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Around 20% of New Zealanders live outside of New Zealand. This is our “Diaspora” — and it’s one of the world’s largest, per capita.
Not only is it large, it's insanely talented… early in their lives and careers, many of New Zealand’s most ambitious individuals realise— if they want to make a dent in the universe, they need to get out there… to study abroad, get the experience, build relationships to help them win on a global stage.
Today, those estimated ~1M expats include some of our finest talent. They are founders, top operators/execs at industry leading companies. They are scientists and researchers working at the frontiers of science: artificial intelligence, synthetic biology; global leaders in business, culture, and society… entrenched in all corners of the world, walks of live… largely “heads down”, doing their thing. https://www.diaspora.nz
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Jul 4, 2024 • 39min
S2 | E1 — Hamish McKenzie (Co-founder and Chief Writing Officer at Substack), on the Future of Media, Navigating the Culture Wars, and Empowering Creators.
Hamish McKenzie, co-founder and Chief Writing Officer at Substack, discusses his journey from New Zealand to leading a transformative platform for writers and creators. He delves into Substack's role in reshaping media, tackling culture wars, and enhancing direct reader support. McKenzie shares insights on the challenges of content moderation and the influence of AI in content creation. He also reflects on his time at Tesla, revealing lessons learned while working with Elon Musk that inform his vision for empowering independent creators.
Dec 4, 2017 • 30min
S1 | E5 — Thomas Harding — Co-founder & CEO of Mish Guru on the future of Snapchat and Building a Remote Team
Today we catch up with Tom Harding, Founder and CEO of Mish Guru, the startup leading the charge in helping brands effectively develop, monitor and monetise content through Snapchat’s platform. Before empower brands to tell better stories through Snapchat, Tom was co-founder of Sitesorted and has been involved in the Lightning lab incubator back in New Zealand after a dual degree in engineering at Canterbury.In this episode David and Tom chat about what they’re watching in growing their business, a deep dive on building successful remote teams and doing business as a Kiwi in New York.Huge thank you to Sam Ragnarsson for the intro that made this episode possible, and we hope you get a lot out of this episode with this great Kiwi founder making waves in the US. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.diaspora.nz
