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To attract outside investment in your business, you may need to radically alter some of your thinking in regards to your business and also the nature of outside investors. While banks may require financial statements and keep a close watch on your progress, the level of intrusion in your business from outside investors is likely […]

Great businesses are started every day when people act upon an opportunity. Rod Drury is one of New Zealand’s most successful and best known entrepreneurs, we talk to him about the story behind the Xero, the future, and what makes him tick. 1) You’ve built a number of businesses including Glazier Systems and Aftermail but you’re […]

Supported by prominent New Zealand technology investors as well as the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, Kiwi Landing Pad can offer New Zealand technology companies either short or long-term residence at their office in San Francisco. Tenants gain access to a wealth of experience and are able to create invaluable networks in […]

Strategies to help win customers without breaking the bank. Back in the late 90s, working as a marketing consultant, I would always hear the managing director of a risk insurance brokerage I was assisting tell his team “activity equals success”. Without a doubt he was right. The sales you make today are generated from the marketing activities you have done […]

Sandy Geyer answers commonly asked questions from new entrepreneurs. “I’ve been told that people with certain personality types have a higher chance of being a successful entrepreneur than others. I want to start my own business but I’m concerned that my personality may mean I’m not cut out for entrepreneurship. I suppose I am quite […]

No doubt about it, entrepreneurship has become a much cooler “career choice” since the dotcom boom of the late 1990′s brought the glamorous and alluring “way of the entrepreneur’ back into the limelight. I say “career choice” in inverted commas because it’s actually about as far from the industrial and information age’s standard career path […]

Every entrepreneur dreams of running their own business someday, but many don’t even know where to begin to get the ball rolling. According to the infographic below, without a clear vision of your business’s future, your business will have a much more difficult time in staying above water, especially if you’re struggling with scalability. Unfortunately, […]

This interview was featured in Issue 7 of NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Great businesses are started every day when people act upon an opportunity. Toby Ruckert is a classically trained musician, entrepreneur and startup founder, helping you to take control of your inbox. 1) Toby, when did you start Unified Inbox and how did the idea […]