Access Granted NZ

🎙️ Behind the scenes of #tech, #media, and #startups #podcast

🤗 Hosts of @WellyTechNZ

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Episodes

Ben Northrop - full interview

FULL INTERVIEW: This week we talk about what going on with Telecom/Spark and catch up with Ben Northrop (@benNorthrop) from Run the Red – text marketing agency that was subsequently sold to Push Pay. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting th...

Jul 22, 2014•29 min

Ben Northrop - Run the Red

This week we talk about what going on with Telecom/Spark and catch up with Ben Northrop from Run the Red – text marketing agency that was subsequently sold to Push Pay. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj)...

Jul 22, 2014•33 min

Grant Sherson - full interview

FULL INTERVIEW: This week we have guest Phil McAwesome of Hashtag Radio interview Grant Sherson from Vision College about the course they provide there for tech people. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj)...

Jul 14, 2014•32 min

Grant Sherson - Vision College school of ICT

This week we have guest Phil McAwesome of Hashtag Radio interview Grant Sherson from Vision College about the course they provide there for tech people. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is i...

Jul 14, 2014•33 min

Laura Reitel - StartUps, Innovation & the NZ way

We speak to Laura Reitel Community Startup Manager at Creative HQ about the programs they run and the tech community in Wellington.

Jul 09, 2014•30 min

Laura Reitel from CreativeHQ, full interview

We speak to Laura Reitel (@lrtl), Community Startup Manager at Creative HQ about the programs they run and the Wellington tech community. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design...

Jul 09, 2014•30 min

John Curtis - Beany in Taupo

John Curtis (@vrtual) from Beany and a few other businesses talks accounting software, working on the cloud and running businesses from Taupo. We also talk about Google a little bit. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Kh...

Jun 30, 2014•32 min

Steve Graham - full interview

Steve Graham, ex Microsoft and Fronde talks about being the 'digital hippy', finding tech talent in strange places and his many new ventures. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, de...

Jun 25, 2014•31 min

Steve Graham - In Peaks and Coughs

Jun 25, 2014•33 min

Sam Rye - Lifehack HQ

Sam Rye (@sam__rye) from Enspiral talks us through LifehackHQ and the changes they are making. News from the many Kiwi +TEDx events, was the +CIO Conference just a junket and much much more ... ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things d...

Jun 18, 2014•21 min

Victoria MacLennan - Our First Ever Interview

Our very first interview with OptimalBI's Managing Director and co-founder Victoria MacLennan. ------------------------------------------------------ We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike’s (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj’s (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. https://www.accessgranted.nz https://twitter....

Jun 11, 2014•34 min

Episode 2 - Tech news and events

Episode 2 - Tech news and events ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. All our past shows are on our website https://www.accessgranted.nz Foll...

Jun 02, 2014•30 min

Episode 1 - And we're off

And...We're off. We started this Podcast to tell the stories of the Tech, Startup community her win NZ. ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. ...

May 28, 2014•21 min

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