Week 12: Networking follow up

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Last week at the Xero Grad event I bumped into an old contact in the startup world. I had a great convo with her about my project and she's been super helpful. She's got me in touch with Laura, a teacher who I've just begun communications with which will hopefully lead to some solid ongoing connections for this project.


‘Xero Design - Wellington: Behind the Screens.’ Xero, 22 May 2019, Wellington, Event.

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