WFLS Podcast

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Which guest do you want to see on WFLS Podcast next season? Please tag them below so we can start the planning for season 5. While we are on our Government-mandated break, we are thinking about season 5 and would love your support. Please like, share, and comment below to help get the word out that we are in the planning stage. We want to keep bringing you guests who can offer you learnings, mentoring and share wonderfully honest stories with you all.

My Artificial Intelligence product takes care of your mental load 🤖 🫶🏻 ⁠Nicole Retter⁠⁠ is the sole Founder and CEO of ⁠⁠PAM - Personal Admin Manager. 🤖 ⁠⁠PAM⁠⁠ stands for "Personal Admin Manager" and is your Family's own Digital Personal Assistant 👩🏽💻 Nicole has been a marketer for 20 years, working in big ad agencies, and digital agencies delivering festivals, and guiding sole traders. 🚀 Her specialty is supporting Start-ups and SME’s, and due to your limited resources, we get to be creative in our approach and make a big impact fast. 🧑🧑🧒🧒 Nicole is the proud Founder of ⁠⁠PAM⁠⁠, an app currently under construction to support busy families to thrive by reducing/sharing all the family admin crap we’re drowning under. She will be its first customer. 🥇 Nicole was selected from the twenty female-led startups that recently completed the Electrify Accelerator programme delivered by the Ministry of Awesome and awarded a $40,000 safe note by Even Capital & New Zealand Growth Capital Partners (NZGCP) 💁🏻♂️ In this episode, Nicole goes deep into the PAM - Personal Admin Manager story and the lessons she has learned to bring this product to the world! 🚀 Subscribe to get the full episode on the links in the comments. Sponsored by Talent Army, NZ’s best tech startup recruiters 🎙️ Troy Hammond 🎥 Jono Tucker 💰 Talent Army

✨ With more than 50 startups in his portfolio, Derek Handley is lining up his latest venture - to help first home buyers get on the property ladder. ⚡ Derek has a hell of a story to tell, and he goes through it in great detail with the WFLS Podcast and Troy Hammond AI 🎧 Listen here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gcZR6Tck

𝐈 𝐜𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 Xero 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨-𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 Upstock 📈 🧑🏻💻 Philip Fierlinger was the Co-Founder and Head of Design from day one at Xero 🎶 He talks about his previous job working with Beastie Boys 🎢 We discuss the high highs and low lows of Xero 🌍 Now with Upstock and at peace with himself, Philip talks about how he is going to make this one even better. 🚀 Subscribe to get the full episode on the links in the comments. Sponsored by Talent Army, NZ’s best tech startup recruiters 🎙️ Troy Hammond AI 🎥 Jono Tucker 💰 Talent Army

Any startups in Welly need a place to hang on Friday? The Talent Army team are doing their #FreeOfficeFriday again and it’s only half booked.

Great share from Drew B. 👇🏻

☕ Here's your Wednesday Daily Shot, with five thing to know about in the Aotearoa startup community: 🌏 Zincovery founder Jonathan Ring on the opportunity in zinc, and how he's shaking up a massive global industry 🎧 William Palmer, co-founder of Movio, Cupla and DevRamp, on why he's lining up a new venture and how he's not stopping until he reaches 🦄 status (via WFLS Podcast // Troy Hammond 🙌 ) 💥 Applications are open for the Ministry of Awesome's Founder Catalyst 📆 Details for the Startup Ecosystem Enablers Meetup at GridAKL next month, looking at the critical factors in achieving scale, and featuring Alliv Samson Mark Bregman Rudi Bublitz【ツ】Kirsti Grant Josh Comrie 👐 Hnry is hiring a customer care specialist It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g_7FmiWD

𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐍𝐙 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐙 𝐂𝐓𝐎 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟𝐟? 😱 In this episode of the WFLS Podcast, we chat with Derek Handley 🧑🏻🚀 🇳🇿 We openly discuss the controversy of the NZ CTO role and Derek shares the real story 🏠 Derek talks about his passion for helping people get into homeownership faster with his new product in Aera 📲 We talk about the early days of his career in taking The Hyperfactory global This was such a great episode with lessons from one of the OG's of the NZ tech startup ecosystem and we are excited to see what is next for Derek Handley Follow Derek Handley Follow Aera Watch or listen wherever you get podcasts or with links in the comments below 👇🏻 Sponsored by Talent Army, NZ’s best tech startup recruiters 🎙️ Troy Hammond 🎥 Jono Tucker 💰 Talent Army

Sometimes I am lonely. I know lots of folks are too. So we at Talent Army want to help by opening up our Welly office on Fridays for FREE, this includes the beer/wine fridge. We have 10 spare desks and many couches that people can use to hang out with us and others. There are 3 meeting rooms free to use as well. Our beer & wine fridge will be free from 3 pm on us too. (For those that drink responsibly) I know what it is like being lonely and a lot of people lately have been telling me they are feeling a little sad. So come hang with us if you are working and need some company. (We are very busy and will be working most of the day, but are always laughing and joking as we work) If you want to use a desk, please just fill out the form below. 🐶 (Please note, Brooklyn my dog will be in the office and will demand all the pats) We also have a golf driving net, a dart board and all the nerf guns. Book here 👉🏻 https://lnkd.in/gJmjPfUf