whanganui popup business school
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12-23 February 2018

What is it?

Details

This event is a 10-day course, 9:30am to 2:30pm each day. The PopUp Business School is a Social Enterprise, focused on helping you start your business and get your ideas off the ground instantly! Come along, spend 10 days with us and learn

• How to start a business with no money
• 10 ways to leave the job centre behind forever
• How to build a website for free
• How to make money doing what you love

 Date              12 to 23 February 2018

Times            9:30am - 2:30pm Daily

Location        Whanganui

Cost                Fully booked - Wait list now in operation. Please 
                        register your interest as some already booked
                        attendees may not be able to make it.

​Eligibility        Open

Fully Booked register here for the wait list

A huge thank you to our sponsors for the Whanganui PopUp Business School.

What to expect

start a business
with no money

You don't need money to start earning money and we'll show you how to get going without spending anything

build a website
for free

You don't need expensive web developers and hosting, we'll show you how to build a website for FREE!

Get to the top
of google

Getting your new business online helps you to be found and get customers and we'll show you how....

Get the confidence
to start

The magic ingredient of business is confidence and you'll learn how to build the confidence to get going

Everything you need
to get going

From finding a premise, building a website, getting online, winning customers and launching fast!

Tax, company set-up
and the legal stuff

Which company structure should you use? What tax do you need to pay and how to set up?

what people say

     Ngā mihi tino nui. ​Kia koutou mo o kaha. ​Ki te tautoko matou. Thanks for your great work over the last two weeks. Tumeke!
​Beau

   PopUp Team wow! You have been a wonderful kick start to get me out of my comfort zone and fill my brain with so many ideas. It has been awesome and I have made great contacts and friends.
​Brent

     Thanks Tony & the Team for this opportunity. It's like finding the missing piece.
​Rana

     WOW! Thanks for a fun two weeks. You guys were awesome, and you all shared so much. Thanks for everything.
​Campbell

     Thank you Tony & Anna & team. Thank you so much for a very informative life changing opportunity. Thank you for your effort, support and encouragement. Thank you for PopUp Business School.
​Zainab

    faafetai lava Tony for your good works & sharing your gift with us. GOD BLESS U.
​ulu

watch the trailer

The Whanganui PopUp Business School is modeled on this one from Porirua.

Gallery

Scenes from Porirua PopUp Business School
​October 2017

SPeakers

TONY HENDERSON-NEWPORT

A Kiwi to the bone, Tony spent many years living in the UK, returning to New Zealand in 2014. Tony is a coach and mentor with specific interest in how an individual or business core message can be communicated. Tony also works with start-up and stay-ups and having worked in the IT space in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Europe is an experienced project, programme and portfolio manager. Tony works with Victoria University's young entrepreneurs. He has spoken at Westminster through his work with CEO's in the UK and been to an audience at No 10 Downing Street for his work in raising funds for charity. Tony is an author, a poet, a proud dad, passionate about all things Kiwi and has been delving into what makes up the Kiwi DNA... in other words, “what makes a Kiwi tick?”

ANNA WATSON

Anna specialises in facilitation and programme design / management. Her experience lies in designing and running programmes to build leadership and social entrepreneurship capability in young people. Most recently, Anna was Programme Manager and Venture Coach at Inspiring Stories Trust, a charity that aims to unleash the potential of young New Zealanders. 
Anna originally came from a legal background; she was formerly a corporate solicitor at Bell Gully, one of New Zealand's pre-eminent commercial law firms. She also practised law at Slaughter and May, a law firm in London renowned for its excellence in corporate legal advice. 
In her spare time, Anna enjoys hiking and competing in half ironwoman triathlons. She also give back to her community by mentoring young people who have come through different programmes.

SEE MORE ABOUT THE TEAM

FAQS

Why IS THIS EVENT
FREE?

This event has been sponsored by our lovely partners. They have bought a number of tickets to enable people to attend for free. There's no catch, no selling, just good, honest advice on starting a business!

What's different about it?

We are the TOTAL opposite of the traditional approach to starting a business. Have you ever heard anyone say the words "Wow! That business plan changed my life!" No..?
Neither have we...

Do i have to come everyday?

You don't have to, but if you're serious about starting we recommend you do the whole course. Priority entry will be given to those who can attend for the whole ten days of the course

Is it any
​good?

No it's life-changing. 
​But don't take our word for it ...

Guidelines for Attendees?

1. What happens in the room stays in the room.
2. Respect each other.
3. Do feel free to take videos / photos. However, this should be for personal use only. 
4. When the facilitators are talking, please be quiet (your time to talk will come!).
5. Please be on time for each workshop and after break-times. 
6. It is ok to bring your kids along if you need to - just talk to us if you have a sick or restless child. 
7. Please do talk to us about any questions or concerns you have. We are here to support you!