Serial entrepreneur John Holt has an impressive track record and is a genuinely awesome Kiwi who is committed to seeing New Zealanders and our organisations do better on a global scale. Probably most well-known for launching HR Technology firm Sonar6 in 2006 and selling it to NASDAQ listed company Cornerstone on Demand in 2012 for US$14 million, he is also responsible for starting Homes.co.nz and Kiwi Landing Pad.

On this NZ Business Podcast episode John shares his journey into sales and entrepreneurship – including learning from the best through the challenges and successes of Sonar6 though to his current work.

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How relevant are newspapers in a digital age? In this NZ Business Podcast episode Paul Spain talks with Ben Rose, General Manager of Newspapers at Stuff. You’ll hear some of Ben’s story and learn insights on the role that print based news plays for consumers and businesses – across a mix of newspaper products including local, daily and Sunday titles.

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What do you need to know about Receivership, Insolvency and recovering from business failure? In this NZ Business Podcast episode Paul Spain talks with John Fisk, Managing Partner at PwC New Zealand, Chair of RITANZ (Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association of New Zealand). You’ll hear John’s story and gain important insights that are relevant to all businesses.

John’s first-hand experiences include turning around struggling businesses, working through cash flow issues and overseeing the insolvency process. A key insight is to seek help as early as possible if your business is struggling. Naturally listening and learning from others via the medium of podcasts is helpful, as is surrounding yourself with the right mentors and experts to help you when appropriate.

This is episode is made possible by Gorilla Technology, Process Street and One Plus One Communications.

Over 20-years Darryl-Lee Wendelborn progressed from an Engineer to Managing Director at Beca New Zealand. In this episode of NZ Business Podcast we delve into Darryl-Lee’s life in business to gain insights and learnings from her fascinating journey.

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Peter Beck is the remarkable founder and CEO of Rocket Lab – one of just a handful of privately funded entities to put rockets into space and satellites into orbit. Thanks to Peter and his team’s tenacity, intelligence and executional excellence, Rocket Lab has not only succeeded at putting multiple rockets into space from New Zealand, the company’s valuation has shot well past One Billion US Dollars, they’ve won numerous awards and are now preparing to also launch into space from the United States. And along the way New Zealand has also become the 11th country to reach space.

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In this episode, Paul Spains talk with innovative and talented entrepreneur - Annette Presley. After growing up in South Auckland, Annette has gone on to achieve impressive success in business in both New Zealand and Australia.

Annette’s entrepreneurial acumen led to her being selected as a judge on the 2006 TV programme – Dragon’s Den. With former husband Malcolm Dick, she built and sold two leading communications companies – ‘Call Australia’ and then ‘CallPlus’ of which sold in 2015 for $250 million.

In 2016 Annette was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to business and women. Most recently she has been heavily involved with the charity she founded - ‘Elicit: The Dream Catching Academy’, which works to help young girls to change their lives by dreaming big.

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Elicit: The Dream Catching Academy: http://www.elicit.org.nz/

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Businesses are bought and sold all the time – and it’s set to increase in the years ahead. Aaron Toresen shares his story and that of Link, the business brokerage firm he’s built into an international leader. This is your chance to learn from Aaron’s story and hear insights in buying and selling businesses.

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In 2010 David Sutherland sold his firm Integral Technology for $64 million. Learn and be inspired as David shares about his journey in business and why he headed in a fresh direction with his ground breaking new labour of love - Whoa! Studios.

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Mike Bennetts is the CEO of Z Energy – which he led through a rebrand from Shell NZ in 2011 and more recently the acquisition of Caltex. Hear the fascinating journey which saw him end up leading a part of BP with $40B in revenues before he returned to NZ.

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Leading a business that’s been disrupted by technology is no easy task, but Darren Linton, CEO at Yellow seems to really relish the task at hand and he leads the transformation of the company to make it relevant to New Zealand businesses again.

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