Some of the team and mentors behind the 10-week Innovate programme giving entrepreneurs a shot at $5000. Pictured are Sachin Modgill – COO, Steven Hill – Innovation HQ Director, Pallak Singh – Event Director, Simon Singh – CEO, and Ross Patel – Innovate programme director.
Six budding Taranaki entrepreneurs have been selected for a 10-week Innovate mini-accelerator programme with hopes of winning $5000 cash at the end of it.
The programme, run by The Factory and Innovation HQ, selected the six finalists from a group of 11 semifinalists.
The finalists are Brendan Gammeter – VetCorrect, Daniel Reeve – Interactive history game, Darius Thorn – RC arena game, Malcom Gomes – Access Control, Renee Manella – Neurological rehab app, and Warren Willetts – WashAway.
Business ideas range from apps for decluttering wallets to educational video games, and neurological rehab to vehicle washing.
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“The variety of ideas was impressive, and it was great to see physical prototypes,” says Ross Patel of Innovation HQ–who are partnering with event founders The Factory (Manawatū) to deliver Innovate in Taranaki.
“The variety of ideas was impressive, and it was great to see physical prototypes,” Ross Patel of Innovation HQ said.
The 10-week mentoring programme pairs a budding entrepreneur with a business mentor, and together they attempt to test and validate their business ideas, refine unique value propositions, understand target markets, and establish a business launch strategy that might attract further investment.
The Taranaki business mentors include Peter Hilliam and Andy Potter from BNZ, David Benson from Datacom, Mark Wipatene from Taranaki Iwi, Nick Gain and Scott Haumaha from The Factory, and Suman and Sachin Modgill, Stephen Hill and Simon Singh from Innovation HQ.
The finals evening is a ticketed event open to the public at 6pm Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at the Novotel, New Plymouth.
The event will feature talks from Taranaki business success stories Morgan Maw, founder of Boring Oat Milk and MC Moose, a well-known Taranaki personality and DJ.
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