Tenisha was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) at just seventeen years old. She was told that she was probably going to be miserable, struggle to get pregnant and should lose some weight if she wanted to get close to living a happy, normal life.

After using "Dr. Google" and finding dozens of stories from other women struggling with PCOS she decided that she could make a difference. 

A couple of years later, Tenisha had the opportunity to complete a project as part of her qualification. She doubled down on this by joining Audacious and creating PCOS Fit. A health programme specifically for women with PCOS.

On the podcast we discussed PCOS, her journey so far and how she plans on bringing PCOS to more women around the world.

There are over 130 craft breweries and over 500 wineries in New Zealand. The vast majority have a taproom or cellar door where you can hear more information about the wine or beer you're about to buy. 

But what happens when you're at the supermarket or liquor store? 

Compass gives consumers the customer service they deserve, regardless of where they purchase the product. Their technology allows businesses to tell their story and share important product information, all through the consumers smartphone. 

On this episode, Angus sat down with University of Otago students and international athletes,  Matthew Clough and Olivier Despati to talk about their experience starting up through Audacious, Startup Dunedin's student startup programme for Otago Polytechnic and University of Otago students.

When Physiotherapy students, Tobias Hoeta and Andreas Hirczy were sent on placement they came home to their flat telling each other a very similar story. Their patients frequently didn’t complete their prescribed exercises and were hot on the path to re-injury. Many of their classmates and the physiotherapists they spoke to had the exact same problem. After a little digging, Toby and Dre discovered that ACC was spending approximately $48 million on re-injury claims each year.

There had to be a better way.

Toby and Dre won Best Business Case at Audacious Semester One 2019. They have developed a concept to increase patient adherence to exercise prescriptions. They joined Angus on the podcast to discuss their journey so far.

This week Julia Anne came on the show to chat about how she created New Zealand's Premium Homestay Network, Look After Me. Julia shared her story so far including:

Look After Me (LAM) is New Zealand’s Premium Homestay Network. LAM offers welcoming, affordable accommodation all around New Zealand with experienced Homestay providers. All of their hosts have been quality checked and offer relevant local knowledge to ensure your visit is memorable. With a recent 

This is an episode for the developers and tech-entrepreneurs! 

Hear from Jesse Meek on his philosophy as a tech startup founder, the value CodeLingo brings to development teams, when CodeLingo has said no to customers and much much more. 

CodeLingo helps development teams write better code faster by automating common development practices such as automating finding and fixing bugs, automating code reviews, automating the generation of contributor documents. By focusing on project specific patterns CodeLingo allows developers to scale up themselves stopping the knowledge degradation when a development team grows. 

Matt Jenkins is an expert on Motivation and Behaviour Change. He completed our Co.Starters programme to use his PhD in Sports Psychology to help individuals create diet and movement change with the Mensana Movement (Matt explains why movement is a better choice of word than exercise). 

During the podcast Matt discusses a range of topics including: 

- How he transformed his personal training business

- The 'Motivation Soup' concept

- How motivation theory applies in health and business

- Why he chose Dunedin

- The role of boredom in our lives

- His journey in starting the Mensana Movement

- The "Big Rocks, Little Rocks' tool he uses to distribute his time

- The habits & tools he uses to stay on top of his game

- Perceived value vs Actual value

- Why health 'experiments' out perform 'challenges'

You can find out more about Matt & the Mensana Movement at:

- https://www.mensanamovement.com/

In the early stages of something new? You can enroll for CO.STARTERS now! Find out more: https://www.startupdunedin.nz/costarters

 Alice is an Audacious Alumni and co-founder of the Social Experiment, an event designed to test what's possible when extraordinary people work collectively on solving issues.  

Earlier this year, Alice joined Angus on the show to discuss her journey and share her expertise in forming and managing effective teams.  

Next Farm utilises integrated farm sensor technology with cloud based dashboards that allow farmers to operate, manage and understand farm resources from the computer desktop or a mobile device.

In this episode of the podcast Angus sits down with Aaron Furrer and Sammi Stewart, the team at Next Farm, to talk about their journey so far and how they're changing farming worldwide, from Dunedin. 

Anna Guenther is the founder of crowdfunding platform PledgeMe.

She joined Angus on an audio version of the podcast and shared some of her journey including: 

Angus sat down with winning Startup Weekend team, team Less 2 days after they won Startup Weekend Dunedin 2019. 

Team Less have developed an eco-friendly cleaning solution that drastically reduces plastic waste.  On the podcast Sophia and Matthew share their Startup Weekend journey including why they got involved, the highs and lows of the weekend, the progress they made and where to from here. 

Disney Imagineer, MK Haley and Mahuki Activation Manager, Priscilla Edmonds join Angus on the show to discuss the Innovation of the Experience Economy. 

Topics include:

Mk Haley 

Mk Haley is a Disney Imagineer. 

Imagineers design the Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships and experiences that bring joy to millions of people every year. Within the Imagineers there are over 200 different disciplines. Mk has over 24 years of experience in both the creative and research teams, and joins us today as Walt Disney Imagineering Academic Outreach.

Priscilla Loong

Priscilla is a trained Graphic Designer turned Entrepreneur.

In 2015, Priscilla co-founded The Misprint Co. a social enterprise startup company focused on repurposing waste paper into notebooks. Later that year, The Misprint Co. participated in the Lightning Lab Manufacturing business accelerator programme.

Having been bitten by the startup bug, Priscilla joined the team at Mahuki – Te Papa’s business accelerator programme. Mahuki is focused on enabling startups focused on GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archive and Museums) sector innovations to access the market and grow. Priscilla is now the Activation Manager for Mahuki, and architects the four month programme helping startups to accelerate their businesses.