The founder-CEOs of listed companies Volpara Health Technologies, Vista Group and Straker Translations were all back at MORGO this year. And young companies such as the winners of the sponsored places competition: Bex Rempel of Voltaic Electric Jets, Rommie Nunes of Blue Mirror and Kurt Janssen of Orbica. And a fantastic variety of all kinds of businesses. Be great to see how they grow.

Resilience & Leadership

Entrepreneurs have to respond to challenges all the time, and resilience is an essential quality. There are tough stories out there. They don’t come tougher than Magic Memories’ Covid story: from 2,000 staff to 15, from $170M revenue to 0. When I talked to John Wikstrom, founder & CEO of Magic Memories a few weeks ago, he said, “It’s all about leadership.”

Read the full blog for MORGO Queenstown 2020 here.