UPSTART Business Incubator
August 7th, 2008
The UPSTART Business Incubator is an excellent facility for all developing entrepreneurs to receive support and guidance for their high growth businesses. UPSTART was initially formed and funded by the Dunedin City Council, University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE). Within only four years UPSTART has produced many successful companies that have gone on to continue growing which is a positive testament to their incubation programme.
I have been fortunate to work with both Norman Evans (CEO) and Murray Downes (GM) on business ideas that partners and I have had. The team at UPSTART are very good at what they do because they too are entrepreneurs so know exactly what needs to be done with any developing business. I have just finished speaking with Norman about a business I am developing at the moment called NetPosition. After I gave a fairly average pitch, Norman was quickly able to establish the strengths of my business and some potential areas of difficulty.