No more filing monkeys
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
Scott Bartley traces the growing pains and capital-raising strategies of technology super-star Orion Health.
Ever wondered what it would be like to have a personal concierge? Aucklanders are already experiencing the reality through Brian Dewil’s clever UrbanSherpa start-up.
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Steve West is the brains, and wife Dee the chief cheerleader, behind Charge.Net’s ambitious plans for a nationwide electric vehicle fast-charging station network.
Audit expert Simon Danson identifies the warning signs of fraud and how you can help prevent it from happening in your organisation.
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The launch of a UK sandwich chain in New York provides lessons for Kiwi exporters. The long-planned opening day of UK-based, international sandwich chain Pret a Manger’s first overseas store in the heart of New York’s financial district nearly didn’t happen because of one small oversight. The New York fire brigade almost closed them down on opening day because the shop hadn’t displayed its fire certificate in the right place, says Morag McCay, an international business development director, NZTE beachhead advisor and Pret a Manger’s former group commercial director. “We had it up on the wall in the manager’s office, not on the wall inside the shop.” Having a bunch of none-too-happy, fully-uniformed New York Fire Brigade guys in Pret’s first
He’s a successful young entrepreneur with a talent for optimising opportunities and a heart for helping youth achieve their potential. Now in his latest venture Steve Pirie’s also helping business professionals lift their performance.
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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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