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A tried and true marketing tactic has enabled Auckland-based sparkling water startup Vista to secure a significant investment from luxury property developer and investor Kurt Gibbons. Vista, the brainchild of three Auckland schoolmates turned business partners, was developed in late 2017 after the co-founders saw a gap in the market for a flavoured sparkling water […]

January. No month better encapsulates the promise, the potential, the energy of the entrepreneur, than this. It’s the month that offers us all something of a “clean slate” and the chance to start over. It’s also a time for reflection. To review the year gone by, and consider the many hidden lessons we encountered in […]

Kiwi business owners are struggling to keep up with the pace of technological change – even as their businesses are disrupted by it – according to a new report, released today. According to the latest MYOB Future of Business report, future technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning and the internet-of-things, are now significantly disrupting the […]

Ever dreamed about starting a business but not taken action on it? Maybe you had an idea to fill a gap years ago, and it just won’t go away? If this is you, there’s a good chance it’s one of three common self limiting beliefs that are holding back your inner entrepreneur. Getting started is half […]

Growing your company from the bottom of the world can be both challenging and rewarding. A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide […]

Working from home can be great – no commuting, better flexibility, working in your PJs (sometimes) and potential cost savings. But it’s not all easy. Motivation, routine and keeping a healthy separation between family and work life are all big challenges that home-based workers can face. However there are plenty of ways to work around […]

Good news for coral reefs is good news for Mangawhai sunscreen entrepreneur Jules Bright. The Earth’s Kitchen founder is poised to enter the sunscreen market in Hawaii now that a ban on most sunscreens has been scheduled. Earth’s Kitchen offers natural sunscreen options for adults, children and babies with the highest sun protection factor (50+). […]

The Developers Institute, a tech school to satisfy industry demand for software developers is the latest startup to emerge from Northland. Founded by Ruth Green-Cole and George Norris, the Developers Institute aims to deliver NZQA-approved qualifications and provide an apprenticeship model for software developers, enabling graduates to progress into employment with industry partners to build […]

Northland software maker Engin.Systems has had its best year yet, moving out of beta testing phase so it is now commercially available. “We’ve done the core development, then a year of beta use, and now we’re fully live and commercially available,” founder Adrian Tonks says. The Whangarei system-building software company rose out of the ashes […]

Some of NZ’s highest profile entertainment awards ceremonies will this month run smoothly thanks to a cloud-based submissions software service named Akudos. Founded by Wairere Iti and Richard Brookes in 2016, Akudos has been polished month by month as clients use the turnkey service to take care of form storage, calculations, scoring and other admin […]

The days of signing into a construction site with pen, paper and whiteboard could soon be over. This month, 100Rails founder Steve Shepherd will showcase his new software solution Constructlog at the Auckland Build Expo, where the future of construction sites seems to be hands-off. Constructlog began as an addition to Scaflog. Suppliers to the […]

New Zealand’s small businesses are sounding the alarm as confidence drops sharply in both the economy and their own enterprises, driven by falling revenue and a range of growing pressures. More than half (53 percent) of the SME business operators surveyed in the latest MYOB Business Monitor Snapshot believe New Zealand’s economy will decline over […]