Here’s Jenny’s quick take on venture capital in NZ from Radio NZ nine to noon.

Just spent an amazing few days at TED. Had the opportunity to present a new video of the Martin Jetpack – using the Alarmclock blog below as the lead in.
The best description I heard of TED is “that it is like going back to School, but having only the best lecturers and having only the best 20 minutes of each one’s course”. We were brought up to date on linked data (Tim Berners-Lee), crocheting a representation of quadratic space – and coral reefs, gecko feet, Shai Agassi’s astonishing electric car project, a brief history of surgery and much much more.

When it’s a mash-up. Here is a definition and background on a word you will be hearing lots more about… this is all about the growth in applications which mix – or ‘mash-up’ – the functionality of various online services to provide a new one. Richard has been covering this space well.

Welcome to the N0 8 Ventures’ blog. This, our first foray into the blogosphere, is about two things.

First, sharing thoughts, content, links and more. We come across a wealth of information as we go about evaluating investments and assisting the companies in our portfolio. This is the perfect vehicle with sharing that information more broadly. If you’ve got ideas for a business and want to share them, drop us an email.

Second, and more importantly, it is about igniting a(nother) conversation on entrepreneuring and venture capital in

New Zealand . Together these become the most potent forces for generating wealth and economic success.

We also updated the N0 8 Ventures home on the Web. Take a look and give us your thoughts on what you would like to see more of. Thanks to the team (esp. Jon) at Marker (the new Outfit) for their work on the blog and site.

– Jenny, Mark & Andy

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Welcome to the N0 8 Ventures Blog.

The N0 8 Ventures blog is all about creating value in young companies through entrepreneurship, investing and venture capital. These are our views and do not necessarily represent those of our investors or portfolio companies.

We like Charlene Li’s blogger code of ethics and have adapted them.

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