You may have seen recently that Venture Centre has launched a site called Powering On. Chances are you’ve stumbled across our site, either because you saw something in your local paper, or on one of our Facebook pages. Or maybe a friend or family member told you about it. Either way, we know you’re probably wondering what Powering On is and why we created it.

Last month Brite NZ, one of Venture Centre’s highly engaged student enterprises, took out one of the top two prizes at the regional finals of the Young Enterprise Scheme with their ingenious LED light, the iBrite.

Venture Centre is partnering with Soda Inc to increase its startup programme offering.

TGASW17 multi-skilled mentors bring a wealth of experience, skills and perspectives to the event. 

Born in Hong Kong, grew up in NYC and currently hanging around Tauranga looking for the next big opportunity!

Annie Romanos​ helps entrepreneurs get into the right mindset to take the right next steps in order to get their brilliant selves and ideas off the ground.

Getting energy from ideas and solving problems bring Christian to the event.

Laura is a UX/UI designer at Springtimesoft Consulting, and cofounder of MUV Events with a love for sharing stories and connecting people. 

Jonny is passionate about collaborative and lean ways of working, which goes hand in hand with startup mentality. 

An entrepreneur, investor and director, Maria King's contribution or work has always been, and will always be, to enhance the safety, security and wellbeing of people. 

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