy your own market share
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you're looking at companies in the last few years that have made a real impact in the local entrepreneur and general scene, you can't go past My Fo...
Vic Crone on Xero, her Auckland Mayoralty bid and what's next for Callaghan Innovation
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vic Crone was announced as the new CEO of Callaghan Innovation in February of this year. Crone comes with a high profile won in executive roles at...
Lance Wiggs on how TradeMe was worth even more than its $750m sale price
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You might have heard of the PayPal mafia, a term given to people that came through PayPal and then went on to invest in, found, and help grow other te...