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The Transformation Issue | Idealog.co.nz
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Among the tech heavyweights like Rocket Lab and PushPay crowned
victorious at the 2019 Hi-Tech Awards in May, one name was read out
time and time again: Predict HQ. The company took out the software
category, services category and emerging company category – the
most a business has ever pocketed in the history of the awards –
with judges singing its praises, saying it had the potential to be a
billion-dollar company. Its founder, Campbell Brown, has based
himself in San Francisco, hungrily pursuing venture capital
and expansion opportunities more ambitious than New
Zealand’s shores could offer him. Could this data company
helping companies understand future demand
be the next New Zealand unicorn? Elly Strang
talks to Brown about scaling, ambition
and why building a great business
isn’t rocket science.