Ministry of Awesome

1. 7 Practical tips to help your startup through Covid19

  If you're an early-stage startup founder, here are some immediate and practical things you can do right now to help your business.

2. COVID-19 Startup information pack

  Here's a summary of some helpful resources you and your business can access during COVID. It includes an introduction to the government's business support package, insurance and cash-flow during COVID, as well as remote work. 

3.  Real time resilience strategies for coping with Coronavirus (NZ Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience)

  This is a comprehensive 12-part guide to resilience amid COVID, developed by Dr Lucy Hone & Dr Denise Quinlan.

4.COVID-19 The business finance guarantee scheme

  Here's a comprehensive overview of the government scheme that will ensure New Zealand businesses stay afloat amid COVID.

5. How to handle WFH right now

  This blog contains a series of helpful tips for how you and your business can switch to an effective remote-work footing.

6. The Government support package as applicable to startups

  Here's a brief overview of how the New Zealand government's COVID-19 support package can apply to the nation's startup community. 

7. What you should do while you’re in your bubble

  Here's a series of tips to help you, your business, your employees, and your network stay strong while in lockdown. 

8. COVID-19: A Crash Course in Video Conferencing Tools

  This blog contains our picks for the video conferencing tools that will energise your remote work capabilities. 

9. How to spot opportunity, pivot, and thrive

  Here's a series of tips from our Coffee and Jam business to help your business stay relevant and dynamic amid COVID. 

10. Financial forecasting: understanding the basics

 Worried about the future of your business? Not to worry, this blog provides the starting tools that will help dispel some of that COVID-induced uncertainty.

11. Leading through uncertainty

12. Into the Unknown: Leadership strategy for uncertain times

13. How can your business provide exceptional customer experiences?