Giving wings to business risks
From humble beginnings in Kolkata, India, engineer-turned-serial angel (early stage) investor Jayesh Parekh is poised to close his second...
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NZBusiness December 2015
COVER STORYHow to reinvent a businessIt’s said that necessity is the mother of invention. In business, the necessity to stay...
Lightning Lab AKL back for round 2
After the success of the first programme, Lightning Lab Auckland is now back and taking applications for their 2016...
Glass printer spurs growth for Warkworth business
Glasshape’s new $750,000 Israeli-made glass printing machine represents the very latest in glass printing technology and provides the...
Disrupting mobile app attracts more investment
At just 27, Milan Reinartz is founder of Postr, a lockscreen app with almost 15,000 registered users, which pays you for hosting ads...
Making cash from the social mish mash
Mish Guru’s technology helps brands both manage their Snapchat content and access analytics to track how their campaigns are...
Beating the shopping baby blues
Aisleworx, a company making specialised, child-friendly shopping carts, is aiming to transform unhappy shopping experiences with children...
Two, four, six, eight… time for us to legislate?
More laws are not the answer to stopping law breakers, suggests Simon Lord. In the 1960s, the great Tom Lehrer wrote a song about the...
Small Medium Businesses and the cloud: what to migrate, when
Cloud computing in New Zealand has been widely available for several years. Its adoption has been rapid amongst large...
Most companies unaware of cyber breach costs
Most New Zealand companies and organisations are unaware of the probability of and real cost of cyber security breaches, a New Zealand tech...
Waikato initiative aims to spur student innovation
A new initiative developed by the University and Waikato Students’ Union will offer University of Waikato students the opportunity to...
Kiwi businesses must respond to growing consumer demand for sustainability
Kiwis are more interested than ever in choosing the sustainable option when purchasing goods or services and while mainstream businesses...
Rhythm and Vines challenges prevailing trends
One of NZ’s original festivals is being revitalised to ensure long term sustainability. Rhythm and Vines pumps $12 million a year...
Kiwis beat Aussies at own game
A small Tauranga company is beating their large Australian competitor to be the first software provider to integrate with the Trade Single...
Young entrepreneur Brianne West addresses Christchurch breakfast event
At BNI New Zealand's Christchurch Big Breakfast event on 25th November Christchurch entrepreneur Brianne West shares her fascinating...
Achieving goals one small step at a time
Succeeding with seemingly insurmountable tasks is all about breaking them down into small steps, explains Cath Vincent. Have you ever made...
Taxing land transactions: where’s the bright side?
On 1 October some of the most significant changes to taxing land and property transactions since the abolition of stamp duty, came...
Employment Matters – Secret recordings, where do you stand?
In a unique case before the Employment Relations Authority, it was ruled that an employee’s secret recording did not amount to...
Fairtrade celebrates a decade of helping workers
Fairtrade is celebrating its tenth anniversary in New Zealand this year, by educating Kiwis on the impact of Fairtrade over the last...
Kiwi VR technology a hit in Beijing
A South Island glacier guiding company is claiming a New Zealand tourism marketing ‘first’ with the development of cutting-edge...
Five tips for healthy cashflow in 2016
Healthy cashflow is a sign of a healthy business. Here are five key tips to help businesses maintain a healthy cashflow in...
Showcase app judged best in the world
Showcase Workshop, New Zealand’s popular content distribution system, has won the Tabby Award in the Best Windows App for Small...
Equal Pay Awards to target small business
Moving forward, YWCA Auckland intends to make small to medium sized businesses an additional focus of the YWCA Equal Pay...
Revolutionary wheelchair will benefit millions
Kevin Halsall has invented a machine that will change lives, millions of them...
Crowne Plaza Auckland scores business gong for second year
Crowne Plaza Auckland has been voted New Zealand’s leading business hotel for the second year in a...
Just ask Watson Roadshow – Breakfast Seminar – Auckland
Is your business ready to take advantage of cognitive computing? Watson is a machine-learning platform that’s been built to...
Employing a professional proofreader: is it really necessary?
Patricia Bell states the case for employing a professional proofreader to review all your business’s written work before it’s...
Christchurch business turns up the heat
Christchurch business Heat Pumps NOW is this year’s supreme winner in The David Awards: heroes in small...
Keeping things sacred
As Sacred Hill Vineyards racks up 30 vintages with the release of its 2015 wines, MD and co-founder David Mason has the US market firmly in...
Thursdays longest for Kiwi workers
Kiwi workers spend Thursday night at the office and Friday night at the pub, a new Regus survey on overtime habits...