Nick Churchouse
Venture Manager | BCA, Post Grad Diploma Journalism
E: nick.churchouse@creativehq.co.nz
P: +64 4 381 4441 | M: +64 21 536 085
ABOUT NICK
Nick had stock market reports read to him as a kid, was cheap labour in the family firm before he turned 12, and learned the sharp end of business in commercial kitchens, atop steel girders and by pushing tourists into the Caribbean.
As a steel salesman in the 90s, Nick learned the trials of a low margin, high volume commodity market.
"Business is about people... that’s what makes it fascinating"In the super yacht industry he learned the value of a dollar to a billionaire and who you can rely on in a storm.
Selling underwater photos to scuba divers taught him the importance of capturing a customers’ passion.
Impromptu singing to a crowd of 400 was a lesson in outsourcing skills you don’t have.
Business is about people. From a road side stall to a virtual trading platform, at the end of each transaction is one hand reaching out to another. That’s what makes it fascinating.
As a journalist for Fairfax he saw big business at its best and worst, small businesses grow and fail, entrepreneurs try and win, deals fly and flop and international markets take New Zealand to task. Every turn was a potential story.
As Venture Manager for Creative HQ, he takes a similar ruler to the start ups and entrepreneurs that we work with. Great people with great ideas create powerful stories, and the businesses that come from that can be the legends to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
