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Startup Weekend leans into NZ version of global competition

Startup Weekend leans into NZ version of global entrepreneurship competition

By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 31 July 2012 ) What was the fifth Startup Weekend in New Zealand, and the second in Wellington, continued to raise the bar.

Co-organiser, and WebFund chairman Dave Moskovitz says the 54 hour event that aims to take pitched (to all participants’) ideas into businesses with a future keep getting better.

“After six events, we’re starting to know the rhythm and the skills required in managing teams and their crises really well,” he says.

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