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This conversation with AJ Tills - Uber's first NZ employee - is one of our best podcasts yet! He talks about the challenges of launching Uber into Auckland back when drivers around the world were protesting the service.

Building trust, confidence and simply educating a market on something so new. . . AJ has many lessons for others looking to launch their own products into a new market.

Have a listen!

Launching Uber in New Zealand: From Controversy to Credibility Podcast Episode · CRUNCH · September 10 · 49m

We’re a FINALIST!

In the Waikato Chamber of Commerce Business Awards in the Community Contribution category.

HMC applied in relation to the impact we are making in the lives of vulnerable people here in NZ and around the world through our contribution of 100% of our profits to All Good Ventures.

Wish us luck! Awards ceremony 6 November.

We have been helping Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty to tell their story for many years now, which is an absolute privilege.

On Tuesday, Natalie spent the morning at Cancer Society’s Lions Lodge with the Waikato Times, where Cancer Care Navigator Janelle Rawiri talked about the work she does every day supporting people through a cancer journey. The resulting story is in today’s Waikato Times – very fittingly, on Daffodil Day.

Demand for Cancer Society services are at an all-time high, with one in three Kiwis now likely to received a cancer diagnosis in their lifetime.

A prolonged cost-of-living crisis also continues to put pressure on the support networks Kiwis have traditionally relied on when cancer strikes.

The Cancer Society Waikato/Bay of Plenty relies heavily on the money raised through Daffodil Day to keep its services available. including cancer care navigation, transport, accommodation and practical support for people and whānau across our region.

So if you see a collector today, please give generously. Or make a donation online at www.daffodilday.org.nz

As a charity, they are reliant on our generosity to ensure nobody in our community has to face cancer alone.

Read the full story on the Waikato Times website: www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/361068147/bloomin-good-weather-daffodil-da

Looks of relief after making it out of the podcast hot seat! 🎙️😅

But it was a great conversation.

Where do you even begin when you’re trying to grow a service that many of the people who need it don’t realise is for them?

That was the challenge at the heart of the Private Wealth campaign we’ve been working on with Grayson Clements.

Heather and Emma sat down with Andrew Clements and Kristy Miller to talk about why this wasn’t simply a marketing or sales challenge, the role communications has played in educating audiences and changing perceptions, and — most importantly — what that has meant for the business.

Coming soon on HMC’s CRUNCH podcast 🎧

We've helped change over 375,000 lives around the world - AND GROWING!

The All Good Ventures team took the time to walk us through an annual update of activities and impact. We also 'met' the next 4 entrepreneurs that the charity will be helping this year to build for-profit, for-purpose businesses.

HMC donates 100% of our profits to the charity and for every $3 invested, we change 2 more lives. Now that is what we call PurposePR!