Upcoming Talk: From Idea to Impact by Rowan Simpson

Feb 10, 2012 News 0 comments

Join us for a talk with mentor Rowan Simpson at 12:30pm this Monday 13 February at Plug-in@BLK71. The discussion will explore the steps you’ll need to take your startup from idea to impact.

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Rowan Simpson is a passionate entrepreneur, software developer and investor who creates great products that people love to use.

Rowan founded flathunt.co.nz and sold it to New Zealand’s biggest internet success Trade Me a year later. He was with the auction and classifieds site for its NZ$750m exit six years later. Rowan went on to invest in and develop product strategy for online accounting service Xero through its meteoric growth and IPO.

In 2010 Rowan co-founded Southgate Labs, a software studio specialising in web and mobile applications, with Michael Koziarski and Amnon Ben-Or.

He continues to invest in and advise a number of early-stage ventures, including Vend, Fishpond, Sonar6 and SMX.

You can follow Rowan on twitter @rowansimpson.

The talk is free of charge. Email Me at [email protected] to RSVP.