Editorial
Spotting the gap: how to have better business ideas
Have a great idea? Cool! But think carefully before investing your life savings trying to turn it into a business. […]
Why academic qualifications will not help you (much) as an entrepreneur
As an entrepreneur, your job is to create a replicable, scalable business model which can deliver a product or service […]
Why entrepreneurs must be generalists, not specialists
One of the first things you learn as an entrepreneur is how much you don’t know. Here’s why entrepreneurs need to learn […]
A new era, a new format
In November 2012 we launched NZ Entrepreneur to help inspire, educate and celebrate entrepreneurship in New Zealand. Since then, as […]
Replicable and scalable is the enemy of bespoke and unique
“They said my business won’t scale – does that mean I should give up?” Too often I hear from entrepreneurs who […]
Property speculators are parasites, not entrepreneurs
If you are speculating on the New Zealand property market, you are a parasite, not an entrepreneur. (Same goes if you’re […]
What entrepreneurs can learn from #thatwanakatree
When I first saw the lone Wanaka willow tree, three thoughts popped into my mind, almost simultaneously. The first was, […]
The Entrepreneur Mindset
Here’s Richard Liew’s version of the entrepreneur mindset. What is it that keeps you going? What is your underlying “Why?” […]
Don’t expect investors to see what you see
As an entrepreneur it is your job to build a profitable, replicable and scalable business, providing a solution to a […]
In entrepreneurship, home runs are the exception, not the rule
No doubt about it, entrepreneurship has become a much cooler “career choice” since the dotcom boom of the late 1990′s […]