Wellington host
Sahar Sedaghat
@saharsedaghat
Anna Guenther
– Hosted at Online
About the speaker
Anna Guenther is the co-founder and Chief Bubble Blower of PledgeMe. Since launching over 1,500 creative, community and entrepreneurial campaigns have raised over $50 million through the crowdfunding platform. PledgeMe was the first licenced equity crowdfunding platform in New Zealand, and one of the first in Australia.
PledgeMe helps people fund the things they care about, with a focus on the funding representing the countries in which they are based (eg. 50% female led, 30% in the regions). Anna has also worked for MIT and Harvard, and completed her Masters in Entrepreneurship with a focus on crowdfunding. She has just started a role with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise helping kiwi companies grow for the good of Aotearoa and the world.
Twitter: @whereisanna / @pledgeme
Facebook: /PledgeMe
Local partners
Shopify is a platform with all the ecommerce and point of sale features you need to start, run, and grow your business. There are strong parallels between the entrepreneurial process and the creative process. This is why Shopify is really excited to partner up with CreativeMornings Aotearoa to help bring inspiring speakers and events to Aotearoa’s creative community
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At antipodes we believe the heroes of the table should be the food and fine wine so we chose a water source that has a mineral fingerprint subtle enough to refresh but not alter the palate. Antipodes is very proud to support CreativeMornings Auckland because everything we do in life requires a creative mind.
At Almighty, we strive to be socially innovative with the way we do business (juicy business), and creativity has always been at the heart of social innovation, exploring new ways of finding solutions to world problems that are more just, more efficient, more sustainable and, sometimes, just more effective. We choose to support the CreativeMornings breakfast lectures to not only encourage others to take part, but to engage in this discourse ourselves, to learn, and to take part in some small way.
The Big Idea is an online hub, providing daily news updates, the latest jobs and opportunities, events as well as ideas and inspiration from across the creative industries to help individuals and organisations create their own success.
Studio One Toi Tū offers more ways for Aucklanders to meet and share ideas, skills and practices – with each other and visitors. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, a maker a resident or a visitor, creativity can become part of your life in Auckland.
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Welcome to the world of Libertine Blends – we blend organic tea here in Wellington, Aotearoa. We partner with those who value human connection and support those taking risks to create something new. We think Creative Mornings and the speakers who share their stories are a great match for our bold and thoughtful blends.
