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When a top business innovation award is won by a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to a four-hundred-year-old art form, it begs the question of what the broader business community might be able to learn from them. Earlier this year New Zealand…
Expanding a digital retail brand into international markets used to be a grueling exercise in administrative survival. Today, a quiet revolution in global trade is rewriting the playbook for cross-border e-commerce. To understand how modern logistics has evolved, we sat…
Software pricing is undergoing a massive shift. For decades, software companies grew using a simple equation: the more employees a customer had using a product, the more user licenses they bought. Today, generative AI tools and smart automation are changing…
After a manufacturer swindled him out of $60,000 in stock, is now sold in more than 1,500 stores across New Zealand and Australia including in Liquourland, Chemist Warehouse and Super Liquour, with the bootstrapped founder eyeing 20,000 stores worldwide. Anyone…
Palmerston North tech venture Guardian Flame has launched the safest, most transparent dating platform on the planet, taking direct aim at the multi-billion-dollar global online dating industry. Behind the launch sits a radical pivot, along with the numbers to back…
One of modern marketing’s biggest problems has just been solved with the launch of Kiwi startup, Thread. Backed by some of the country’s best-known brands, Thread promises to turn every marketing campaign, result and lesson into marketing intelligence on demand,…
Who: TOWN HALL What: Strategic Communications Consultancy NZ HQ: Auckland Who do you work with and what key challenges do you help them solve? We work with ambitious founders and organisations tackling big projects, pursuing growth or navigating change. Weβre…
For decades, the global logistics network has relied on noisy, costly, emissions-heavy diesel engines to keep fresh produce chilled during transit. Now, PhaseFoam, an innovative Auckland-based startup is turning the traditional cold chain on its head, continuing the growth of…
Youβre a founder, ready to scale your sales and excited to hire your first salesperson. Before you hire that βwhite knightβ to save your sales pipeline, pause for just a moment. This is a familiar story. Busy founder carrying sales…
The universe is constantly expanding. Galaxies drift outward, space stretches, and the natural world evolves. In many ways, businesses follow the same principle. They are living systems that grow and adapt through the relationships they build and the value they…
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