Kia Ora & Good Morning Everyone, It’s Savvy one of your emcees here, and it’s my job to make today a little different than the virtual conferences you’ve attended before. As a community builder and pro speaker, it’s a bummer we don’t get to meet face to face – I’m Read more…
Today is my attempt to answer the question: do yard signs really matter? The audio above is included with the hopes of making this piece accessible/want to hear the raw emotion of the moment. I just had a profound moment with a stranger and wanted to share this in an Read more…
Tim Salau, Founder of Guide App and Future of Work thought leader, is a friend of Savvy’s covering the remote work 2020 beat. He kindly invited Savannah to join him for an episode of Guide Live where the pair talked entrepreneurial empathy. Give it a watch and let us know Read more…
Only 3-5% of work was done remote prior to March 2020. Now, the majority of us are working from new environments, and likely will be for a long time. Studies even show that 75% of workers in Germany hope to continue working from home after the Pandemic. Our team at Read more…
It feels like a lifetime ago that SXSW was cancelled. In reality, it’s only been a month since were all scheduled to gather in Austin and share ideas over tacos and cheap beer. Our panel was slated for March 13th, 2020, and despite the radical change in circumstances, the GitLab Read more…
Kiwis often joke about New Zealand being a “rock on the bottom of the Earth.” The reality is, it’s a massively creative, stunning, sustainability-focused prototype for the communities of our future. It’s not just their progressive agenda, or (relatively) agile government, it’s the value they place on community. It’s the Read more…
This week, Air New Zealand in collaboration with the Kiwi Landing Pad launched a new inspiring voices series to celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation in New Zealand. Jeremiah Owyang, Aric Lapera and I contributed our thoughts on the future of transportation, community and the sharing economy. Check out their website to Read more…
I am elated to be returning to New Zealand for the second Kiwi Landing Pad Sales and Marketing Jam in April. I would love to see all of my favorite Kiwis there! Our trip back in October was one I’ll never forget. To learn more and RSVP for these events, Read more…
Five days before Christmas, a nightmare became a virtual reality for Shapeways Inc.. The New York 3D printing company’s website went down for 19 hours, the second longest run in company history, next to when Hurricane Sandy hit. “I was having an anxiety attack,” Savannah Peterson told a crowd of Read more…
If there was one company which could be used as the poster child of 3D printing’s incredible growth, that company would probably be Shapeways. A spin-out of the lifestyle incubator of Royal Philips Electronics, with big name investors like Andreessen Horowitz on board, the company has been a smashing success, Read more…