Idealog – July 26, 2019

Idealog.co.nz | The Transformation Issue

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01

Stop the ridiculous

‘How can we be the

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02

Realise that we're

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be the best version

of New Zealand

rather than a watered

down version of

someplace else.

03

Resolving the funding

issues so there is a

coherent path from

seed to angel to VC to



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our own ecosystem.

04

Stop the handwringing

when a company

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individual has appeared

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FIVE

IMPORTANT

ISSUES

THAT YOU

WANT

TO SEE

THE TECH

INDUSTRY

TACKLE

01

We shouldn't be ashamed of failure, but

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badge of honour. Failing sucks. There's this

weird Silicon Valley cult of failure – don't

buy into that crap, we shouldn't aim to fail.

02

In start-ups, failure is the norm rather than

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not the intended outcome, and clearly you

shouldn't be aiming for it, but life goes on.

03

If you come out of a failed start-up not

having learned anything, you've failed

twice. Everything is a learning opportunity.

04

It's really hard not to take failure

personally, to not blame others or to have

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You know that old saying about

doing business with family, right?

05

Banks, lawyers and accountants

might not be as understanding

about your past failures as

your technology buddies.

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South Canterbury
Finance. Just being
a good person and

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by your community
doesn't mean you're
not going to fail
spectacularly.

02

Xero. Because Rod

was, from day one,

the consummate

showman and

gave us all a lesson

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big vision.

03

Sir Stephen Tindall.

Regardless of

your views on

The Warehouse,

he's done more

for business in

New Zealand than

any one person

and is the perfect

case study for

philanthropy.

04

Hadleigh Ford at

SwipedOn.

It shows that a good

bugger can build a

business that solves

a problem he dealt

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not get so greedy

that he doesn't

see the sense in

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JD Trask

at Raygun.

Despite doing

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impression of

Gordon Gecko,

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guy at heart.

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