Rachelle Duffy, founder of Tauranga's Little Big Markets, will share the platform with former professional showjumper Marcus Wild and Wendy Thompson, the founder of Socialites, at free business event The Biz at Trinity Wharf tomorrow.
Ms Duffy set up Little Big Markets as an artisan market in 2009 with her husband, Chris. They have since expanded their business nationally and into event management.
At The Biz, she will speak about what the couple have learned while running their own business. "Small businesses tend to battle it out on their own, and not really have anyone they can relate to when it comes to their business models," she said.
"I think it's useful to be able to listen to other people's journeys so they can understand that everyone is pretty much in the same boat when it comes to creating and maintaining a business, and your customers and core values."
Ms Duffy said she and her husband were still learning every day.