Week 11 – Almost there… It’s week 11 in the R9 Accelerator and we are only 2.5 weeks away from our final presentations. Exciting! This week R9 Accelerator teams were invited to attend Fintech Accelerator pitches. It was great to see what the teams have done in the same period of time, what challenges they…
Week 10 – We want to be part of this Bosspac has just finished another busy week in the accelerator and now is only 3.5 weeks away from the final Demo Day. This week we had Small Business Minister Jacqui Dean visiting our space at R9 Accelerator. It was nice to have a quick chat…
Week 9 – Can you finish it so that I can use it, please? It’s getting busier and busier here at R9 Accelerator and Bosspac is working hard to make it easier for self-employed people to deal with government obligations. This week we learnt tips and tricks to improve our pitching skills, we had a…
Week 8 – Half-way there Week 8 flew and we didn’t notice how quickly the days disappeared (is it because of the third short week in a row?). The short week allowed Bosspac to finish the third iteration of the prototype that lets people click through it and interact with it on a completely different…
Week 7 – Reward your pleasure centres Week number 7 at R9 Accelerator has been very exciting for team Bosspac and we also celebrated the mid-point in the programme. We had our second mentor speed dating event where Bosspac and other teams met with 8 experienced mentors. They challenged our team with a few harder…
Week 6 – Time to design This week’s working part was precisely 1/5th shorter and therefore we had to be quicker by 20%. Effective team workshop on Monday definitely helped to prepare us for it. We had a talk from our sponsors who shared how powerful data analytics, AI and machine learning can be. It’s…
Week 5 – New financial year! This week’s highlight was pitch-practice when we had a Meet and Experience event and government agencies visited us at our Plimmer Towers premises. Some of the teams (including us) got asked some uncomfortable questions and it was a good practice to prepare us better for the final presentation on…
Week 4 – Feel the pain This week started with the first networking event with our potential mentors. We were having 8-minute chat with some of the mentors and once the time was up, the mentor moved to the next team. We are very excited to talk with experienced business people and professionals to learn…
Week 3 – Welcome to government On the week 2, we were introduced to our second government navigator. She is doing an amazing job. Initially, we couldn’t almost keep up to the speed with all the new people that we had a chance to meet. We were setting up the meetings with various stakeholders in…
Week 2 – Hello reality This was a very powerful week. We have finally started to explore the world of self-employed people. The first part of the week was a bit slower, but soon the speed started to kick in. We received an information pack from MBIE about our opportunity, got to know our contact…