SME & Entrepreneur Podcast

In this podcast we focus on Bootstrapping a business, what is means and how you can do it. In addition we chat about other options to consider if you need to raise capital for your new business/startup/side hustle.   Our guest is Flavio Hangatar, whose main goal is helping growth-focused businesses and entrepreneurs attract, engage and convert more customers by seamlessly integrating marketin...

We are super lucky to chat with Co-founder of Easy Crypto Janine Grainger.   If starting a business was easy, everyone would do it! For those out there who have started a business, you know challenges are coming and how you manage and learn from them are factors to success!  If you developed a business from scratch, from just an idea in your head, you should be proud of yourself, yo...

Do you know what  B corp is?  Wondering if it will add value to you business?  How can you besom certified? This podcast will answer your B Corp questions:  "The B Corp movement is one of the most important of our lifetime, built on the simple fact that business impacts and serves more than just shareholders - it has an equal responsibility to the community and to the planet.”...

Are you a small business and have considered borrowing money/raising capital to grow? Have traditional lenders declined a loan or just took to long to process and you missed an opportunity? Today we release NZ SME&E Festival podcast 10, our guests are Adrienne Begbie Managing Director of Prospa. NZ and Huia Manuel BDM at Prospa NZ. Prospa is a Fintech company and a small business lending speci...

Did you always think that you needed a website to be able to optimise your business online? Think again, GMB or google my business can help generate new leads, without having a website....🤯🤯🤯  Today we release episode 9 of the NZ SME&E Festival Podcast. Our guests is David Remmerswaal founder of Dimple Digital whose specialty is helping Small businesses in NZ.  This podcast is foc...

Today we talk about global brand development, raising capital and the process you need to consider to go global!  Angus Brown is the CEO and co-founder of Ārepa, a brain-food technology company working at the nexus between nature, neuroscience and food technology to make the world's smartest food, his goal is to build a world-leading billion-dollar health food company out of New Zealand expor...

This is a great podcast if you need help generating sales!  Do you have a sales strategy Do you have a sales process?  Is your account management /sales management process growing your pipeline?  How can you fins new business during a pandemic?  Would you like to learn how to increase your sales revenue without a complicated clickbait funnel. In this podcast we talk about empat...

Do you have a business idea and have been wondering how to ideate that into reality?   Are you not sure how to start your business?   How do entrepreneurs make a decision to go all in on their business ideas?  What is the mindset you need to be in to start a business?    If you need the above question (s) answered, then this is the perfect podcast for you.   Our Podca...

Do you have a business or brand strategy?  If you are wondering whether or not your small business or startup needs a written strategy, this is the perfect podcast for you!  The focus of our discussion is Business and Brand Strategy why you need to develop one and how to do it. Our amazing guests are Rachel Taulelei and Tabitha Harris are both experts in the brand and business strategy s...

How to market your small business. If anyone can help you with marketing it's Mike Hutcheson, founder of Colenso BBDO, former MD of Saatchi & Saatchi serial start up guy, he has written 5 marketing books and is now a professor teaching marketing at AUT in New Zealand.  In this podcast we discuss the most effective marketing tactics for a small business, Mike says the most effective and af...

SME&E Festival Podcast Guest Miriam Hewson - The perfect podcast for  a small business or entrepreneur who needs support/guidance to help manage cashflow!  Step by step guidance.  It is also really valuable if you are planning to or have already started a business and were wondering what business structure (in New Zealand) you need to consider. There are 4 structure in NZ, Sole...

Why having a strong brand story is more important than ever! Episode one of the SME&E Festival Podcast, with special guest Cassie Roma. We get micro into  Brand and Storytelling, why you should have one and if you have not got one yet, how you can develop your own brand story. The SME&E Festival Podcast is delivered to you by DHL, connecting your business to the world! You can get a s...