We Sponsored Audacious Prizegiving

Product innovation winner, Hannah Rasmussen with Mango the Dog and Rebecca and Paul Twemlow from Firebrand.

United’s Commercial Director, Sarah Ramsay is Chairperson of Startup Dunedin, who have a Startup programme, Audacious for Otago University and Polytechnic students. On Wednesday 2nd October, Audacious hosted their annual prize-giving ceremony to recognise exceptional student talent and innovation within the Startup community. This year, United sponsored the award category section for product innovation with a $500 cash prize, alongside providing mentoring to the winners for the best physical product. This years product winner was student Hannah Rasmussen. The dog-lover presented her business case for the manufacture of quality pet collars and leads from waste materials to avoid the use of plastic. Her plan landed her $500 dollars and mentoring from United, as well as a $4000 website build from Firebrand. Congratulations to Hannah and all the other Audacious prizewinners.