Congratulations to a number of member companies who have been nominated for 2023 Hi-Tech Awards! It’s great to see SaaS companies in the mix for this prestigious night - Pushpay, Serko, LawVU, Innocraft, Lumin, CarbonCrop, Formus Labs, Tracksuit, AskNicely, Tend Health, Levno, Ignite Aotearoa, Paysauce!

Mission Ready's 'Mission Sponsorship' programme helps to develop Aotearoa's SaaS talent. Read their article below to find out more.

Microsoft's Hayley Horan explains why software marketplaces have become a key sales channel for SaaS companies in recent years. Leveraging the power of partnership in the global marketplace is a hugely valuable approach for Australian and Kiwi SaaS businesses hungry to scale to the world.

As the demand for tech skills grows, particularly in SaaS, so too are those deciding to change careers to take advantage of the higher-paid industry and its flexible working conditions. Watch TVNZ's coverage of Mission Ready's tech boot camp.

New Zealand is 11th out of 34 countries for average hours worked, but its productivity is below the OECD average, when measured in GDP per hour worked. It’s partially about our failure to adopt the technological tools - SaaS tools like Xero - to keep up.

Mission Ready HQ have 8 FEE FREE spaces left on their accelerator that starts on 18th April.

News from 'across the ditch:' Federal Labor has adopted the Technology Council of Australia’s target of increasing the number of Australians employed in tech-related jobs by 340,000 to 1.2 million by the end of the decade.

Here's a chance for SaaS businesses to provide their thoughts on new NZ courses - to ensure this training is well aligned with the SaaS sector's current skill requirements. Workforce Development Council Toi Mai is requesting feedback by 20 March 2022 on proposed new qualifications in Machine Learning and Applied Software Development, before they are submitted to NZQA for approval to list.

The Government is calling for submissions (by 31 March, 2022) on its Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) 2022-2032, writes BusinessDesk's Peter Griffin.

If you missed any of our popular ‘Kicking SaaS in 2022’ online event on 1 December, or would just like to replay some of the action, the full recording is now available to view.

Online presentation – Thursday, 18 November 2021

We speak with Alex Burke, CEO of Education Perfect, on what international acquisition meant for this kiwiSaaS success story.