Hiring, Startup, Venture Capital
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We’re hiring a Community Lead to help us deliver on our mission to supercharge Aotearoa’s most ambitious founders.
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Investment
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Investment Notes: FL0
Blackbird is proud to lead the seed round into FL0, a startup pioneering a new category in software engineering, “Dev Acceleration".
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Investment Notes: Forte
Blackbird is excited to be part of the seed investment round into Forte Global, an education finance system transiting the unemployed into modern world jobs.
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Investment Notes: Carted
Blackbird is leading the USD $10M seed round into Carted, a universal commerce API founded by Holly Cardew and Mike Angell.
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Leadership
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Defining Your Culture: How We Created Blackbird’s Operating Principles
Sam Wong explains how we defined our Operating Principles here at Blackbird.
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Robyn Denholm joins Blackbird as Operating Partner
We’re excited to announce that Robyn Denholm has joined Blackbird as an Operating Partner.
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Systems for Success with Merryn Clancy
Merryn Clancy, the COO of Car Next Door, takes us through systems for better time management.
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Product
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Scaling Hardware with Vignesh Kumar
Tech investor, GD1 venture partner and former Apple Engineering Manager Vignesh Kumar explores what it means to scale and why it's important.
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User Interviews As A Superpower with Ned Dwyer
Entrepreneur turned product manager Ned Dwyer shares his advice for better understanding your customers and reducing bias in research for Giants Weekly.
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What I’m now looking for in Australian and New Zealand SaaS
With eight years of hindsight, our most successful SaaS companies share these key characteristics.
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Marketing & Sales
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Four steps for diagnosing slow sales
Blackbird co-founder and Partner Rick Baker shares how to diagnose slow sales in your startup, and solutions for overcoming sales challenges.
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Sales as a Science with Nikki Brown
Ignition Lane partner, Nikki Brown teaches us the science of sales.
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Growth Marketing 101 with Nicole Liu
Kin Fertility founder Nicole Liu gives a masterclass on growth marketing for Giants Weekly.
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People & Culture
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A Chief People Officer for Blackbird
We’re proud to share that Justin Angsuwat is joining Blackbird as Chief People Officer.
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Employer Branding with Isobel Clarkson
Head of People at Propeller, teaches us how to put the magic into hiring.
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Building a Thriving Team with Adam Schwab
Founder, investor and contrarian Adam Schwab shares his insights on building a superstar team of investors, founders and employees.
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Founder Stories
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Spotlight On: Nathan Taylor, Partly
Blackbird’s monthly chat with talented leaders and rising stars in our community, this month with Nathan Taylor of Partly.
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Spotlight On: Holly Cardew, Carted
Blackbird’s monthly chat with talented leaders and rising stars in our community, this month with Holly Cardew of Carted.
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Cultivating The Best with Culture Amp
Didier Elzinga and Chloe Hamman from Culture Amp, alongside Blackbird partner Nick Crocker, discuss how to build an amazing corporate culture.
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From Blackbird
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Mā te wā, Blackbird whānau
Tip shares why the time has come for her to fly from the Blackbird nest.
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Growing Our Connective Tissue: Blackbird x Startmate NZ Roadshow
Recapping our recent New Zealand roadshow with Startmate, and what we're excited about
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A New Blackbird in New Zealand
We’re excited to announce Phoebe Harrop joins the Blackbird team this week as an Associate.
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