Upcoming Events.
From masterclasses to meet ups, founder drinks and pitch nights, COIN South hosts and supports collaborative events across the innovation ecosystem. We’ll also add in events from business legends in the region where we think they’ll benefit our founders. To keep up to date you can also join our Facebook Group online.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Watch Party: Hardware Meetup NZ
A fireside chat with founders and builders, who are building interesting products from Aotearoa. Hear more about their products, their journey so far and their dreams for the future.
Popcorn Pitch
An End-of-Year Party with a COIN South Twist. It’s outlandish, imaginative, and above all, a celebration of innovation.
Morning Mahi: Kickstart your business idea in Clutha.
Get your business idea out of your head and onto paper using the COIN South Lean Business Canvas.
Clutha District: Activator Sessions.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Clutha District: Activator Sessions
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session in Clutha for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Founder Coffee
A chance to pop in, meet other founders, talk about wins, challenges and know that you’re not the only one on the rollercoaster.
Food Innovators Meetup
A chance to network, form collaborations and talk about the trials and tribulations of running a food-based business with others in the industry.
Lunch and Learn: The Essential Innovation Toolkit
Designed to equip you with four indispensable tools and how to apply them in your business to drive innovation and to solve complex problems.
Lunch and Learn: Product Development 101
Understand systems and processes for successful product development in your business.
Founder Coffee
A chance to pop in, meet other founders, talk about wins, challenges and know that you’re not the only one on the rollercoaster.
Learn the 10 types of innovation®
10 types of innovation® is a framework to help you take your product from ‘another taxi service’ to ‘Uber’
Food Entrepreneurs: Safe and Suitable Food Essentials.
Join us for an essential online webinar about food safety, tailored for Southland food entrepreneurs and first-time food manufacturers. This session will provide you with a basic understanding of the crucial practices required to ensure your food products are safe and suitable for sale.
Food Entrepreneurs: Nutritional Information Panels, Nutrition, health and related claims, and allergens
This food labelling online webinar series, is aimed at Southland food entrepreneurs, retailers, and graphic designers. This session will focus on creating Nutritional Information Panels (NIPs), making nutrition and health claims, and declaring allergens correctly.
Food Entrepreneurs: New Zealand Packaged Food Labelling Essentials
New Zealand Packaged Food Labelling Essentials, is designed to demystify the complexities of food labelling regulations within NZ, helping you confidently navigate the mandatory requirements.
Mainland Angel Investors Pitch Night
A fantastic opportunity to network with like-minded investors and entrepreneurs who are interested in supporting the next generation of successful startups.
Food Innovators Meetup
A chance to network, form collaborations and talk about the trials and tribulations of running a food-based business with others in the industry.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Postponed: Exporter Breakfast Series – Taking your product to the World with MPI
This event is for all businesses who are currently exporting, thinking about exporting, new to exporting, or looking to diversify your export markets or products. Free to attend.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Experience Next-Gen Tech at SIT.
SIT has some pretty epic tech and we are opening the doors so you can have a peek. You'll get a tour of the LED Virtual Production Wall up close. This tech is used for diverse applications, from film and television production to virtual reality, live events, and architectural visualisation. The SIT team will be there to guide you through the capabilities and answer all your questions. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or simply curious about the latest innovations, this is a tour you will want to get in on and see the exciting possibilities that next-gen tech can bring to the South.
Popcorn Pitch
Got a kernel of an idea you’d like to share?
Hear quick-fire pitches from individuals with startup ideas, and for those up for the challenge, get given two words and a few seconds to devise a business pitch that uses these two words to spark an idea.
Whether you’re coming for the laughs, to pitch your ideas, or simply to cheer on others, we'd love to see you there!
Never been to a Popcorn Pitch before? Here is what you need to know.
A quickfire round of pitches.
In Southland, many people keep their ideas close to their chest, worried someone might snatch their stroke of genius. But the truth is, an idea holds no value until it's brought to life.
The first part of Popcorn Pitch offers a platform for anyone with a startup idea or for those wanting to introduce an innovative idea into an existing business. It’s a chance to pitch to a room full of potential supporters and leave with one significant ‘Ask’.
Your ‘Ask’ could range from a simple page like on social media to securing a first investor in your product. Perhaps you’re in search of a teammate, a specific contact, or a skill you need to acquire. Whatever it is, you get one ‘Ask’.
Up to the challenge of pitching on the spot?
The second part of Popcorn Pitch is where the fun really begins – it's the ridiculous part, open to all. Take a spin on the chocolate wheel, receive two words, and then conjure up a business idea on the spot. Present your pitch to the audience for a chance to win some exciting prizes.
The Innovator’s Compass | 20 Principles of Innovation
Thinking for Innovation.
Brian Bell of COIN South has distilled insights from his extensive innovation journey into what he calls The Innovator's Compass: 20 core principles—10 for businesses and 10 for individual innovators.
Join us for an engaging session where Brian will share information, stories, and real-life applications of the Innovator's Compass.
Reimagine the familiar and achieve the extraordinary
Apply this thinking to your personal and professional life
Understand the philosophy of Albert Szent-Györgyi
"It's not so much to see what no one has seen, but to think what nobody has thought about that which everybody sees." - Nobel Prize laureate Albert Szent-Györgyi.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
DESIGNING FOR THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
The future is on the horizon, and it's all about making smarter choices that are good for our planet. Imagine a world where we give old items a new life, where we think about the big picture of how everything connects, where we take inspiration from nature to solve problems, and where we create products with their entire lifecycle in mind. Possibilities await for those who are eager to embrace them.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Activator Session | Talk through a business idea.
Got an idea? Join an Activator Session for next steps.
A COIN South Activator Session is a 30-minute discussion where you have the chance to talk through your business, venture or idea and get focused feedback from the team at COIN South. It takes a little bit of bravery to share your idea with new people, but after just 30 minutes you’ll walk away with next steps and valuable advice.
Take your ideas from good to great | Design Thinking
The journey to groundbreaking ideas begins with a deep understanding of your end-users, leading to insights that spark innovation.