About the show
NZ Business Podcast exists to support, teach and inspire New Zealanders in business and leadership, through direct access to the wisdom and experience of others. Since 2013, host Paul Spain has sat down with over a hundred of the country's leading founders, operators and entrepreneurs.
Every guest has built or led something real. Conversations go beyond the pitch deck version, into the decisions, setbacks and turning points that actually shaped the business.
From franchising and manufacturing to biotech and global tech exits, guests share what it takes to build and grow a company from a New Zealand base, and to compete internationally.
New conversations land every fortnight, at no cost, on every major podcast platform. Thirteen years in, the show remains focused on one job: useful, honest business conversation.
Meet the host
Paul is CEO and Futurist at Gorilla Technology in Auckland, and a New Zealand technology commentator whose interviews and analysis regularly feature on RNZ, TVNZ, Newstalk ZB, the NZ Herald, Reuters, ABC News and Sky News Australia. Alongside NZ Business Podcast, he hosts NZ Tech Podcast, and speaks internationally on technology, leadership and the future of work.
He founded Gorilla Technology in 1997, and started NZ Business Podcast in 2013 as a way to bring the thinking of New Zealand's best business minds to a wider audience, one conversation at a time.
"The best business lessons rarely come from a textbook. They come from the people who've actually lived through the hard decisions, told in their own words."Paul Spain, host
The story so far
NZ Business Podcast launches, with Paul Spain sitting down with New Zealand founders and entrepreneurs to hear their learnings, whilst he continues on his own entrepreneurial journey.
Over 110 episodes released, featuring guests across just about every major sphere of business, including aerospace, manufacturing, retail, technology, franchising, advertising and professional services.
Part of the Podcasts NZ network alongside NZ Tech Podcast, reaching a loyal audience of chief executives, business owners, leaders, innovators, managers and investors.
Show partners
Part of the Podcasts NZ network.