Advising on opportunities for Crypto / Web3 to be leveraged in a United Nations development context.

Long range R&D systems play on team collaboration (theory, design and engineering)

As part of the SuperBenefit core founding team I have been shaping the creation of this DAO as it evolves into an influential network.SuperBenefit reaches across the crypto/web3 landscape building partnerships, researching, publishing and generating influence to nudge this emerging paradigm in healthy directions."Web3 is a socio-technical transition and is creating powerful new infrastructures. These new operating systems are enabling people to reimagine how they organize, create, and act, and to privilege different values. However, this opportunity is emergent, and the nature of its evolution will be contingent on many factors, influences, and choices.We have a rare chance to reframe and do better. A rare invitation to change the paradigm.SuperBenefit exists to embed better values into society’s deepest systems, and to accelerate the arrival of a better future."https://superbenefit.mirror.xyz

Since co-creating the social lean canvas in 2013, I have used it one-on-one with hundreds of social enterprises, impact driven startups, transitioning not-for-profits and large corporates. The canvas has in turn been used by thousands of other organisations around the world including enterprises, universities, government, funders, investors, accelerators etc. Developing a successful business model that also integrates an impact model that can meaningfully change the world is really complex and difficult. We desperately need a shareable common language for making sense of and modelling these new forms of impact driven business. Using the SLC as a foundation, we have developed a shareable common language that weaves "purpose" & "impact" together with modern startup methods. This shared language, combined with simple intuitive online tools, provides a clear pathway for entrepreneurs building the next generation of impact driven businesses. For funders / investors:This also helps funders, investors and supporters to work with these new types of businesses. The social lean canvas tooling helps them to assess applications for funding and investment as well as managing their ongoing portfolios of ventures.

Modern tools and approaches to innovation - startups | social innovation | web3

Angel investor startups & social enterprises |Property investor Tokyo, Japan

I am a Director and part of the founding team of Startup Weekend New Zealand. SWNZ organises and supports Startup Weekend events nationally throughout New Zealand.Startup Weekend is the single largest source of new entrepreneurs in the world, having put over 100,000 people through over 700 events worldwide in the last few years.Since 2010 well over 1000 New Zealand entrepreneurs have gone through Startup Weekend events that we have organised and supported. We have supported the roll out of Startup Weekend into many of New Zealand's regional centres and are growing fast Startup Weekend is experiential learning where teams of people get inspired to build a product and business case over the course of 54 hours.

The Akina Foundation is a New Zealand based social enterprise incubator. Its aim is to both support the growth of individual high impact social enterprises as well to drive the development of the social enterprise sector at large in New Zealand.

For established businesses ready to step up to disruptive innovation, we bring startup thinking to accelerate customer engagement and new product development. Clients Include: Spark Digital (incl gen-i), NZ Post digital, ASB

After being frustrated by the current tools available to help Social Entrepreneurs build innovative business models, we created the Social Lean Canvas. It is a cutting edge tool that is helping people to apply the rigours of the Lean Startup methodology to Social Enterprise. Working with both Social Enterprise startups as well as with large corporate clients that are trying to implement innovative social initiatives, the SLC forms the foundation of the business model innovation and validation process. It is helping to change the landscape for Social Enterprise. www.socialleancanvas.com

Celsias is the leading New Zealand-based site for news on sustainable business, corporate citizenship and action on climate change.

I act as a mentor and adviser to many early stage companies. I do this through several organisations including:- Startup Weekend (http://startupweekend.org)- Ecentre (http://www.ecentre.org.nz)- Lightning Lab (http://www.lightninglab.co.nz)I also do other formal advisory and consultancy.My focus and passion with this work is:- Developing individuals and teams that are capable of doing great things - Early stage strategy- Business model innovation- Lean Startup / Customer driven methodologies- Social Enterprise

Refurly is an online micro advice marketplace for startups. It helps entrepreneurs to connect with crucial startup advisers to help them overcome the challenges they face.

Building innovative online resources for Cancer sufferers and their carers