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Collisions 2025

Collisions 2025

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City
Auckland
Location
Glasshouse + BIG FAN, Morningside
Date
Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Time
12:30pm - 8:30pm
An unconference-style gathering of Aotearoa’s sharpest founders and operators.
Description
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This isn't another conference where you sit and listen. Instead, expect:
No slides, no keynotes.
Session hosts who are currently on the tools building.
Everyone teaching, everyone learning.
A high-signal, curated attendee group.
To walk away with five new connections and three new ideas to help you achieve your goals.
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Collisions 2025

Programme

The lineup for Collisions
Doors Open
Doors Open
Registration
Registration
12:30pm Glasshouse
12:30pm Glasshouse
Welcome
Welcome
Phoebe Harrop Meadows (Blackbird)
Phoebe Harrop Meadows (Blackbird)
1:00pm Glasshouse
1:00pm Glasshouse
Things I wish I'd known: from 10 to 30 people, and 30 to 100 people
Things I wish I'd known: from 10 to 30 people, and 30 to 100 people
Cassie McAdams (Ideally) × Pene Barton (Crimson, No Issue)
Cassie McAdams (Ideally) × Pene Barton (Crimson, No Issue)
1:30pm Glasshouse
1:30pm Glasshouse
Engineering teams and tools in 2025
Engineering teams and tools in 2025
Tim Grunshaw (Partly) × Ben Robertson (Marloo)
Tim Grunshaw (Partly) × Ben Robertson (Marloo)
1:30pm StripeSpace
1:30pm StripeSpace
Engineer your marketing for insane momentum
Engineer your marketing for insane momentum
George Howes (MagicBrief, Euc, Halter)
George Howes (MagicBrief, Euc, Halter)
1:30pm TheLounge
1:30pm TheLounge
Things I wish I'd known: from 100 to 300 people, and 300 to 1,000 people
Things I wish I'd known: from 100 to 300 people, and 300 to 1,000 people
Mark MacLeod Smith (Halter) × Sam Halse (ex Adyen)
Mark MacLeod Smith (Halter) × Sam Halse (ex Adyen)
2:30pm Glasshouse
2:30pm Glasshouse
Going zero to one: the first 12 months of the founder journey
Going zero to one: the first 12 months of the founder journey
Shakeel Lala (Marloo) × Joe Harris (Alloy)
Shakeel Lala (Marloo) × Joe Harris (Alloy)
2:30pm StripeSpace
2:30pm StripeSpace
Spontaneous Session #1
Spontaneous Session #1
TBC!
TBC!
2:30pm TheLounge
2:30pm TheLounge
Re-finding PMF at $1M of ARR at Common Room; and how Tracksuit is becoming a two-product company
Re-finding PMF at $1M of ARR at Common Room; and how Tracksuit is becoming a two-product company
Harry Flett (Tracksuit) × Bowen Pan (ex-Common Room)
Harry Flett (Tracksuit) × Bowen Pan (ex-Common Room)
3:30pm Glasshouse
3:30pm Glasshouse
Surviving and thriving in deep tech (fundraising, scaling technical teams)
Surviving and thriving in deep tech (fundraising, scaling technical teams)
Ratu Mataira (OpenStar) × Sean Molloy (Ternary Kinetics)
Ratu Mataira (OpenStar) × Sean Molloy (Ternary Kinetics)
3:30pm StripeSpace
3:30pm StripeSpace
Spontaneous Session #2
Spontaneous Session #2
TBC!
TBC!
3:30pm TheLounge
Spontaneous Session #2
Making Halter's GTM as epic as its product
Making Halter's GTM as epic as its product
Andrew Fraser (Halter, Lightspeed) × Andrea Quinn (Halter, Lightspeed)
Andrew Fraser (Halter, Lightspeed) × Andrea Quinn (Halter, Lightspeed)
4:30pm Glasshouse
4:30pm Glasshouse
How to exit (and whether to)
How to exit (and whether to)
Michael Steckler (Tradify) × Alliv Samson (Kami) - Presented by Stripe
Michael Steckler (Tradify) × Alliv Samson (Kami) - Presented by Stripe
4:30pm StripeSpace
4:30pm StripeSpace
Spontaneous Session #3
Spontaneous Session #3
TBC!
TBC!
4:30pm TheLounge
4:30pm TheLounge
Building a media unicorn
Building a media unicorn
Hamish McKenzie (Substack) × Rowan Simpson (ex TradeMe, Xero, Vend, Timely)
Hamish McKenzie (Substack) × Rowan Simpson (ex TradeMe, Xero, Vend, Timely)
5:15pm Glasshouse
5:15pm Glasshouse
After
After
Party!
Party!
5:45pm Glasshouse
5:45pm Glasshouse
Collisions
Collisions
Wrap Up!
Wrap Up!
8:00pm Glasshouse
12:30pm Glasshouse

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