A year in three months: Creative HQ pushes startups out the door

A year in three months: Creative HQ pushes startups out the door
Creative HQ still has ambitions for Wellington despite widening its operations. (Image: Getty)
Greg Hurrell
The reputation for New Zealand’s early tech startups to run on thin air stretches well beyond our shores, according to Creative HQ’s Brett Holland.He should know. The Chicago native started several companies in the United States before becoming the chief innovation officer at the Wellington innovation hub."Whether you're a software as a service subscription company, or a deep tech company which takes a load of capital just to get any kind of revenue ... their ability to prove value is legendary. "We have inve...

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