Like most Rotary clubs, the Rotary Club of Hutt City has members with a wide range of skills across a breadth of vocations. This gives rise to an opportunity for these Rotarians to put their extensive business knowledge, influential networks and expertise to the test. They will be doing this through an innovative project where they will connect entrepreneurs with Rotarians who can provide valuable expertise and connections, which can be the difference between success and failure for new businesses. This will be achieved at a series of lunches – called: Rotary Buys Lunch.
The need is clear; New Zealand has fallen from near the top of the OECD list of strong economies into the bottom half and for New Zealand to grow so communities can thrive a massive increase in successful export-focused businesses is needed. To achieve this is a community effort and the club would like to see some of these new businesses started in the Hutt.
This initiative will start with a three month pilot. The concept was developed by Brock Starnes, an Ambassadorial Scholar from the United States who studied a master of commerce at Victoria University during his time as a Rotary Scholar.
