Insights and inspiration for entrepreneurs

10 Questions with Rod Drury from Xero

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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 […]

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What is the Kiwi Landing Pad?

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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 […]

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6 low cost marketing ideas for startups

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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 […]

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Entrepreneurial Intelligence: Do I have the entrepreneur personality?

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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 […]

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In entrepreneurship, home runs are the exception, not the rule

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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 […]

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Startup Infographic: Smooth Scaling

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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, […]

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Entrepreneur Interview: Toby Ruckert – Unified Inbox

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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 […]

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Entrepreneur Interview: Michael Dowse – Go Vocab

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This interview was featured in Issue 6 of NZ Entrepreneur magazine. Great businesses are started every day when people act upon an opportunity. Michael Dowse co-founded language education startup Go Vocab, enabling him to explore several languages, as well as a few continents along the way. 1) When did you start Go Vocab and how […]

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