For naturopath and businessman Warwick Lightbourne and his son Tim, the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree.

Home-grown lingerie company Rose & Thorne is rapidly gaining a cult Facebook following and rave reviews.

Roger Boyd, aspiring entrepreneur, founder of 1Above, a functional drink sold at airports that helps people fight jet lag and combat many of the health risks and discomfort related to flying.

Lucy Ross, entrepreneur, founder, E-commerce Marketing.

Professor David Deakins from Massey University’s SME Research Centre and Steve Corbett and Mack Saraswat from the ecentre, Massey’s wholly-owned business incubator, on the DNA of the Kiwi entrepreneur.

The Icehouse did a vox pop among its network of businesses, asking : What is the number one characteristic of a Kiwi entrepreneur?

In a shabby back-alley office in Shibuya, a Tokyo district known for youth culture and tech ventures.

An ex-teacher has gained strong investor backing for his online start-up which helps people in China learn English through face-to-face lessons with Kiwi tutors.

Five of the country's most successful business leaders have been named as the final contenders for New Zealand's Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Angel investor and promoter Brent Ogilvie is tickled pink about his latest investment, colour company D'Arcy Polychrome.

Entrepreneurs are driven by the next big idea, the next big trend, and NZ has a number of prominent people leading the way, including Xero's Rod Drury and the Ryan brothers of YikeBike fame.

How do you make a successful export product? Give the people what they need.

A Wellington filmmaker has attracted $600,000 in start-up funding for his cloud-based video sharing software.

Waiheke-based entrepreneur Pete Russell is on a mission to revive the local food market, one city at a time.

Eleven companies are still in the running for up to $1 million in business backing from the University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge.

At Francis Ford Coppola Winery, no one gets to sit in the chair from The Godfather, not even staff, says Kiwi Stephan Micallef.

Anna Weinberg likes to see humour amid madness.

There are no flash cars parked outside Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, only smart cars.