Two Kiwi entrepreneurs have been left stunned after raising more than $300,000 in a crowdfunding campaign for their start-up travel gear company.

Lizzi Hines, managing director, Spaceworks, which does interior design and fitout and furniture procurement for the office, hospitality and retail sectors. Spaceworks is a team of eight designers (all women).

US crowdfunding platform Kickstarter - which has helped raise more than $US800 million for creative projects - will be opening its doors to Kiwis in just over four weeks.

Dan Heyworth, co-founder, of BOX, an architect practice and construction company rolled into one.

How do you establish a great company culture? Small Business editor Gill South investigates.

Halfdan Hansen, owner of Jens Hansen, Gold & Silversmith, based in Nelson

It is not unusual for Oliver McDermott and Blender Design co-founder Ben Thomsen to have an inventor come to them with a good idea for a product, but in need of help to market it.

Paula Wallace, co-founder with husband Bill, of Wallace Cotton, a bedlinen, clothing and homewear brand, a multi-channel retailer and wholesaler, based in Birkenhead.

After years in administration, liquor retailer is back on its feet.

Roanne Jacobson, designer and founder of Saben, which specialises in seasonal collections of luxurious handbags for women and men, accessories, jewellery and luggage.

Gosia Piatek, Designer/Director, Kowtow, Wellington-based international ethically and sustainably sound mens and womens fashion label which sells collections made from fair trade organic cotton.

In his past life as a supply chain manager, entrepreneur Steve Haythorne would send 30,000 loaves of bread from Auckland to Whangarei each night.

Rebecca Anderson, designer and director of Chaos & Harmony, a boutique womens' shoe brand based in Tauranga.

Jo Eddington, founder and managing director, Coastal Design Co, which has designed and manufactured outdoor furniture since 2006. In 2013 it began exporting.

There are not many New Zealand-based entrepreneurs who could say they learned about company culture from their first job at a certain well-known Seattle technology company.

It depends on how deliberate the company's founders or leaders are about culture. You need to build a culture and you need to work hard at maintaining the culture.