Community Events

Great connections are gold. Back in 2017 we organised our first delegation of New Zealand SaaS companies to the annual SaaStr conference in the USA. The valuable connections that we made, and a need to maintain and grow those connections, sparked the start of our kiwiSaaS community. Today, the community connects regularly through our many events and activities.

Upcoming Events

Running an Efficient Customer Success Team: tooling options and knowledge | online
Running an Efficient Customer Success Team: tooling options and knowledge | online
Customer success can be a very expensive team if it’s not run efficiently. Without good customer operations structures in place, you will be spending on more headcount than you need. There are a lot of tools out there to manage implementation, support, and customer success. Which one do you choose and when? One tool that is often underused is your help centre. We know customers prefer to self-serve whenever possible, which saves us money, but how do you get your help centre off the ground and make it useful?
October 10, 2023
11.00am - 12.00pm
Sales Isn't As Hard As You Think: Building high performing sales teams
Sales Isn't As Hard As You Think: Building high performing sales teams
How do you build and maintain a high performing Software-as-a-Service sales team, particularly when the sales environment is hard? New Zealand’s B2B SaaS businesses employ many millennials and younger people who have never experienced selling in a recessionary environment. How do you arm them with the right skills and support them to be successful? Apprento co-founder Alex McNaughten works with SaaS businesses such as Xero, Parkable, EzyVet and Tradify. Join this kiwiSaaS Need to Know webinar and hear Alex’s expert insights on how to develop and retain sales teams that outperform.
October 26, 2023
11:00am - 12:00pm
kiwiSaaS - Need to know

kiwiSaaS 'Need to Know' Series

Essential, short and punchy learning sessions run by experienced SaaS practitioners and hosted by Brett Roberts, our kiwiSaaS Community Director. The kiwiSaaS 'Need to Know' Webinar equips SaaS entrepreneurs with the critical ‘survival’ skills needed to tackle big business challenges such as attracting talent, data security and business scaling.

Excellent talk and perfect for the stage of our company and my own career path
Ben Gracewood sessions: ‘Ben is awesome – I enjoyed listening to his real-life experiences at Vend. It’s been valuable.’
Really informative, thank you team!

Upcoming Events

kiwiSaaS Local Chapter meetup | Christchurch - Thursday 19 October 2023
We are delighted to invite you to the next Christchurch Chapter meetup, brought to you by the kiwiSaaS Community! Hosted by Caleb Helm, from Lumin, this is a great opportunity to meet with fellow SaaS company members in your local area. The topic for this meetup is Connections and the value you can get from networking and finding independent mentors or advisors throughout your career in SaaS. The panel will include Chris Bacon from Komodo, Hannah Hardy-Jones of The Kite Program and Co-Founder of Contented AI. Our kiwiSaaS Local Chapters are a great place to get to know your local SaaS colleagues.
Presenter:
October 19, 2023
5.30pm - 7.30pm
kiwiSaaS - Local Chapters

kiwiSaaS Local Chapters

We all know that working in SaaS can feel lonely at times and opportunities to network exclusively with like-minded SaaS people are rare, particularly in the regions. Register to attend your next local Local Chapter meetup - and make sure you've joined our kiwiSaaS community so you'll be notified of future meetups in your area. The gatherings are relaxed with plenty of time to chat and to share ideas on topics such as supporting local SaaS talent growth.

Upcoming Events

Kiss My SaaS - Christchurch - October 2023
Kiss My SaaS is a series of peer-to-peer learning workshops addressing key business capabilities needed to grow your SaaS business. Whether you are just starting out or looking to rapidly expand your SaaS business, then this event is for you. Streams offered are: CEO, Sales & Marketing.
Presenter:
October 30, 2023
2.45pm - 6.00pm
Kiss My SaaS - Wellington - October 2023
Kiss My SaaS is a series of peer-to-peer learning workshops addressing key business capabilities needed to grow your SaaS business. Whether you are just starting out or looking to rapidly expand your SaaS business, then this event is for you. Streams offered are: CEO, Sales and Product
Presenter:
October 31, 2023
2.45pm - 6.00pm
Kiss My SaaS Byte My SaaS

Kiss My SaaS, Byte My SaaS

Kiss My SaaS and Byte My SaaS are peer-to-peer learning experiences hosted by NZTE. Meet with local SaaS professionals in roles similar to your own, to problem solve and learn from one another. Our small group sessions are organised according to your SaaS company size to ensure discussions remain relevant to your business needs.

Southern SaaS

New Zealand’s annual gathering for Software-as-a-Service practitioners.

Save the date for next year's event:
12 March 2024 at Auckland's Cordis Hotel
www.southernsaas.nz

This year's programme featured thought-provoking speakers, seriously actionable workshops, and opportunities to collaborate with SaaS peers. Our exciting morning line-up of local and international speakers was hosted by Q+A’s Jack Tame. In the afternoon, attendees tackled an issue relevant to their business in one of our instructor-led, hands-on workshops.

Great conference, so much learning... and of a really high quality. Keep it up for next year, I will definitely be back.
The value [of the event] to the NZ tech industry must be huge… We are learning from each other and this avoids the traps we can fall into.
One of the best events I have been to. Better than SaaStr in San Francisco.

Annual SaaStr Delegations

The event that started it all, our annual pilgrimage to the US SaaStr Annual conference.

This page will be updated when details of upcoming SaaStr delegations are confirmed.

I’m still processing it all! It’s going to take a few weeks for us to work out how to implement some of the things we’ve learnt here – it’s exciting and inspiring!
It’s great having new ways to think about problems that we are facing in our business right now. I’ve learnt some really actionable insights around pricing and customer problem discovery that we can apply as soon as we get home.
I’ve come away with a set of steps and a set of benchmarks to work from to know if I’m on the right track with my business.
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