Soar: lessons from our start-up experience.
10-19, 11:45–12:10 (Pacific/Auckland), Te Iringa

Curious about how you would run a Start-Up? Come and here from Soar about their experience.


From starting off with Mappt - our mobile GIS to the development of Soar as the new atlas. We talk about some of the stories and lessons we have learned in Australia and from our overseas experiences.

Neil is the Chief Operating Officer of Soar and has been with the company for 5 years. Prior to embarking on the mission to build the world’s new atlas, Neil had an eclectic career including industrial chemistry, working for half of the Big 4 accounting firms in R&D advisory, commercialising university innovations and senior roles in renewable energy industry development.

In his spare time, he is an amateur history buff, news junkie and avid student of works across politics, economics and human behaviour. Since joining Soar, he is also on his way to becoming a bit of a map nerd too….

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