Sleep Well #2: Know Your Dates With the holiday season approaching and the beautiful sunny weather outside, you also might want to enjoy it all to its fullest. Your social calendar could be full of exciting events and parties, and some important business dates just might slip unnoticed… especially if it’s one of your first…
Contractor or employee? What’s the difference? Whether you are transitioning from being an employee to a contracting position in New Zealand, or just want to know what’s the difference between the two, this article will help you understand the main differences. Flexibility Employees usually have set times and days to be at work. Self-employed people…
Sleep Well #1: Have I Chosen the Right Business Structure? In the “Sleep Well” series, Bosspac talks with self-employed people from New Zealand about the important decisions they had to make when starting and growing their business. We spoke to 6 self-employed people who explained their reasons for choosing to operate under a sole trader or company…
My First Steps in the Business World | Part 1 In the “My first steps in the business world” series, Bosspac talks with self-employed people about what it is like to be your own boss. We spoke to Liva from LivaSews who is a self-employed stay at home mum raising two kids and has turned her hobby into…
Exploring the Arts Industry; Due Diligence All R9 Accelerator teams have just finished their official Due Diligence period with government agencies, with roughly half of the teams moving to new premises and continuing work on their opportunities. We will miss our home at Plimmer Towers where we were based since March! We’ve received an amazing…
Bosspac in the middle of the Due Diligence phase Bosspac has been busy after the Demo Day! We are working with a number of organisations and awesome people to support us and make the project a reality! We are in the middle of the Due Diligence period and it runs until the end of July.…
Demo Day Demo day! We prepared for this day for 14 weeks and we are 100% sure that we are ready. The morning started with a rehearsal and just getting used to microphones and everything. Then we had a quick lunch break and then the show can start. Our microphones are set up, the clock…
Week 14 – Week of the Demo day Despite the fact that Monday was Queen’s birthday all of the teams were in the office. An investment duo from Silicon Valley were in the town and we were pitching our solutions to them. It was a great opportunity to get feedback from Steve Meller and Larry…
Week 13 – Polishing that pitch Week 13 flew so quickly and we are only 4 days away from our Demo Day! Our Bosspac’s T-shirts have been printed and the final slides for the Demo Day pitch have been submitted. We are excited to see what Demo Day brings! This week we had 2 Dragon’s…
Week 12 – How quick can you make it? It’s week 12 in the R9 Accelerator and it’s been an exciting journey for Bosspac! We did our next iteration of prototyping sessions with self-employed people. It’s been a great experience, because they ask us to make our solution available in the next couple of months.…