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Successful Waikato-based business incubator SODA Inc. has launched a Regional Partner Initiative, which further expands its incubation model. Successful Waikato-based business incubator SODA Inc. has launched a Regional Partner Initiative, which further expands its incubation model. “As founders with good ideas and business growth advisors with the right experience can be found anywhere, our programmes […]

Achieving success in the travel market with a world-first flight recovery drink, Kiwi startup company 1Above is taking on the big names of the beverage industry by broadening their promise to the daily consumer. Chief Executive Stephen Smith shares his journey of achieving sky high success on the ground. Stephen your background was in the […]

So you’ve decided you want to be an entrepreneur. That’s great. But you have no money and therefore have also decided to wait until you get some before you start your entrepreneurial journey. That’s not so great. Time to learn about bootstrapping! People come up with all sorts of reasons why they can’t start a […]

Startups play a critical role in increasing innovation, diversifying the economy and creating high-value jobs. Technology incubators and accelerators support high growth startups and talented entrepreneurs. Incubators: 6–24 months Incubators can help you build your technology business. Founder Incubators Founder incubators are for people with big ideas. These incubators connect you with advisors, access business […]

A new, 12-week programme from the ecentre at Massey University offers tech startups their best chance of securing early stage investment by not thinking about investment at all. The ecentre Sprint Launch programme is a unique proposition, drawing on Massey University and ecentre Hattaf Ansari’s ground-breaking research, which reveals that early customer traction and thinking […]

Just because your business might be small, it’s important not to lose sight of your financial obligations. IN THE BEGINNING When you first start out in business, often it’s just you. You’re the one up early sketching out business plans, researching distribution channels and working out how to reach your target market. You’re also the […]

With winter truly upon us, it’s important to understand how the seasons in business affect our success as entrepreneurs. One of the key strengths of the entrepreneur is the continual desire to move things forward, to continuously improve things and to not be content just sitting around waiting for things to happen. Unfortunately, this strength […]

Wellington-based startup Excio has already secured two significant achievements for its latest creation – an app designed to tell users the story behind the images they look at on their personal mobile devices. First there was an overseas commendation at Slush Up! – a three-day event in Chengdu, China that brings together leading global tech […]

Steven Wild, founder of Wild Software Wild Software is 30 years old and has clients in 16 countries despite rarely marketing its products and services. The secret to its success? Great software and lots of happy customers keen to refer them. When Steven Wild began to tinker with computer programming back in the mid 1980s, […]

Business leaders tend to be incredibly busy individuals. ‘Busyness’ should never be confused with effectiveness, however. We need to switch from being busy to achieving results. Assuming you have a clear vision for your business, and have carefully chosen a small handful of strategic projects to focus on this quarter (one to three maximum) – […]

Auckland based company, UDO Limited have launched the first mobile application to manage flexible working hours of employees in New Zealand. The unique application, FLEXiU, was developed in response to a major driver in changes in New Zealand’s labour market over the last three decades. A recent MBIE National Survey of Employers of the two […]

The Network NZ Business Awards are on the hunt for talented business owners that have invested in developing new products and services and ventures, as well as improving the performance of their people and teams. Network NZ have opened their first annual New Zealand Business Awards and business owners who have operated their businesses for […]