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IP protection should be a means to add value to a business, not just for attracting investment, but also as a revenue generator through licensing and other arrangements, says Rachel Colley.
IP protection should be a means to add value to a business, not just for attracting investment, but also as a revenue generator through licensing and other arrangements, says Rachel Colley.
Dunedin-based start-up Hail creates websites and publishes digital communications instantly across all channels. It’s a one-stop shop for getting your content out into the marketplace, and it’s going places fast.
If you’ve applied to the usual commercial lenders for a modest business loan and been turned down, then Microwise may be able to help.
Webscope is a great example of how a merging of skill-sets and a collaborative team culture can result in more than satisfactory outcomes for clients.
A new highly engaging generation of software has the power to super-charge any organisation’s worker productivity. John Jones explains the how and the why. ‘Gamification’ might just sound like another
Flick Electric Co. CEO Steve O’Connor has helped disruptive ideas become great businesses for more than 20 years, including five as CEO of Wellington’s business incubator Creative HQ.
Winning companies never disappoint their customers, because they deliver 100 percent of their promise 100 percent of the time. Dr Mike Ashby explains. I came across a great idea in the book What Really Works, by William Joyce, Nitin Nohria and Bruce Roberson. They studied thousands of public companies to understand what made them ‘winners’ over a long period of time, and how they were different from ‘losers’ (they had a reasonably robust kind of methodology behind how these were classified). Their conclusion was that there are four primary management practices that companies must excel in as well as any two of the four secondary management practices (4+2). A company consistently following the 4+2 practices had a 90 percent chance of
From sand and aggregate to maritime operations, export quality oysters, and international freight forwarding – welcome to the diverse business dynasty of Callum and Jan McCallum.
Is your business taking advantage of cloud computing? Maybe it’s time to bring down those final barriers and make the switch. You’ll never look back.
Embracing commercial opportunities on the domestic and international stage requires careful strategy, leadership and advanced business acumen – all skills learnt through an MBA. As the business world evolves, so too the MBA stays one step ahead.
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Everyone talks about the importance of business strategy, but what does it actually mean in practice? Strategy trainer Ryan Sproull cuts through the jargon to give SME owners a clear, practical framework for thinking strategically about their business.
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