Founder Life | Vaughan Fergusson | Founder @ Vend
Vaughan Fergusson is the founder of Vend, a New Zealand high-growth tech success story sold for $500m in 2021. He is the founder and trustee of The Pam Fergusson Charitable Trust running initiatives like OMGTech!, Mana Tangata, Voluntari.ly and The Institute of Awesome to help teach innovation and technology to kids of all ages and backgrounds.
He was EY's Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014, a judge for the 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year programme and head judge for the 2021 programme.
Every year Vaughan does an impossible challenge, something to take him out of his comfort zone, like running 1,000km, learning to sing to get a paid gig in front of 100 people or cycling around the world in 80 days.
Vaughan is a self described weirdo and has spoken many times on the importance of challenging the status quo, thinking differently and trusting your inner weirdo.
Time
Jul 9, 2021 10:00 AM in Auckland, Wellington
Host: John Holt
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