Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2019#31

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30 August 2019 #31 Sharon from Love My New Zealand is simply amazing! In 2016 she challenged us to navigate Woodhill forest by 4WD. She gifted us an amazing day which was her MVP test that passed with flying colours! Sharon being Sharon now wants to challenge us onto the water, in 2 yachts, each with 20 crew. Again an incredibly generous offer. All she is asking that each participant make a donation to the NZ Sailing Trust. Thursday afternoon 17 October, see the full details here. Email Hattaf.Ansari@fka.nz to secure your spot! 10 spots reserved for FKAngels, 30 spots on a first come irst serve basis for our wider network. Everyone plays a role in making FKA so great at helping Kiwi Startups grow and do better. It was a very insightful talk with Marvin on Wednesday thanks to Callaghan Innovation and NZTE. A video recording will be released soon. Great to see support from all our sponsors. Julian from Potentia, front row as you'd expect from a recruiter, James from KPMG and Andrew from LoJo in the middle rows that accountants and lawyers gravitate to. BTW, poster boy Julian won the beauty contest at Potentia and will forthwith bring people smarts to ADI every third Thursday. AWESOME! Not little at all our Tim W - it's just that Tim G is bigger! This week at #SouthernSaaS19 Tim talked about the hardest $1M to earn for a startup. It warrants applause! Kami is №02 in the FKA stable. They have come a long way since we made our first investment in 2015. They are making us PROUD! Join the 7 Million User Party, Saturday 7 September, 18:00 @ Kami HQ, 214 K Rd, AKL. RSVP for an accurate stock up order for the bar. This coming Monday night, 2 September, Jennifer is calling for her popular speed dating event at GridAKL. She is the matchmaker of founders and helpful advisers including angelic helpers. So if you want to help then flick Jennifer.Smith@GridAKL.com an email for full details.  Martin Bell chimed us news about these two AUT hosted workshops. 2 Oct ☞ NZ SME Founder Wellbeing Workshop 3 Oct ☞ NZ Entrepreneur Wellbeing Workshop Drinks and nibbles at the new Auckland Bioengineering Institute's incubator space. Thursday 5 September 2019, 4.00pm until 6.30pm Think IP rich deal flow! Please register here. StretchSense, Hot Lime Labs, FormusLabs In case you haven't heard Andy Hamilton will step down from his role at the helm of Icehouse in July. ☞ Read the list of his proud achievements. It looks like he has already put his name to a first cameo role with Brad & Co. Judging by the accents, Icehouse veteran Ken Erskine may also play a role in it. A first glimpse of the Grand Showcase 2019. $250k or so buys you a great show but for 1,000 only. Therefore, not everyone gets on the invite list, Lachlan did, Rudi did not. Thanks for the pic, Lachlan. Potentia wants to beat that for the FKA pitch night in September and so does KPMG for the rest of 2019 - just smaller numbers! NYU professor calls WeWork 'WeWTF,' says any Wall Street analyst who believes it's worth over $10 billion is 'lying, stupid, or both'. Hi Rudi, Let’s not do lunch! My business is Know Towel. A towel with designated areas that show you were to wipe and dry off. Know better hygiene, better self-care. I need $1,000 in exchange for 2% equity. I know you can help, are you in or out?  www.knowtowel.com A not so rare LinkedIn inbox find Maybe an interesting addition to the "Towel King" stealth project that Danny and Hattaf are cooking up?