Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2018#14

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4 May 2018#14 Last week we reported on Hot Lime Labs and one of our bearded angels. Since then our editor has stumbled across an image that humorously combines both in one. The first HLL quarterly newsletter has also been published since then. In July last year, our Chief Cat Herder unleashed Gobot on the FKA website to find out how people find us. We have exposed the bot dialogue 2,697 times since then and got 105 responses.  LinkedIn drives a lot of traffic to our site as do Rudi and Josh, in that order. Some more humorous responses included 'referred by God' and 'It was Rudi's particular fashion sense on a forest drive day that drew me to want to learn more :)'. Entries for the AmCham 2018 Awards are open. Last year Kami PFC#02 won and Wherewolf PFC#09 was among the finalists. Rudi reminisces □Great champagne magnum at the Kami table! Fuel50 PFC#04 were winners in 2015. Who is it gonna be in 2018? Here the most relevant entry categories for our readers. Now, enter it's worth it! Exporter with Sales of $0-1M or $1-10M Bilateral Connections or Entrepreneur/Innovator The dance animation is NOT Mike Hearn but was taken from the film "The Big Lebowski" to represent the joyous awards night.  How do you build the fastest yacht in the world? By going slow! FKAngel Tim G reckons Kiwi expat Graham Dockrill wrote an interesting article on balancing incremental and disruptive improvement. That's worth keeping in mind when looking at startups! Bob Stone is the founder of the new New Zealand Innovation Nation group on LinkedIn. Now, he is calling for lunch with MP Nikki Kaye at the Northern Club, Auckland, Wed 16 May, 1200 - 1400. RSVP