Event Reports
12 days event

Online Night Classes

Helping people startup and make money doing what they love

Event Overview

People
40
Active attendees (3+ days)
40
Show-ups
Out of 75 Sign-ups
Average at Rebel events
Days
8.7
Average days attended
Out of 12 day course
Average at Rebel events

Where did people come from

For 10 days the Rebel Business School ran at , Online (via Zoom)
to help people start businesses and make their own money doing what they love.

Who came to the event

18%
82%
27.6%
71.9%
0.5%
Average at Rebel events
Male
Female
Other

Event promotion

A huge amount of effort and work with our partners went into promoting the event and getting the message out to Online Night Classes and the surrounding areas.

How did people hear about us?

35%
23%
11%
6%
4%
x3%
2%
1%
Facebook
Friends/family
Local Councilh
Rebel Business School
Word of mouth
Ministry of Social Development
Email
Googele search
seek.co.nz
Careers advisor
Regional business partner
Community group
LinkedIn

Attendance

This Rebel event had a variety of different workshops over the days we were there. But how long on average did participants stay for?

Average show-up

On average, we had 30 participants each day of the Rebel Business School course, most attended every day with some dipping in and out.
75%
25%

People stayed for

8.7
out of
12
active days
day course
73%
27%
% of our active attendees per each of 12 course days.

Employment status

21% of the people who came along to the event told us they were unemployed at the time the event started.

There was a high number (24%) of self-employed people who came to the event.

21%
Unemployed
24%
Self-employed
30%
Full-time employed
24%
Part-time employed
3%
Other: Student - 3%

Start-ups & Sales

One of the key points on an entrepreneurs journey is the first sale. The first time you hold that $10 profit in your hand. This can turn out to be the catalyst that drives you forward to build your business.

We do everything we can to help people reach their first sale with 24% achieving this during the course!

+ 76% almost ready & 24% traded before
incl. 17% Māori businesses

Business structure

18%
65%
12%
5%
58.2%
18.6%
5.6%
1.3%
16.3%
Average at Rebel events
Sole Trader
Company
Partnership
Charity
Yet to be decided

Types of businesses created

17.6%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
5.9%
Information Media and Telecommunications
5.9%
Wholesale Trade
17.6%
Craft Business
17.6%
Human health & social work
5.9%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing
11.8%
Arts, entertainment & recreations
5.9%
Financial, Admin and Insurance Services
11.8%
Education and Training

Impact on capabilities

At the Rebel Business School we track four main figures for people before and after the event. We ask people to rate where they are on a scale of 1-10.

COVID-19 impact

23%
22%
16%
10%
8%
21%
The chance to be financially independent
Being your own boss
Seeing how New Zealand had responded to COVID-19 gave the confidence to give it a go
Sensing opportunity in the market post COVID-19
Helped to crystallize my business idea
Other

Websites

Here are samples of the websites that were built, launched and developed over the course.

It is amazing how having a website so quickly helps people to feel that their business is more real.

12%
18%
47%
24%
14%
25.3%
51.6%
9.1%
Average at Rebel events
Published before
Improved during
Launched during
Soon to launch
Not building

Business support

Connecting attendees to the local business ecosystem

At the Rebel Business School Aotearoa we make sure new businesses stay connected by providing awareness of business network support in specific areas as needed. These connections are all about enabling business sustainability. Being aware of the Bookkeepers Assn NZ or Business Mentors NZ, for example, can provide business input allowing the business to strengthen its foundations and/or its direction.

Daily Speakers

Requested help

48%
5%
24%
19%
5%
41%
18%
22%
14%
5%
Average at Rebel events
Very Important
Important
Maybe
Not Really
Not Important

Attendees’ feedback

We asked the participants what their Lightbulb moments were at the event. Also they left the messages for our partners and assessed our team’s efforts.