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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

$206m

Alumni Lifetime Economic Impact

 

Check out the results for all New Zealand incubators here

 

 

LOOKING TO GROW A STUNNING BUSINESS?

We help build your idea, compile a great team, get customers and capital and make that successful  move from idea to market. We know the shortcuts, have experienced the pitfalls and overcome the obstacles. We want you to exceed all expectations,  beyond the sensible and the obvious... more

 

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WHAT DOES IT TAKE?

Your pitch might be slick, your product might be amazing, but it takes a lot to pull off a successful startup. Here's what we look for. 


moving Pitches

Pitch your idea to us through your own short film. Click here to make a startup 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

Idealog profiles Educa ... here


Latest update from CHQ - Vegas, dragons and Techstars ... here


Chinese New Year - seeking some Year of the Dragon threads for entrepreneurs? Try here


Educa follows some front page media with a spot as a finalist in BNZ Startup Alley. What's next? More


Christchurch Startup Weekend kicking off the startup calendar - Feb 24-26 ... more 


Happy New Year - 2012. Pivot or persevere, make it count.  


A great slidedeck on gamification that talks to the general evolution of the WORLD. Massive from Carl Pav. Thanks.


Wellbeing specialist GROW International is the latest addition to Creative HQ ... more


Wetox headlines in key waste project for Manawatu ... more


Global Entrepreneurship Week kicks off in Wellington ... more


Wellington Startup W/E - amazing. Kudos to winners uSnap.us and thanks to all involved ... more


Creative HQ Investor Pitching Workshop comes off wicked-like. Thanks to pitchers and panelers. 


Congratulations to Bright Ideas winners - CHQ's Educa topped Education and alumni 77 Pieces won Retail


Dash Tickets lands a deal with Ministry of Sound Australia ... more


Gaming guru Mike DelPrete, founder of Agora Games, in town to judge our pitch session and Startup Weekend on Nov 4


Tourism voyeurism makes judges blush at Internet Awards ... Beek tops innovation category