Podcast: Business Is Boring #11 – Danushka Abeysuriya of Rush Digital on VR and trumping Pokémon GO.

‘Business is Boring’ is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound speaks with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text.  At the recent Hi-Tech awards one of the first awards of the night was the Hi-Tech … Read more

Podcast: Business Is Boring #10 – Bailey Mackey of Pango Productions and Kaha

‘Business is Boring’ is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text.  News hit recently that a small NZ production company had sold a television format … Read more

Podcast: Business Is Boring #9 – Julia Parnell of Notable Pictures and Loading Docs

‘Business is Boring’ is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. You could be forgiven for thinking TV is all the bachelor, but if you look … Read more

Podcast: Business Is Boring #8 – Eddy Royal and Jade Tang-Taylor of Curative

‘Business is Boring’ is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: Eddy Royal and Jade Tang-Taylor of Curative. How do you run a … Read more

Podcast: Business is Boring #7 – Kris Sowersby, the font designer superstar

‘Business is Boring’ is a weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: Kris Sowersby of Klim Type Foundry. In the creative industries, like many … Read more

Podcast: Business is Boring #6 – Dion Nash on zigging when others zag

‘Business is Boring’ is a new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: Dion Nash, creator of male cosmetics brand Triumph & Disaster. Triumph and Disaster … Read more

Podcast: Business is Boring #5 – new(ish) Xero managing director Anna Curzon

‘Business is Boring’ is a new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: Anna Curzon of Xero. What’s it like to lead up one … Read more

Podcast: Business is Boring #4 – Ex-Serato CEO Sam Gribben on his new musical venture, Melodics

‘Business is Boring’ is a new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: Sam Gribben of Serato and Melodics. Imagine taking a company from before … Read more

Podcast: Business in Boring #3 – The future of work with career guru Gary Bolles

‘Business is Boring’ is a new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: career specialist and eParachute co-founder Gary Bolles. Failure. Disruption. Start-up. Portfolio. … Read more

Podcast: Business is Boring #2 – Techweek special with Patrick McVeigh and Brittany Teei

‘Business is Boring’ is a new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. This week: a Techweek special. Although Business is Boring is definitely not all … Read more

Announcing the debut of ‘Business is Boring’ – our brand new weekly podcast

Announcing the debut of ‘Business is Boring’ a brand new weekly podcast series presented by The Spinoff in association with Callaghan Innovation. Host Simon Pound will speak with innovators and commentators focused on the future of New Zealand, with the interview available as both audio and text. On Facebook the other day I saw a post … Read more

A creative director’s last lament for this whole sorry flag fiasco

Our impossibly torturous flag change process has left us with two terrible options. Design industry professional Simon Pound explains why he’s sticking with the status quo. You know someone’s in real trouble when they have to call in their popular, tough mates to help out. So I feel sorry for John Key, having to get Richie and Dan to … Read more