Sillicon Welly » Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:50:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 10,000 Businesses on madefromnewzealand.com http://www.siliconwelly.com/10000-businesses-on-madefromnewzealandcom/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/10000-businesses-on-madefromnewzealandcom/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:15:10 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=765 Over the last 9 months we’ve been pumping along promoting and connecting New Zealand Business and have just in the last week hit 10,000 Businesses on madefromnewzealand.com. We have dished out over 50,000 outbound links/leads to member websites, with quality visitors coming from the US, Australia, UK, China and more. I chatted bright and early yesterday morning with Corin Dan on TVNZ’s NZIBusiness Show about systematically growing New Zealand’s Exports, and our journey so far.

Tim Norton, entrepreneur and co-founder of Made From New Zealand talks to Corin Dann on the NZI Business Show.

]]> http://www.siliconwelly.com/10000-businesses-on-madefromnewzealandcom/feed/ 0 The Friday Show episode # 6 http://www.siliconwelly.com/the-friday-show-episode-6/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/the-friday-show-episode-6/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:36:01 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=718

The Friday Show #6

Here’s the latest friday show episode 6 filmed rocking around Auckland. Sorry a tad behind on posting, but this is the best episode so far, some cool entrepreneurs and businesses like Amplifier, ransfer Car, Huffer, 42 Below, and Loop, and Steve Adams found us a cherry picker on the side of the road to help us create the lead in for the show. Enjoy : )

]]> http://www.siliconwelly.com/the-friday-show-episode-6/feed/ 0 50 metre Fern on Oriental Bay Beach and hitting one news by 6pm http://www.siliconwelly.com/50-metre-fern-on-oriental-bay-beach-and-hitting-one-news-by-6pm/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/50-metre-fern-on-oriental-bay-beach-and-hitting-one-news-by-6pm/#comments Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:19:43 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=715 A massive Saturday effort from heaps of people in the community and the Made From New Zealand crew got us to 1 x 50 mere fern, with a submersable pump jetting 125 lires of seawater into the leaves by 5pm, when I shot up in a chopper with one of our film magicians Michael Farr to film a flyover. The rain starting pouring down just as we landed, buzzed TVNZ and headed down to the studio in perfect timing to get on the 6 oclock news just leading up to the weather.

A day like no other other, and the coolest in life so far, thanks heaps for everyone who shared it together…

]]> http://www.siliconwelly.com/50-metre-fern-on-oriental-bay-beach-and-hitting-one-news-by-6pm/feed/ 3 20 Metre Fern on Oriental Parade Beach http://www.siliconwelly.com/20-metre-fern-on-oriental-parade-beach/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/20-metre-fern-on-oriental-parade-beach/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:07:52 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=695 Making a 20 metre Fern at Oriental Beach

Making a 20 metre Fern at Oriental Beach

This past Monday night a couple of us dug a 20 metre fern on Oriental Parade beach while chatting about a new name for Made From New Zealand. The rest of the crew joined us on Sunny Tuesday morning to work it up into this and have a magic start to the day…

When good people get together…

Photos of the 20 metre Oriental Parade Beach Fern

In this video is: Shobita Jones, Michael Farr, Jordan Daniel Carter, Amiria Paterson, and Tim Norton from Made From New Zealand.

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Paul Reynolds, CEO Telecom talks to Tim Norton

Chatted to Telecom New Zealand CEO Paul Reynolds for a stint at the Job Summit about how small business is where much of the innovation is and is shaping the future of all businesses, attracting more entrepreneurs to NZ, and making a success out of being a country on the periphery… Cheers for sitting down for this interview Paul, you tower a good foot plus over me!

Paul Reynolds talks to Tim Norton from Made From New Zealand at the Job Summit.
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Paula Bennett talks to Tim Norton at the Job Summit

Chatted with Paula Bennett Minister of Social Development and Employment, Disability Issues, and Youth Affairs at the Job Summit about all sorts including businesses playing more of a role in society and younger entrepreneurs often tending to be more interested in what they’re doing for society, checkout Paula’s thoughts.

Also, the only MP I could give a kiss and a cuddle : )

Paula Bennett talks to Tim Norton from Made From New Zealand, StartUp, PlanHQ, Silicon Welly, Challenge for Change, The Naked Trainer at the Job Summit.
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]]> http://www.siliconwelly.com/paula-bennett-minister-of-social-development-at-the-job-summit/feed/ 1 2 million kilometres cycled and the PM’s national cycleway http://www.siliconwelly.com/2-miilion-kilimetres-cycled-and-the-pms-national-cycleway/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/2-miilion-kilimetres-cycled-and-the-pms-national-cycleway/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:00:26 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=670 February was the month of the bikewise business battle in New Zealand, and I’m pleased to say that 14,641 kiwis have cycled some 2,045,320 kilometres. this has been a fantastic month for us to launch our New Zealand Cycling Community here in new Zealand after getting our first 2 towns in the UK – the Swindon Cycle Community and the Colchester Cycle Community last year. This week John Key announced a Nationwide Cycling Highway for New Zealand at the Job Summit as one of the solutions to preventing some of the 80,000 jobs at risk in New Zealand and tourism facng a 9% decline, something we think is a great idea. It’s bang on brand New Zealand and gets more kiwis and tourists out in amongst beautiful New Zealand.

The New Zealand Cycling Community is powered by Challenge for Change run by Thomas Stokell, Tim Norton, and James Nisbet

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John Key and Tim Norton

Got to have a catchup with John key Prime Minister of New Zealand at last weeks Job Summit aimed at dealing with the issue of  there being 80,000 Jobs at risk in New Zealand. John shared a couple of minutes on New Zealand’s opportunity as a small country, with small business and taking New Zealand to the world. Watch 2 minutes with John.

“we’re a country of 4.3 million people run by small businesses, we want to take on 6 and a half billion people in the world and win”

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Bill English and Tim Norton

I said last week we were off to help represent entrepreneurship and small business at the job summit and I’m pleased to say we did just that and met with many people keen for Government to work with kiwi entrepreneurs, like Bill English. Bill talks about making government more entrepreneurial and shares his thoughts on one of the top 20 solutions from the Job Summit to Level the playing field to NZ firms for local and central government procurement. Watch for yourself…

Bill English talks to Tim Norton of Made from New Zealand and [business:StartUp

]]> http://www.siliconwelly.com/bill-english-at-job-summit-and-the-government-taking-risks-andbuying-local/feed/ 0 Pita Sharples on building communities http://www.siliconwelly.com/pita-sharples-on-building-communities/ http://www.siliconwelly.com/pita-sharples-on-building-communities/#comments Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:31:32 +0000 Tim Norton http://www.siliconwelly.com/?p=653 Pita Sharples and Tim Norton

Pita Sharples and Tim Norton

Pita Sharples Minister of Maori Affairs and long time community builder talks with us at the job summit about growing a more connected and appreciateive community. Once thing we’re starting to do pretty well as a StartUp Community across Silicon Welly and New Zealand is pull together and help each other grow, and this approach now needs to go across New Zealand’s Global Business Community, watch Pita’s thoughts below.

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Pita Sharples talks to kiwi global entrepreneur Tim Norton co-founder of Made From New Zealand and StartUp

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