Event Reports
3 events

MSD Combined Report

Helping people startup and make money doing what they love

Event Overview

People
88
Active attendees (3+ days)
97
Show-ups
Out of 94 Sign-ups
Average at Rebel events
Days
4.9
Average days attended

Where did people come from

For 10 days the Rebel Business School ran at , Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Whakatāne
, Acacia House, Whakatāne
, Rec Park Centre
and Ngawha Innovation Park
to help people start businesses and make their own money doing what they love.

Who came to the event

36%
64%
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 MSD Combined Report and the surrounding areas.

How did people hear about us?

37%
24%
x13%
8%
3%
x1%
Facebook
Work and Income
Word of mouth
Ministry of Social Development
Friends/family
NorthlandInc
Rebel Business School
Google Search
Whāriki

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?

This report covers 3 events of which two are 5-day programmes (Golden Bay and Northland) and one is a 10-day programme (Bay of Plenty).

The stats are refined to give an average by day across all course days days (1-5 and 6-10) and then shown as a 5-day average to better explain attendance.

94
Sign-ups
97
Show-ups
88
Active attendees (3+ days)

Average show-up

On average, we had 23 participants each day of the Rebel Business School course, most attended every day with some dipping in and out.
71%
29%

People stayed for

4.9
active days
% of our active attendees per each of course days.

Employment status

48% 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 (15%) of self-employed people who came to the event.

48%
Unemployed
15%
Self-employed
16%
Full-time employed
16%
Part-time employed
5%
Other: Student - 3%, Retired - 1%, Volunteer - 1%

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 42% achieving this during the course!

+ 49% almost ready & 38% traded before
incl. 65% Māori businesses

Business structure

13%
60%
3%
1%
23%
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

11.1%
Accommodation and Food Services
7.4%
Administrative and Support Services
4.5%
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
17.4%
Arts, entertainment & recreations
1.4%
Construction
16.8%
Craft Business
4.7%
Education and Training
2.7%
Health Care and Social Assistance
6%
Information Media and Telecommunications
4.5%
Manufacturing
7.4%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
1.4%
Real-estate activities
1.4%
Rental, Hiring and Real Estate Services
12%
Retail Trade
1.4%
Transport, Postal and Warehousing

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.

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.

9%
6%
73%
12%
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

Speakers' rating
9.5

Requested help

52%
27%
12%
6%
3%
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.