Building Business Momentum: Fund the Journey Edition

Is your business funding your life or is your life funding your business?
Insight. Connection. Momentum
Proudly supported by Biz Solutions
About this Event

Building Business Momentum: Fund the Journey Edition

Brings together business owners, operators and community leaders for a focused evening on one of the most honest questions in business today.

Are you building real personal wealth - or are you the most underpaid person in your own business?

Most Kiwi business owners are growing revenue, building a team and keeping clients happy. But underneath, personal wealth is sitting still while the business consumes everything. Tonight names that trap without judgment - and maps the decisions that change it.

This edition features a keynote from David Morgan of Forsyth Barr, business story conversations with two founders who have lived this journey, and a panel discussion grounded in real decisions - not theory.

David brings deep experience working alongside New Zealand business owners at every stage - from startup through to exit. His framework for the three funding moments every business owner faces gives the room a lens that makes everything that follows land with real clarity.

Proudly supported by Biz Solutions, the evening is designed to combine practical financial insight with real-world founder stories and meaningful business connection.

Previous Building Business Momentum events have consistently sold out, reflecting the quality of insight and the calibre of people in the room. Numbers are intentionally limited to maintain that experience - with all ticket revenue contributing to I Am Hope.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE

A keynote from David Morgan on how the smartest business owners build personal wealth while they build their business
Business story conversations with founders who funded the journey - made the right calls, made the wrong calls, and came out the other side
A panel discussion on growth, profit, investment and the mindset shifts that change everything
Practical frameworks you can apply in your business the very next day
Time to connect with other business owners and community leaders in a room that values quality over quantity

Agenda

🕑: 05:30 PM - 06:20 PM
Doors Open & Community Welcome

Info: Guests arrive, register and connect informally.

🕑: 06:20 PM - 06:25 PM
Welcome & Community Introduction

Info: Welcome from the host
Acknowledgement of sponsors
Framing of the evening and what to expect

🕑: 06:25 PM - 06:30 PM
Biz Solutions
🕑: 06:30 PM - 06:55 PM
David Morgan — Forsyth Barr (Keynote)

Info: Is your business funding your life — or is your life funding your business?
The "Journey" is deliberate. Wealth is not built in a moment. It is built through a series of
decisions - at startup, at growth stage, at maturity, at exit. This talk maps those decision
points and gives the room a lens to look at their own situation through.

🕑: 06:55 PM - 06:57 AM
Partner Spotlight

Info: TBC

🕑: 07:00 PM - 07:20 PM
Community Connect

Info: Open Networking & Deeper Engagement:
Facilitated networking. Take on the 3 New Connections Challenge.

🕑: 07:30 PM - 07:50 PM
Interviews John Mika

Info: John takes the couch with moderator Scott Morris for a Graham Norton-style conversation — real stories, real decisions, and the moments that changed everything. One built a franchise empire over 20 years and sold it deliberately. The other turned a payment technology idea into an internationally distributed product. Both took the journey.

This is not a polished panel. It is an honest conversation about what it actually takes to fund the life you are building toward.

🕑: 07:50 PM - 08:15 PM
Panel Discussion

Info: The full panel takes the couch. David Morgan joins John for the final session — a wide-open conversation on the decisions that actually build wealth alongside a business.

Growth. Profit. Investment. Property. Mindset. Moderated by Scott Morris, the floor opens up.

🕑: 08:15 PM - 08:30 PM
Closing & Momentum Forward

Info: Summary of key insights
Acknowledgement of sponsors and community contribution
Next steps and upcoming events