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Tell us a bit about OOMPHER, the business you just recently sold to the government? OOMPHER is a digital media company with a vision that ‘less people die wondering what they could have achieved’. I set out to inspire students to do extraordinary things through Wise Words from leaders in their fields. The problem I […]

What’s your picture of what the average entrepreneur is like? Here’s 12 facts from a report titled The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur. It’s based on a survey done by the Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurship, of 549 company founders across a variety of industries. The average and median age of company founders when they started their current companies was 40. 95.1% of respondents themselves had […]

As an entrepreneur it is your job to build a profitable, replicable and scalable business, providing a solution to a problem or need people want to solve. By definition, your business can have no value, if there are not enough people who value what you offer. This is just basic logic. Nothing new here. And this […]

This is a follow-up from an article in our May 2015 issue which discussed results of interviews with high profile entrepreneurs and their experience of Tall Poppy Syndrome. Jodyanne Kirkwood & Tarja Viitanen from Otago University have now surveyed 217 business owners about Tall Poppy Syndrome (TPS) and how it affects them in their decision […]

Then learning this one skill is non-negotiable for entrepreneurs I ASKED ABOUT twenty business owners and CEOs to name the one skill they feel contributes the most to their success. What did every one of them say? Sales skills. Each and every one felt success is almost impossible – in any field – without solid […]

As entrepreneurs, one thing that we have in common is we’ve all chosen the path of starting our own businesses as a way of fulfilling a dream, a passion or solving a problem. Whether it was a vision or a compelling purpose, it inspired us to take action and make it happen. Sometimes getting started is the easy part. The initial excitement creates the energy and momentum […]

There’s some incredible entrepreneurial success stories coming from the heart of Christchurch these days. Stories of inspiring entrepreneurs who have created something great where adversity was one at the forefront. Brother sister duo Libby & Ben Crawford were one of the first to set up their business in the Christchurch CBD during rebuild phase and […]

New Zealand’s premier event for online retailers: Online Retailer New Zealand is back in Auckland on October 22, 2015! According to BNZ, online retail spending in New Zealand is now exceeding $3 billion and “customers’ digital addiction” is a growing trend. Retail technology has transformed the way people browse, interact and shop. Customers are in […]