Kiwis don't talk about failure. We should. Real founders. Real disasters. Real lessons.
You know the phrase. That year was a write off. That partnership was a write off. That whole chapter, the one you still cringe at, was a write off. Most leaders quietly bury those. Revved. Write Offs is the room where New Zealand's leaders stand up and say it properly. Three speakers. One genuine write off each. A business that failed. A decision that cost them. A year they'd call without hesitation.
Each talk is pecha kucha format: twenty slides, twenty seconds a slide. The clock runs automatically and it…