by Victoria Maclennan | Sep 14, 2016 | Growth Business, inspiring people
A good mentor is invaluable. No matter your experience or where your business is at in its lifecycle there will always be someone with an alternative perspective, differing experiences who can help shape or challenge your thinking often propelling it to new levels...
by Victoria Maclennan | Mar 15, 2015 | inspiring people
Sometime prior to Christmas I was co-opted to mentor a team for VentureUp, a young enterprise programme funded and run by Young Enterprise NZ, CreativeHQ, Victoria Uni and Wellington City Council. The teams consisted of students who had previously been involved in...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jun 6, 2014 | Life at OptimalHQ, Ramblings on the world of Innovation
I saw this posted on LinkedIN today – made me laugh. Then it made me think, do inspirational quotes work? why do people think posting them on social media is a good idea? On one hand they can be awesome to read, nice little breaks in a highly technical or...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jun 5, 2014 | Life at OptimalHQ, Startup
Neville Jordan – CNZM, high flying Kiwi innovator, entrepreneur, Wellingtonian of the Year, first Kiwi to IPO on the NASDAQ, Venture Capital Pioneer – the list of impressive achievements goes on. Neville Jordan is a great story teller, engaging,...
by Victoria Maclennan | Jun 1, 2014 | Life at OptimalHQ
The #OptimalBunch enjoyed an awesome challenge in May – 10,000 steps per day with one ultimate victor who achieved the most steps, in total, across the month. We all had loads of fun, competition inspires some creative behaviour including people running to and...
