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Startup Weekend Queenstown Lakes
Queenstown Lakes is pleased to announce the return of Startup Weekend for 2020. This incredible 54-hour experience gives new and seasoned entrepreneurs an opportunity to experience all the challenges of building a business model and getting validation in less than 3 days.
Why a Startup Weekend?
Get a taste of the startup world, and gain first-hand experience about every step of building a startup (at the very least, it'll be a memorable weekend away from your usual daily routine).
Find your perfect co-founder soulmate with whom you'll go on to launch a multi-million dollar startup, be it on this weekend or down the road.
Get a chance to network and mingle with some of the top brass in the New Zealand entrepreneurship/investing communities - individuals that would otherwise be very hard to reach - and ask them questions to your heart's content.
Expand your network and build lasting relationships with the most innovative, creative and motivated people from Queenstown Lakes. This could mean a new client, employer, business partner, new employee, investor or even a friend!
Plus, if your team wins, you will get heaps of additional resources and mentorship to help you get your startup off the ground. There are also plenty of investors in the crowd, so if your pitches were something special, you might even get funding (it happens!).
REGISTER HERE - Limited to 50 places - startupqueenstownlakes.lpages.co/startup-weekend-2020

Idea Lab - Talking Crypto
New Date - Wednesday 23rd September. The Mountain Club , 5 Mile, Queenstown
Will crypto go mainstream because of COVID-19? Analysts are predicting that this pandemic will dramatically accelerate the adoption of digital payments systems, such as cryptocurrencies.
We are joined by Munpriya Samra, Early Bitcoin adopter. Regenerative economist and technologist. Priya has worked at Coinbase, and then bitcoin startup ChangeTip.
Also joining us is Craig MacGregor - New Zealand’s foremost blockchain architect and engineer, having developed my his own digital currency, NavCoin, in 2014.
Craig's most recent venture is founding Taxoshi, a SaaS product that cuts through the complexity of calculating tax obligations for anyone trading or mining cryptocurrency.
REGISTER HERE: https://startupqueenstownlakes.lpages.co/idea-lab-qt-crypto/

Techweek TV: What Does it Take to Get a Great Tech Ecosystem Going in NZ?
Join SQL’s Olivia Wensley with Aidan Keanealy and John Stockdale to see how tech companies can take on the world while based in New Zealand. Aimed at tech leaders, start ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs this is a live webcast that you can drop into at any time. No registration required. More on Techweek TV here - https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2020/techweek-tv-what-does-it-take-to-get-a-great-tech-ecosystem-going-in-nz-1096/
Link to WebCast here - https://techweek.co.nz/techweek-tv/