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Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2018#25

27/7/2018


	27 July 2018#25

Two videos on LinkedIn. One for all those AI zealots, like Josh and Tim, proving that not all jobs will be displaced by AI. Another to illustrate how incredibly stubborn Kiwi entrepreneurs can be.

Debra and Zino are calling for the next elimination stage in the New Kiwi Challenge. Taking the Top Ten down to the Top Five.

Join the fun next Thursday, 2 August at the fabulous BizDojo Parnell. Register ☞ here.

Phil in Munich is not just a maverick hang glider, he is also a deeply philosophical angel investor. The only problem is that with the time difference his contributions to this publications always arrive last minute, most un-German. Here an interesting HBR article on the platform debate.

These recent articles (A1) (A2) from Eloise Gibson make interesting reading and speak for themselves. Our LinkedIn re-post has produced some interesting commentary.

☞ newsroom.co.nz is worth a read!!!

ROBETT HOLLIS, the Māori Motor Mouth, has sold down various business interests recently. Making him richer, in experience if nothing else. Hear him speak and ask your own questions over lunch at The Northern Club, Wednesday 15 August. ☞ Register for $54.

4x4 Extravaganza ♦︎ Pirate Podcast ♦ Who is Robett Hollis?

Two things for sure, a genuine Tim torso and a Tim birthday. Is it Tim Gelston or is it Tim Warren. Which of the two is celebrating a birthday?

Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2018#24

20/7/2018


	20 July 2018#24

Last week the editor was going insane with the internet speed and decided to skip the issue to keep his sanity. This week back from Fiji, he is hampered by full-on flu which he brought back from there. So it'll be brief.

All up, 14 FKAngels have backed Vesper Marine with $259,000 and this round is now closed. Thank you to everyone who has decided and responded so swiftly.

Somebody has suggested that FKA not only FLY but SWIM and DIVE just as well. So much talent in a little fat bird

Yabble and Toothcrush due diligence are still progressing. It is unclear which one will call a result first but Charlie is bracing himself for his task as our investment manager. He responsibility is to read and critique the reports before approving them for release to our investment vote.

Rudi is diligently providing FKA's data into these Dow Jones reports that we get for free in return. Q2’18 US + Q2’18 Europe + Q2’18 China. But it remains a mystery into which of the three reports our numbers get rolled up into.

Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2018#23

6/7/2018


	6 July June 2018#23

Jack Nicholson in ☞ The Shining,1980. Clearly, FKAngels want active, not crazy angels.

FKAngel and ecentre CEO, Jackie says, ≪ We’re “lifting the lid” on ventures driving New Zealand's innovation agenda forward. Join the ecentre Innovation Showcase to connect with startups and entrepreneurs focused on accelerating their growth.≫

This may not be a fair depiction of the sterling ADI Team in Wanaka with the most usual suspects being Charlie James and Wayne Hudson. Their sessions run every first Monday of the month. This month they were fully booked. Awesome guys!

Usually, the Far North team is busier with younger founders and more female mentors. But not so this month! Just before the Tuesday session, their only booking was pushed out to August. So the mentors are off to the beach where most likely all the founders can be found.

Thank you, Auriole Ruka, Linda Reid and Martin Knoche.

ADI.Clinic is nothing like a talent quest nor a shark tank. However, if we had a gold buzzer, we felt each one of the three visitors in Auckland this week deserved one. Challenge now? To find a champion. Just talk to Uli!

Jan and Paul are very early, won the 0.Sprint judging and now want to leverage blockchain for carbon trading. New CEO Mike from Boxfish can do underwater imaging like few others. Svetlana is print- and e-publishing a very compelling youth science magazine that already generates interest from schools of different parts of the world.

See the two links below for two recent complete copies plus more online previews. Make sure to check out the instructions on the first page for cool AR aka Augmented Reality enhancements of each cover page.

Tim has indicated that he wants to step down from the FKA Board after three years of super service. That leaves Charlie, Josh and Rudi looking for some new blood. Angel or not, please talk to either of the four to find out what is involved and how you can help to keep the tempo at FKA. Rewards are high, remuneration is nil.

Little known fact: Tim was a drummer in his not too distant youth. Add in NZVIFler and crooner Chris, also Datagate's rockstar Mark and we'd have a trio of a jammin band.

Recent capacity building activities: Fᴇʙʀᴜᴀʀʏ, CCH talking @ Y-Tech, Jᴜɴᴇ, judging @ 0.Sprint, Tᴜᴇsᴅᴀʏ, Erick & Rudi @ Zino's NKC workshop [two edits from Zino's Chief GIF Maker sunny Luna], Wᴇᴅɴᴇsᴅᴀʏ, great beer and talk @ Ask Angels Anything.

In April Heath attended the ACA Summit in Boston. He brought back an interesting table, that contrasts the return multiples metric that is so popular in angelic circles with the more general IRR metric.

There is never a free lunch but BNZ provides a free breakfast plus an opportunity to meet Kate Daly, an ace comms professional and also well respected in rugby circles.

Thanks to NZVIFler Hattaf for bringing this to wider FKAttention

Two videos we posted on LinkedIn last week. Click the images to see more

Newsletter ➢ ᴀFKAғ•2018#25

27 July 2018#25

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