Start-up Support
Do you have an innovative or a business idea, but are you unsure on your next step? Are you a budding entrepreneur facing a challenge? Or are you looking for some suggestions on how to grow your start-up business? CIE’s Start-up Support sessions are for you wherever you are on your journey!
These sessions are free and open to all current students, recent alumni and staff of the University of Auckland.
How it works
Whether you prefer to be spontaneous and drop in to see us or book a slot that fits your schedule, we’ve got you covered.
Come and see us in person at Unleash Space (you don’t need a booking):
Monday 4-5 pm
Friday 12-1 pm
OR
Book a virtual conversation with one of our friendly Programmes team.
You will have an opportunity to share your entrepreneurial story and any questions or challenges you need help with. We will then identify what support or resources would be useful to you at this stage.
What you will gain from a session?
When building a start-up, you are likely to run into some questions that you’d like advice on. Our team will help you get a different perspective, stretch your thinking and together brainstorm next best steps to move your venture forward. Being a founder is challenging and can sometimes be a lonely experience. So sharing your thoughts, questions, and support you need can help you accelerate growth, both personally and for your venture.
We can recommend CIE programmes that might be of interest to you and connect you with our start-up ecosystem. Based on the stage of your idea or venture, we can also arrange for consultations with subject-matter experts in relevant areas of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Our mentors
Christopher Bean
Advises on idea and concept creation and validation, capital raising strategy, pitch deck creation, start-up development, brand development and marketing strategies, sales and distribution strategies.
Vishal Chaddha
Advises on product market fit, Go To Market strategy and building scale profitably.
Warner Cowin
Advises on developing clear business strategies, planning and implementing organisational change, driving innovation, and improving operational performance. He also has strong skills in Tikanga Maori and Iwi facilitation.
Mike Evans
Advises on developing and managing technology start-ups, creating IP, apps, and products for web and mobile.
Scott Fenton
Advises on market validation, market entry, product market fit, and strategy development.
Sam Fielden
Advises on value-proposition development and communication, partnering, development of business models, intellectual property management, licensing frameworks, and developing your hustle.
Ajit Joshi
Advises on initiating start-up ideas, validation, international operations, and strategy (for growth, operations, product, pricing, and marketing).
Bhuvana Kannan
Advises on up-scaling tech research, research & development, commercialisation & innovation activities, pilot-scale testing and operations, market validation, tech sales strategy, IP strategies, funding, mitigating risk, navigating failures, start-up values, culture, and management.
Sasha Lockley
Advises on customer vision and experience, team dynamics, leadership and storytelling. As an accountant, she can also act as a kind of ‘translator’ between the numbers, risk, opportunity, impact and the story.
Mahesh Muralidhar
Advises on getting 0-1 (revenue positive), identifying where to focus, building high performance teams, inclusivity, goal setting systems, product/market fit, setting up the right acquisition engine and setting up operations (HR and Finance) to scale.
Eoghan Neligan
Advises on early stage product development, market validation, product growth and product lifecycle management
Aaron Small
Advises on capital raising, go-to-market strategies, pitch deck creation, start-up development and technology commercialisation.
Fasiha Subhan
Advises on social entrepreneurship, business strategies, and innovation approaches with socio-economic and environmental impact.
Bruce Randolph Tizes
Advises early founders and companies on general business strategy, management, innovation, science, operations, and risk.
Nan Yang
Advises on accelerating deep-tech startup businesses to find their product/market fit.
Christopher Bean
Advises on idea and concept creation and validation, capital raising strategy, pitch deck creation, start-up development, brand development and marketing strategies, sales and distribution strategies.
Vishal Chaddha
Advises on product market fit, Go To Market strategy and building scale profitably.
Warner Cowin
Advises on developing clear business strategies, planning and implementing organisational change, driving innovation, and improving operational performance. He also has strong skills in Tikanga Maori and Iwi facilitation.
Mike Evans
Advises on developing and managing technology start-ups, creating IP, apps, and products for web and mobile
Scott Fenton
Advises on market validation, market entry, product market fit, and strategy development.
Sam Fielden
Advises on value-proposition development and communication, partnering, development of business models, intellectual property management, licensing frameworks, and developing your hustle.
Ajit Joshi
Advises on initiating start-up ideas, validation, international operations, and strategy (for growth, operations, product, pricing, and marketing)
Bhuvana Kannan
Advises on up-scaling tech research, research & development, commercialisation & innovation activities, pilot-scale testing and operations, market validation, tech sales strategy, IP strategies, funding, mitigating risk, navigating failures, start-up values, culture, and management.
Sasha Lockley
Advises on customer vision and experience, team dynamics, leadership and storytelling. As an accountant, she can also act as a kind of ‘translator’ between the numbers, risk, opportunity, impact and the story.
Mahesh Muralidhar
Advises on getting 0-1 (revenue positive), identifying where to focus, building high performance teams, inclusivity, goal setting systems, product/market fit, setting up the right acquisition engine and setting up operations (HR and Finance) to scale.
Eoghan Neligan
Advises on early stage product development, market validation, product growth and product lifecycle management.
Aaron Small
Advises on capital raising, go-to-market strategies, pitch deck creation, start-up development and technology commercialisation.
Fasiha Subhan
Advises on social entrepreneurship, business strategies, and innovation approaches with socio-economic and environmental impact.
Bruce Randolph Tizes
Advises early founders and companies on general business strategy, management, innovation, science, operations, and risk.
Nan Yang
Advises on accelerating deep-tech startup businesses to find their product/market fit.
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