Entries from October 2009 ↓

Strong governance is critical to support a growing business however many business owners grapple with the concept. Governance has become synonymous with compliance, mitigating risk and those obligatory board meetings, yet it’s a lot more. It can be a platform that enables business owners to ensure their foot remains on the accelerator while maintaining control.

It is important you take the right people along for the journey. But how do you get them on board, maximise the guidance, advice and the challenge?

Ultimately the end goal is to achieve growth – but how do you ensure you end up there? Join the panel for alively discussion.

• Dr Rick Boven – Director of the New Zealand Institute
• Lance Wiggs – Director and Entrepreneur
• Dean Ellwood – Accounting & Advisory Partner, Deloitte
• Alison Andrew – Director and Executive

Faciltated by Simon Telfer, Director & Co-founder of Springboard

Event details
Date: Wednesday 11 November
Venue: Deloitte House, Level 8, 8 Nelson Street, Auckland
Time: 5.30pm
RSVP: via Linkedin

Download the flyer

The Angel Association will be holding their second annual summit in Queenstown on 5 and 6 November.

Speakers include Stephen Tindall (K1W1), Eion Edgar (Forsyth Barr) and Alan McConnon (Aorangi Labs).

Last year’s summit was brilliant, with great presentations and unparalleled opportunities to network.  Angel investing is all about building relationships and building the best teams to make your investments fly; you won’t find a better place to share knowledge and war stories with the great group of people that are New Zealand’s active angel investors.

To book your place, contact Anna Hamilton-Manns, or you can download the flyer for more information.

As foreshadowed earlier this year, The Power of Angel Investing course is coming to Hamilton on 12 October.

People attending the course will:

• Discover how to get the most out of your Angel investments and what the opportunities are in the current economic climate.
• Find out how to avoid the most common mistakes that Angels make.
• Exchange ideas and share experiences with like minded individuals.
• Gain inspiration through the tales from the front line from leading Angel investors.
• Learn how to build value in your portfolio, manage the due diligence process, negotiate and structure the deal.
• Hear about a new fund, The Halo Fund #1,which allows investors access to a diversified portfolio of early stage NZ investments and future deal flow.

The course is aimed at:

• Successful entrepreneurs who have exited from their businesses and have an interest in staying involved in early stage companies.
• High net-worth individuals with senior business experience who now have the time and interest in investing in early stage companies.
• Angel investors who have done from one to three deals.
• Community leaders and entrepreneurial support professionals who are interested in promoting angel investing in their communities.

Cost: $225 (incl GST)

Download the course brochure, or get more info from Dawn Murphy.