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Event Reports
•10 day event

Taranaki

Helping people startup and make money doing what they love

Event Overview

People
13
Active attendees (3+ days)
13
Show-ups
Out of 13 Sign-ups
Average at Rebel events
Days
8.7
Average days attended
Out of 10 day course
Average at Rebel events

Where did people come from

For 10 days the Rebel Business School ran at Online and in the Memorial Theatre
and to help people start businesses and make their own money doing what they love.

Who came to the event

50%
42%
8%
26.5%
73%
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 Taranaki and the surrounding areas.

How did people hear about us?

33%
19%
17%
12%
x8%
3%
Facebook
Word of mouth
Employer
Rebel Business School
Ministry of Social Development
Print media
Friends/family

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 11 participants each day of the Rebel Business School course, most attended every day with some dipping in and out.
85%
15%

People stayed for

8.7
out of
10
active days
day course
87%
13%
% of our active attendees per each of 10 course days.

Employment status

33% 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 (17%) of self-employed people who came to the event.

33%
Unemployed
17%
Self-employed
25%
Full-time employed
25%
Part-time employed
0%
Other:

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 44% achieving this during the course!

+ 33% almost ready & 22% traded before
incl. 33% Māori businesses

Business structure

11%
67%
22%
59.1%
19%
5.9%
1.1%
14.9%
Average at Rebel events
Sole Trader
Company
Partnership
Charity
Yet to be decided

Types of businesses created

22.2%
Retail Trade
11.1%
Human health & social work
22.2%
Arts, entertainment & recreations
22.2%
Craft Business
11.1%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
11.1%
Accommodation and Food Services

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

17%
25%
8%
17%
33%
Being your own boss
The chance to be financially independent
Sensing opportunity in the market post COVID-19
Seeing how New Zealand had responded to COVID-19 gave the confidence to give it a go
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.

11%
22%
44%
14.2%
27.1%
49.9%
8.8%
Average at Rebel events
Published before
Improved during
Launched during
Soon to launch
Not building
artbypetronella.com
karenwrigglesworthwriter.com
lumixnite.carrd.co
regreen.co.nz

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

Speakers' rating
8.6

Requested help

34%
11%
33%
11%
11%
36%
17%
25%
16%
6%
Average at Rebel events
Very Important
Important
Maybe
Not Really
Not Important

Economic development

South Taranaki District Council

One of the four key community outcomes we strive for at South Taranaki District Council is economic wellbeing. We want to drive stronger economic growth with more innovative ideas, training opportunities and jobs and Rebel Business School Aotearoa is an important part of our economic development plans.

We've hosted the course twice in Taranaki now and it provides people throughout the region with a huge lift in confidence and a range of new skills to start and grow a business. We've seen several success stories already and we're sure we will see many more in the future because the graduates now how to turn an idea into reality. Tony and the team are energetic, passionate, and knowledgeable and we look forward to continuing our work together to boost our local economy.

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.