Predicting 2021’s business technology trends
After a year of Covid-induced change Andy Hurt predicts employees and business leaders will continue to discover new ways of...
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Glenn Baker
Glenn is a professional writer/editor with 50-plus years’ experience across radio, television and magazine publishing.
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Book celebrates NZ as most franchised country
Some of New Zealand’s top franchises have received a large increase in enquiries since Covid-19's arrival, according to a new book...
Her Way: Doing business with heart
A new book by business owner and professional business coach Jacqui Thomas celebrates New Zealand’s female business...
Protecting your business from a ransomware attack.
Extortionists are increasingly targeting Kiwi businesses due to poor security in their ICT infrastructure. Is the security of your ICT...
Digital outdoor specialist’s game-changing technology
LUMO is a fast growing digital outdoor specialist expanding with game-changing technology. Co-founder Phil Clemas explains the reasons why...
Tales of grass roots resilience
New Zealand’s media has been awash with inspiring tales of business owners defying the pandemic through reinvention – by navigating and...
Tech startup set to create export opportunities
A new freight consolidation service is set to make it easier for Kiwi retailers and SMEs to enter export markets and remove the need for...
Keeping the cash flowing over summer
With the New Zealand summer officially here, now is the time for small-to-medium businesses to prepare for what is notoriously an unstable...
A fairer deal to access deals
Rebekah Carter's website startup Try Local has been live for a couple of months. Encouraged by the amount of interest in the concept, she's...
How to ditch your ‘To Do’ list
Deb Workman reveals why we find it so hard to ditch our ‘To Do’ list and what to do about it. Are you letting distractions get the...
SMBs and the new Privacy Act: will it affect you?
The year 2020 just keeps on giving. Now business owners must come to terms with the new Privacy Act. Ashwin Pal explains just what that...
How to boost your online presence
How can businesses boost their online presence in the wake of covid-19? Richard Conway shares three ways to take it to the next level. Many...
Sales success requires less blame, more clarity
Frustrated by a lack of sales from your sales team? Logan Wedgwood explains why “accountability”, when it comes to sales, is...
In it to win it: Playing the CX game
Mat Wylie explains why you should go back to the basics of good, solid team management to vastly improve your customer satisfaction score...
Controlling workplace emotions
With employment relationships under severe covid-induced pressure, Jo Douglas offers some timely guidance on how to deal with behavioural...
How to avoid digital disruption
Alex Garden shares three straightforward rules for eliminating stress and disruption when your business is reliant on digital commerce and...
NZ’s housing prices: finding a remedy
In Part Two of a two-part series on New Zealand’s skyrocketing house prices, Ashley Balls offers explanations and potential strategies...
Covid-19 lockdown tech issues home to roost
The rush by many Kiwi SMEs to set up their technology infrastructure to enable ‘remote working’ ahead of the Covid-19...
NZ’s housing prices: opportunity or crisis?
Europe-based legal and business commentator, author, and former NZBusiness columnist Ashley Balls offers his unique viewpoint on New...
Seven entrepreneurs with innovative ideas
Seven entrepreneurs with great ideas presented their final pitch to the judges in front of a 300-strong live audience in Palmerston North...
‘For Lease’: more to it than meets the signs
Mark Knoff-Thomas reflects on the impact of Covid-19 on the commercial property rental market and the ability of certain owners and...
Covid Diary: Finding direction within disruption
A short collection of Covid-crushing insights to help businesses navigate the ‘new normal’. By editor Glenn Baker. When you consider...
Safely navigating business partner relationships
What is the key to enduring business partnerships? What are the warning signs that things aren’t right? NZBusiness went in search of some...
How to succeed at being your own boss
Why does one particular business start-up succeed, while another seemingly similar one will fail? In John Angell’s new book Be Your Own...
The ultimate LinkedIn user’s guide
Been struggling to get your head around LinkedIn™? Everyone else appears to be an expert on its use, but not you? Well now there’s a...
Leading by example
Wendy Thompson shares her thoughts on leadership during a crisis, and how it all starts by looking after yourself. Fellow business leaders,...
The Emperor’s new clothes
Ben Keyes pays tribute to the ‘real’ small businesses of New Zealand – the ones holding up our economy in the most difficult of...
How to choose the right clients and why it’s important
James Nicolle explains why it’s important to choose clients who align with your business’s purpose, vision and values. It isn’t...
Otago entrepreneur seeks end to discrimination
Inspired by the COVID-19 tracing app, Otago-based startup Equall.app is aiming to help communities and businesses identify and stamp...
The power and pitfalls of story-telling
For business owners, sharing your story and being more visible online is more imperative today than ever before. Getrude Matshe explains...