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Established in 2017The journey really started in late 2016 thanks to a Facebook rabbit hole. Founder Tony Henderson-Newport connected with the Rebel Business School UK and after participating in the Rebel Business School in the UK in early 2017, he negotiated the New Zealand License. It took until Oct 2017, a year after that Facebook rabbit hole for the first event to run in Aotearoa. Porirua City Council enabled that first event in New Zealand and now in 2023 Bizezi Training (Formally Rebel Business School Aotearoa) has about now run 56 events across the country.
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Our GoalOur raison d’être (Reason for being) is to support regional economic growth through small business. That may be in New Zealand or overseas. The vision does not change. In so doing we want to improve the lives of whanau (family) and community by enabling participants to realise their business dream.
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What Happened Next
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Bizezi Braining Ltd has a singular focus: To change lives and communities through sustainable small business. More on BTL can be found here.
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bizei was the result of spotting a niche between the entrepreneur and the bank. The business owner needs to understand their business model while the banks often want a business plan. bizezi came into being to fill that void.
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Semaine is the name of a book self published in the UK by Founder Tony Henderson-Newport. The books unlikely hero is a chameleon who must embrace change to overcome adversity to find a way forward. In bringing Semaine Group to life the analogy seems very fitting for the entrepreneurial marketplace in which these businesses function.
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It has been on the cards for a while... While still in design, and amongst other fundraising initiatives, Wings Trust will have a focus on providing support to the Small Business market.
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Our Team
Tony Henderson-Newport
Chief Kiwi
A Kiwi to the bone, Tony spent many years living in the UK, returning to New Zealand in 2014. 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 has worked 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.
He is the founder of Rebel Business School Aotearoa, Kea Inspire, Rebel Coworking and bizezi, a web based app for entrepreneurs. 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?”
He is the founder of Rebel Business School Aotearoa, Kea Inspire, Rebel Coworking and bizezi, a web based app for entrepreneurs. 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?”
