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Paul Nielsen, based in Wellington, New Zealand, is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 37 years of experience in business ownership and 27 years in industrial property investment. Renowned for his practical insights and passion for building effective systems, Paul has dedicated his career to helping businesses and individuals reach their full potential. In 2016, Paul was recognised as a finalist in the EY New Zealand Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He also served on the board of the Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO) New Zealand, where his leadership drove significant membership growth. As the founder of Simply Industrial, a boutique industrial property fund, Paul leverages his extensive expertise in real estate to strategically unlock value in the industrial sector. His passion for empowering small businesses inspired him to author Paulisms: Gold Nuggets for Small Business (relaunching early 2025), a collection of practical advice and insights drawn from decades of entrepreneurial experience. Paul's commitment to sharing his knowledge continues with his new book, Genius of Industrial Property: Build Passive Wealth and Secure Retirement Through Industrial Property Investing, where he offers a guide to achieving financial security through industrial real estate.

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Dave Niethe is a performance coach with a unique approach. His philosophy has helped athletes, coaches, managers, business owners, CEOs and students develop the skills and mind-set to create a fearless mentality, reframe failure, and remove self-limiting beliefs. From his converted garage in west Auckland, he has worked with some of the world's most talented athletes including golfer Lydia Ko and MMA fighter Israel Adesanya.

Jackson Nieuwland is a human being, duh. They are a genderqueer writer, editor, librarian, and woo-girl, born and based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. They co-founded the reading/zine series Food Court. This isn’t even their final form.

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Frida Nilsson is a leading Swedish author who has been an August Prize nominee three times and won the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014. In 2017 she was selected as one of Europe’s best emerging writers for young people through the Hay Festival’s Aarhus 39. Her books have been translated throughout Europe and nominated for the prestigious Youth Literature Prize in Germany and several literary awards in France. Nilsson’s writing is characterised by humour and sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life—friendship, death and love—and has been compared to Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren.

Ulf Nilsson (1948-2021) was a celebrated Swedish children’s writer, who wrote more than 100 books for all ages. He is the winner of numerous awards including the August Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the Swedish Academy's Children's Book Prize. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and made into feature films, opera, radio, plays and other forms - even postage stamps.Gitte Spee moved to the Netherlands from Indonesia at the age of 11. She graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, a renowned academy of fine art and design in Amsterdam, and St Martins School of Art in London. A leading children’s book illustrator, she has also written numerous books, published and translated around the world.