CREATIVE HQ IS WHERE BRIGHT IDEAS ARE TURNED INTO COMMERCIAL REALITIES. WE MATCH INNOVATIVE IDEAS, TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE WITH BUSINESS NOUS AND A ROCK SOLID GROWTH PATH. WE AIM FOR THE WORLD FROM WELLINGTON
Vital signs
20
Ventures currently in incubation
78
Total ventures through the incubator
44%
Alumni Average Growth in Revenue 2009 to 2011
42%
Alumni Exports as % of Total Revenue 2010-11
$168,087
Alumni Average Turnover per employee 2010-11
$59.8m
Alumni Economic Impact 2010-11
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WHAT DOES IT TAKE?
Slick pitch, amazing product? It takes a lot to pull off a successful startup. Here's what we look for.
talk to us about it
Pitch your idea to us at a Startup Head2Head or through your own short film. Click here to make a startup pitch movie! Here's ours >>
Dragon to a Tee
Click here to nab a Creative HQ t-shirt celebrating the Year Of The Dragon. Various designs and colours ... here's one option:
science to success
Wrapping commercial expertise around research innovation takes time and resource. Creative HQ takes science-based ventures through the process of shaping and proving technology into a marketable product... more
"Creative HQ is just what is needed …. Wellington has great potential as a centre of creativity and innovation, a sustainable basis for regional and national prosperity."
Sir Paul Callaghan - scientist, innovator, entrepreneur, visionary
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Startup Weekend Wellington is on- 27-29 July. Tickets already flying! Click here for yours.
Startup Head2Head - Tues 10.30am, kick your startup idea around with us, open invite
Creative HQ offers Bizspark Plus to startups ... more
Creative HQ newsletter #6 ... here
Dash Tickets named finalist in Gold Awards ... Totally earned.
Much monkey whooping for Minimonos founder and CHQ director Melissa Clark-Reynolds for landing 1m euro! ... BananaNA!
MacDiarmid Institute and Creative HQ have the pleasure of hosting Mark Stevenson for Return on Science ... more
Our respect and thanks go out in the memory of Sir Paul Callaghan, one of Wellington's most generous and inspiring entrepreneurs
Yonix founder on "that startup moment" ... read it here
Lean Startup Meetup - first for the year, April 13 ... more
Riesling, riesling everywhere, here's the drop to drink ... Ritzling on world domination
Team talk with Bon Iver ... more
Creative HQ Gaming Bootcamp showcase ... here
Wetox wets its head in print. Here.
Science powershop MacDiarmid Institute joins forces with Creative HQ on commercialisation ... more
Alan Hucks talks about the problems he loves ... more
Idealog profiles Educa ... here
Chinese New Year - seeking some Year of the Dragon threads for entrepreneurs? Try here
