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Do Kiwis have a certain je ne sais quoi around Startups?
Do Kiwis have a certain je ne sais quoi with regard to Startup Weekends – or is that wishful thinking?
href="#a"> By Peter Kerr for sticK
(sticK - 5 May 2015 ) Having been lucky enough to be around a couple of startup things in the past few weeks – I'll take the opportunity to reflect.
The first occasion was a Skype interview at Wellington's Creative HQ with George Smith, the founder of Glass Jar, an app that helps make group payments (such as in a flat) easier. Glass Jar was one of Lightning Lab's accelerator graduates from last year.
They
successfully pitched at LL's Demo Day, and then relocated
the USA.
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