Bush lore: Building a successful company is no walk in the park, says US venture capitalist Bill Reichert
Unlimited Magazine - October 2009 http://unlimited.co.nz/unlimited.nsf/money/3D293984341A4E2CCC25763F00010DCABright
Ideas: The jetpack takes off
NZ Herald - Saturday Sep 05, 2009 - By Karyn Scherer
How to survive ‘the new future’
NZ Herald - Saturday Sep 05, 2009 - By Karyn Scherer
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/small-business/news/article.cfm?c_id=85&objectid=10595151
Rocketman thinks less Jetsons, more AJ Hackett
National Business Review - Chris Keall | Thursday August 27 2009 - 10:06am
http://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/chris-keall/rocketman-thinks-less-jetsons-more-aj-hackett
Martin JetPack at Morgo, August 2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J02yxLJaZpo
Shaking the money tree
NZ Herald - Sunday Sep 06, 2009 - By Karyn Scherer
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10595146
Visiting VC reveals two (surprising) ways he picks winners
National Business Review - Chris Keall | Monday August 31 2009
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/visiting-vc-reveals-two-surprising-ways-he-picks-winners-109494
NZAngels blog: MORGO 2009
MORGO Day 1: http://nzangels.com/2009/08/28/morgo-2009-day-1/
MORGO Day 2: http://nzangels.com/2009/08/28/morgo-2009-day-2/
Rich Chetwynd Blog: MORGO 2009
Segway polog and Jetpack lessons at MORGO: http://richchetwynd.com/2009/08/segway-polo-and-jetpack-lessons-at-morgo/
Sharing the Vision: http://richchetwynd.com/2009/08/sharing-the-vision/
Campbell Yule’s Blog: MORGO 2009
MORGO 2009: http://www.campbellyule.com/2009/08/morgo-2009/
Jenny Morel featured as no 43 on the 2007 Listener Power List
“Her exclusive annual shindig, Morgo, attracts everyone who is anyone in the tech scene and provides for an open, dynamic forum for entrepreneurs to make contacts and trade war stories from the entrepreneurial battle front. It’s powerful stuff …”
Read about the 2007 Power List & People who shape our world.
Tech firms looking for more go
Northland get-together lets entrepreneurs talk over tactics to crack the global high-tech market.
Read the story on Peter Griffin’s blog
Blog: Morgo - going global from NZ
Segways, Apple laptops and good, strong coffee - techhead paradise has moved to Waitangi. Griffin’s Tech Blog Blog: Morgo - a tale of two tech listings Blog: Kiwi kids a switched on lot It’s a cool, clear day in Waitangi, where the annual Morgo innovation summit organised by venture capitalist Jenny Morel is well under way. There are six Segways lined up in the lobby of the Copthorne Hotel, a predominance of Apple laptops and two coffee machines churning out dark streams of real coffee. The place must be filled with techy types.
View blog post on NZ Herald website..
Unlimited Live! Blogs: Main Good day, sunshine
It was a fantastic day at Waitangi, a warm, sunny, winter’s day with the Bay of Islands at its sparkling best so why was I inside at the Copthorne Hotel with 100 or so people in a room with the curtains are drawn and absolutely no peep of natural light anywhere? The serious horsepower drawn up in the car park outside ws a cue.Yep, it’s Morgo 2007, the annual high-powered get together of entrepreneurs and chief executives of high-growth companies, founded by venture capitalist Jenny Morel. The line-up included the usual suspects - Sam Morgan, Rod Drury, Shaun and Grant Ryan, Andy Lark, Selwyn Pellett, and Katherine Corich of Sysdoc explaining why Kazakhstan is the future or at least an important part of it - plus overseas speakers like Mike Cannon-Brookes from Atlassian, the fastest-growing software company in Australia. There was no mention of the high dollar on day one but plenty of talk about growth and the theme of the conference this year which is ‘scale’. Must say, Waitangi is a much nicer venue than Wairakei where they used to hold these things.
http://blogs.unlimited.co.nz/unlimited/live/2007/07/good_day_sunshine_1.html#more
Blog: Morgo - a tale of two tech listings
Our stock exchange has never had a heavy weighting of technology companies, but the feeling at this year’s Morgo talkfest seems to be that a listing is becoming a more attractive option for tech companies seeking capital to expand.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10454238
Blog: Mike from Atlassian
During Morgo there were a number of books strongly recommended for TechBiz types. All on Amazon.
- Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion (Collins Business Essentials)” Robert B. Cialdini - recommended by Alan Nunns in his ‘How to sell to CIO’s” talk.
- “The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations” Ori Brafman - recommended by Wayne from Revera (I think - correct me if I’m wrong).
- “Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big” Bo Burlingham- recommended by Mike from Atlassian.
- Elegant Solution -Toyota’s formula for mastering innovation. Matthew May (recommended by Ian McCrae)
Blog: Morgo homework
The highlight of the Morgo conference for me so far is meeting and hearing from Mike Cannon-Brookes, one of the founders of Australia Enterprise software company Atlassian.
Blog: Morgo 2007 update - Scaling up
This is the first chance I’ve had all day to write something about this great conference. The theme this year is about scaling up your business when you want to go global (or at least, international). We’re hearing lots of success stories (and lessons learnt) from Kiwi, Ozzie and Brit perspectives.
http://jimdonovan.net.nz/2007/07/26/morgo-2007-update-scaling-up/
Blog: Morgo 2007 - Thoughts on the way home
Morgo invokes the Chatham House Rule, to encourage sharing of otherwise confidential information and ideas. However, some stories have been written with the permission of the presenters. Rod Drury’s written about Atlassian and its co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes, Australian Entrepreneur of the Year at age 29, and one of the star turns at the conference. Peter Griffin’s written about Datasquirt’s Australian IPO.
http://jimdonovan.net.nz/2007/07/27/morgo-2007-thoughts-on-the-way-home/
Blog: Get Morgo
I had the very great pleasure of attending the Morgo conference Thursday/Friday last week. Morgo is “an annual recharge for executives of high growth companies”, and I was there representing Netconcepts sans our CEO, Nigel, who was held over stateside (Nigel you would have loved it).
http://www.surfarama.com/2007/07/30/get-morgo/
Blog: Morgo Thoughts & Presentation
“I spent the last half of last week at the Morgo conference on the beautiful northern tip of New Zealand. I have to say that I was thoroughly impressed by the conference in general. Australian tech companies could learn a lot from the way those Kiwis are supporting each other. I met an absolutely passionate bunch of folks with good ideas on building companies from the “wrong end” of the planet. Down to earth, pragmatic, practical entrepreneurs seemed to be the main. I loved it! Presentation”
http://blogs.atlassian.com/rebelutionary/archives/2007/08/morgo_thoughts_presentation.html
Upbeat Mood at MORGO
Two years ago Rakon’s owners reportedly decided to list on the stock exchange while attending the annual MORGO convention for technology entrepreneurs hosted by venture capitalist Jenny Morel.
Ms Morel says the mood was similarly upbeat at this year’s invitation-only gathering, which attracted 120 high fliers, including regulars Sam Morgan and Rod Drury.
THE LESSONS FROM MORGO
Lesson number one: Don’t eat at the Thai restaurant at Paihia. I did on the evening of Morgo’s second day after just about everyone else had dispersed south and my stomach has only just come right. The Thai beef tasted a little funny when I was eating it but I just assumed that was the tang of MSG or something. Boy did I pay for that mistake! Anyway, Morgo was a great event once again. I hope the feature below, which ran in The Business gives the impression of a tight-knit group of entrepreneurs getting together to discuss some of the issues their businesses are facing, because that’s what Morgo is. Without any proper representation for the IT sector at an industry level it’s sort of a defacto event for setting the agenda, examining the isues of importance. In addition to the feature, I also blogged from Morgo for the Herald:
