Brand New Zealand on Cover of Inc Magazine

By Tim Norton | Oct 1, 2009

The world’s easiest making system – Ponoko and CEO , have taken their business, Wellington and brand New Zealand to the front cover of Inc Magazine in this months global edition in an expose titled The Future of Manufacturing. The headline says it all – and Dave, Derek and the crew at Ponoko are carrying [...]

Ponoko Gets Treehugger founder and US base

By Tim Norton | May 3, 2008

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Peter Griffin writes about High flying Ponoko Takes off over at his tech blog on the herald and points to a couple of key accomplishments they’ve made on their journey to the next stage. Treehugger Founder now a Ponoko Adviser The hugely popluar treehugger.com site has been built up over the last few years as [...]

NZ’s top 10 online startups

By Tim Norton | Jan 20, 2008

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A new magazine profiling New Zealand’s growing online startup community launched last month called StartUp. The first edition (December 07) went out with Unlimited magazine, so if you haven’t got a copy grab it and check it out, and at least pop into the StartUp website and check out some great video and other content. [...]

A big year… but just warming up

By Tim Norton | Dec 21, 2007

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It’s been a big year in Silicon Welly, and NZ hi-tech and online activity has seen some good results. Some first timers this year, that I look forward to seeing repeated again and again next year and beyond. We’ve seen our first ever online startup listed on the stock exchange (Xero), a feat on many [...]

What do Facebook, Techcrunch and Ponoko have in common

By Tim Norton | Sep 20, 2007

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Firstly a quick apology, that I’ve been very quiet on the blogging over the last few weeks as I’ve been up here making it happen around San Francisco, Silicon Valley and San Diego, and my writing now feels years behind the action thats been happening. Before I get up to speed I better backtrack and [...]

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By Tim Norton | Jul 20, 2007

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