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In 2006, after years of living out of a bag while travelling the world on the pro freeskiing circuit, Wanaka’s Hamish Acland wondered why his thermal underlayers could not be as fashionable as they were functional. Three years later, Hamish and his now wife and co-founder Hannah shipped the first orders of Mons Royale merino […]

When I first saw the lone Wanaka willow tree, three thoughts popped into my mind, almost simultaneously. The first was, “Wow, how beautiful.” The second was, “How is this thing still alive?” And the third was, “How sad!” And when I thought about it I realised that this is pretty much exactly the way society […]

Bernadette Soares is the founder of Brand Value, the parent company of well-known beauty brands Natural Glow, Radiessence, Pharo, Enliven and BodEze. Bernadette also founded the charity Let Your Light Shine, set up to empower individuals and transform communities. NZE: You’re a mum who started her beauty empire from a kitchen stove while raising three […]

Frank became an entrepreneur out of necessity when the GFC hit. His experience has fuelled a passion to now empower and help other fellow graduates to learn the business skills necessary to make the most of their qualifications. His business Success Asylum helps inspire graduates and give them the confidence and skills to better pursue […]

Valuation of a venture deals with all of the mess, uncertainty and possibility that a company’s future holds, and tries to reduce it down to a single numerical figure – its valuation. Given how incredibly difficult forecasting the future is, investors and buyers will tend to gravitate to certain valuation ‘anchors’. As a company owner, […]

Felix Dennis, founder of Dennis Publishing, was a self made millionaire entrepreneur who made his fortune (est £750M) in the publishing industry, and got his start in the industry after selling magazines on the street. He founded PC World and Maxim magazines to name a couple. Here’s what he said about good ideas… “Good ideas […]

Greig Cranfield Co-founder of Yudoozy and Auckland Director of StartUp Grind shares some of the key realities of being an entrepreneur and what it takes to make it work especially in startup phase. For those of you starting out or looking to jump in be sure to read Greig’s pearls of wisdom. 1) Tell us […]

To get on top and stay on top it’s not enough to look after and develop just one area of strength. We need four primary areas of strength to drive effective business leadership. If any one of these areas of strength becomes deflated, our ‘wheel’ becomes difficult to turn. If we have gained some speed with […]