Serial Entrepreneur now funemployed. Founder of Xero and others.
Joined June 2010
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Really proud of the amazing global @Xero community we've built over the past 11 years. With our business in great shape Steve is the perfect person to lead the next chapter - I'll still be around and excited to focus on innovation strategy on the board xero.com/blog/2018/03/next-c…
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Rod Drury retweeted
21 Apr 2020
Join us on Facebook Live today 4pm to listen to
@roddrury and @rogerdennis explain their ideas for post-Covid-19 NZ! facebook.com/climatebiz/
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Rod Drury retweeted
17 Apr 2020
Week in review: "We have a chance not to waste this crisis if we think differently, get coordinated, act with urgency and go for it," writes Rod Drury. newsroom.co.nz/covid-19/2020…
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Rod Drury retweeted
17 Apr 2020
SCOOP: Lime is buying up defunct electric skateboard company Boosted’s patents, after an acquisition by Yamaha fell through earlier this year
theverge.com/2020/4/16/21224…
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Rod Drury retweeted
12 Apr 2020
"Covid-19 has shown us that we can’t take life or our economic system for granted and that we must use the opportunity this crisis presents to go hard and achieve something as a country," writes tech leader @roddrury
newsroom.co.nz/2020/04/13/11…
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Rod Drury retweeted
4 Dec 2019
Here we go! Opening this Saturday in Wellington. The future of fun has arrived! Join us at our HQ for a limited time this summer #oddball #futureoffun #VR #games
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Rod Drury retweeted
31 Oct 2019
The best battery of all is a lake. Drop the price of electricity by storing more water for (renewable) energy in big dams - @roddrury at #electrifyingconversations
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Woah. Check out Kitty Hawk's new air taxi concept, Heaviside. This video shows the aircraft flying at 1,500 feet and producing a barely audible 38 decibels. It's purportedly 100 times quieter than a conventional helicopter.
Here's what we know so far: wired.trib.al/TRXTdKF
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Rod Drury retweeted
21 Sep 2019
This is actually how the president of Ukraine started a presentation! I'm in tears, bro! 😂😄
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Hear what @stevevamos has to say about Xero’s FY19 results & what’s next for Xero 👇
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Our FY19 results are in! It’s been another great year with major milestones for Xero, including our first positive free cash flow result 👇
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Rod Drury retweeted
9 May 2019
"It’s been 15 years since I co-founded @Facebook at Harvard, and I haven’t worked at the company in a decade. But I feel a sense of anger and responsibility," says @chrishughes nyti.ms/2VmDo2a
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Rod Drury retweeted
1 May 2019
Right. So my dad and I are both very competitive/stubborn. We have been locked in a battle of “pinch and a punch, first day of the month” for years. 15 years, to be exact. Neither of us remember how it started.
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The @Xero Story: Building a Global Platform Out of New Zealand. @Xero Founder @roddrury talks with @TCVTech GP @davelyuan about building a category leader in accounting software after IPO’ing the business in their first year. tcv.com/news/the-xero-story-…
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Rod Drury retweeted
26 Mar 2019
#Xero is one of the " ... companies that have the brightest futures, according to workers."
26 Mar 2019
Amazon, Facebook and Disney also made the top 50 in Comparably's yearly rankings of companies with the best outlook for future, according to workers. rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~/6000…
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Rod Drury retweeted
16 Nov 2018
The secret to what makes Nazaré work #NazaréChallenge #BigWaveTour
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In his latest @Forbes article, our COO – Sankar Narayan explains why #innovation & disruption must be driven by all functions of a company to win in today’s market.
Read more ⬇️
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See what our CEO @stevevamos has to say about Xero’s half year 2019 financial results ↓
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Rod Drury retweeted
2 Nov 2018
⚡️Do you believe we can have clean, reliable & cheap energy? We’re spoilt w resources. “Clean coal” isn’t one of them. Movements begin with 1 person - then a million - showing what they want. Take the Fair Dinkum Power pledge for 🇦🇺 future fairdinkumpower.com.au #fairdinkumpower
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Rod Drury retweeted
11 Oct 2018
in honour of bohemian rhapsody coming out in less than a month, I wanted to do a thread of the most iconic things freddie mercury did so y'all can get to know him
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