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Tough Choices: Who Gets Paid When You’re Hemorrhaging Cash?
When things are going well, your cash grows, payments to creditors don’t miss a beat, plus they are thrilled to get regular payments on time. In addition, your own customers pay on time and there is an equilibrium that keeps everyone happy. But as we know all too well, things don’t always go the way […]
Southeast Asian entrepreneurs to gain insights into New Zealand food and beverage
Top Southeast Asian food and beverage business leaders and entrepreneurs will speak at this month’s New Zealand Food Summit as part of a programme run by the Asia New Zealand Foundation. The group will also speak at events in Wellington and Auckland, connect with innovative New Zealand food companies, meet with government agencies, and travel […]
The Herb Farm secures distribution in Singapore through leading retailer Watsons
Singapore’s leading beauty and health retailer, Watsons, will launch 100% natural New Zealand skincare brand, The Herb Farm, into the Singapore market in April 2017. “We are really excited to bring our truly natural skincare products to Singapore and be working with such an established and respected company as Watsons”, said Sarah Cowan, Managing Director […]
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 of value to the market, at a profitable price. Sounds quite daunting when you put it that way doesn’t it? The good news is that millions of people around the world have done this, and […]
Spidertracks Celebrates 10 Years Of Safer Global Aviation From New Zealand
Aircraft management specialists Spidertracks are celebrating their 10th birthday this year and reflecting on the challenges and opportunities of starting a global technology company in New Zealand. In 2017 Spidertracks is a thriving global tech company, providing industry leading asset and safety management capabilities to thousands of aviation operators across the globe. An incredible milestone […]
Global startup ecosystem report rates NZ start-up ecosystem
New Zealand start-ups have the highest percentage of offshore customers when measured against their counterparts from 50 other ecosystems including New York, Moscow, Beijing and London. For the first time over 100 kiwi start-ups have taken part in the Compass Start-up Genome’s Ecosystem Ranking Survey. The Compass Start-up Genome project team is based in San […]
Workplace Safety Management Practices programme officially ends
The Workplace Safety Management Practices (WSMP) programme, administered by Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) will officially end on 31 March 2017. However Auditors around New Zealand finished site-place visits on 28 February to allow to time for processing ahead of ACC’s deadline. New applicants are not currently being accepted. The WSMP programme has been running for […]
New Occupational Health Company First of its Type in New Zealand
Work Rehab and Fit For Work are joining forces to provide the most comprehensive range of occupational health services available from any company in New Zealand. “This joint venture will greatly benefit Kiwi businesses wanting a single nationwide supplier of integrated occupational health services,” Director Lenny O’Connell said. “The new company will retain the Fit […]
Young Entrepreneurs storm EO’s Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
On Friday 10th March, seven student entrepreneurs travelled from all corners of the country through the storm to compete at the Global Student Entrepreneur’s Awards (GSEA). The Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO)’s GSEA event gave these up and coming entrepreneurs, who are also university students, the opportunity to win awesome prizes that would help their businesses excel, and […]
New brand of professional services firm hits town
K3 launches with legal, business consulting and accounting Law firm Kirkland Morrison O’Callahan has kicked off 2017 with a new name and a super-charged business offering. Now known as K3 Legal, the highly-regarded law firm has joined forces with the newly-formed businesses of K3 Accounting and K3 Consulting under the one umbrella brand – K3. […]
Kiwi Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses lucrative targets for cybercrime, ransomware
The latest Norton SMB Cyber Security Survey of New Zealand’s small to medium businesses (SMBs) shows that almost one in five (18 percent) have been targeted by a cyber attack. These cyber attacks were costly and left SMBs with an average loss of approximately NZD$19,000 for each cyber attack. Furthermore, SMBs that experienced a cyber […]
Unfiltered raises $1.2 million from investor “A-List”
Young New Zealand entrepreneur Jake Millar has raised $1.2 million in ‘seed capital’ to fuel the growth of Unfiltered, as the company prepares for its United States launch. The investor “A-List” announced by Millar includes: Rob Fyfe (CEO, Icebreaker), Kevin Roberts (Founder, Red Rose Consulting), Sara Tetro (Founder, 62 Models), Diane Foreman (CEO, Emerald Group), Tim […]