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Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2017#08

24/3/2017

 

Another FKA Friday

24 March 2017  aFKAf 2017#08

FKA? Young at heart!
  • Tue 1700+ □​ Pitch Night
  • Thu 4-6pm  ADI.Clinic Auckland
  • Fri 0800  □​ AUT Venture Series
View the full calendar tiny.cc/fka-calendar or add it into your own calendars via URL. ☞ How to instructions. 
    Tue 28 Mar □ FKA Pitch Night #028
    18:30 @ KPMG, 18 Viaduct Harbour, Auckland 1140
    1) jucebox.nz with CEO Ulrich and champion Uli
    2) mybitcoinsaver.com with CEO Sam and champion Jesper
    Liesl and Zack kicked off this week and now know a little more what it means to be an FKApprentice. All good so far neither has resigned. If they do, then Charlie will be to blame for Liesl's resignation and Rudi for Zack's. Charlie and Rudi have the pleasure and RESPONSIBILITY to ensure this will be a mutually beneficial arrangement.
    Liesl, Zack, please know that we are all majorly chuffed to have you on board, especially Charlie and Rudi, of course 
    Welcome Five □□ New FKAers
    No skeletons have surfaced for either of the five who have braved our VETO Gate last Friday. So let's give a warm welcome to Alan, Alex, Jenene Martin W and Uli. Great to see them join our flock! They are already busily working away at the paperwork to join LP2 on 1 April.
    Mike Hanna is hitting our VETO Gate just in time for LP2 after talking with Arron, Josh and Rudi. 
    Anybody know any reason to close the gate on him? Then email the board in confidence!
    1 April 2017 is the last chance to join LP2
    Flying Kiwi Angels 2016 Limited Partnership.
    Another win-win. Potentia is our first silver sponsor. MD Nathan Bryant-Taukiri sees a lot of synergy in what FKA and Potentia are doing. We look forward to running a first event together with Potentia hopefully during Techweek'17.
    Pictured here, a younger and hairier Josh. He has the connections of a fond founder to Potentia and was instrumental in negotiating the agreement with Nathan from Potentia. Great stuff!
    Here the challenge: He pledges a bottle of champagne for the FKAngel reeling in the next sponsor.
    Hattaf has produced a sterling piece of research  that contrasts US and NZ angel investor preferences. It was covered in the NZ Herald and will soon be published in a science journal.
    Now, he wants to examine what makes the FKA model so successful and he is jumping straight in with the DD team for Hot Lime Lab.
    Premature Exclamation

    It has proven difficult to find a suitable date and the elevator pitching extravaganza will now have to be later this year and cannot, unfortunately, coincide with Techweek'17.

    Upside is, we have more time to prep  
    An interesting article about unicorns and zebras colourful with illustrations reinforcing the sad fact that most angels are pale, stale and male. ☞ MORE.
    This week we held ADI.Clinic in first in Queenstown on Wednesday, then in Auckland on Thursday.  The Auckland mentors then moved on to the EY Entrepreneur of the Year launch - food, drink & good company.
    So far two nominations from FKA (Rudi) have been picked up, Angie for Dexibit (not a portfolio company) and Hengjie for Kami. Feel free to nominate other great entrepreneurs that you know ☞ here.
    Read more here, RSVP here.

    WHEN:  April 6th, 8:30AM - 9:30AM  
    WHERE: Cliftons, Level 28, The Majestic Centre, 100 Willis Street, Wellington.

    • Carrie Abernathy, Co-Founder and President of Association for Women in Events - the US perspective

    • Marie-Claire Andrews, CEO ShowGizmo - events 'on the edge'

    • Rachel Bartlett, European President of IACC - the UK angle

    • Sue Sullivan, CEO CINZ - how NZ can lead the way

    • Lotta Bowman, CEO Sigtunahojden  - what's happening in Europe

    Rudi: Do you want ♂peeps as well? Or did I get your invite by mistake?
    Marie-Claire: There are heaps of men involved with AWE - about half our Board are dudes!  We're just all trying to balance out our industry and open up opportunities for women all the way to the leadership roles - it's weird how there are so many women in events, but so few owning businesses or in senior roles. So all are VERY welcome!  There are already several men signed up so they wouldn't be alone!
    Priscilla says, Hey Rudi, you and the other FKAers are invited to join Mahuki, Te Papa’s cultural sector business accelerator, for an evening of Cultural Innovation and CultureTech startups, as Mahuki kicks off applications for the 2017 programme on April 3rd.
    Two nights in Auckland, more details and RSVP here: 30 April or 31 April

    Startup Bus Tour

    Taking Smart Ideas from Garage To Global

    Monday 8th May, 8.30am-3.30pm  
    Tour ‘stops’ will include: Eroad, SeaLegs, Smales Farm, ICT, ecentre at Massey University & ATEED North (this is lunch stop with pitch sessions).
    Register and see more ☞ here.

    Sun 26 Mar ◇ Richard Branson
    Register here and pay $599+GST for the privilege.
    Fri 31 Mar ◇ AUT Venture Series
    08:00-09:30 RSVP and to see more here.

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