NZBusiness June 2016

Simon McDonald

Of ventures and voyages

Simon McDonald is a self-confessed ‘serial inventor’, now building his second dental-related dynasty while positively impacting young Kiwis through the Hawaiki Rising Trust. Meet the man from Katikati who’s making

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Your 5-step IT security parachute

Bill Bennett went to five IT security experts to determine the five easiest, most affordable, steps you can take right now to secure your business. Online criminals can attack from

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The maturing of equity crowdfunding

With the equity crowdfunding industry about to celebrate its second birthday in New Zealand, Josh Chang looks at how it is breaking new frontiers in its application. 

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Where time stood still

Forgotten World Adventures provides a truly unique experience for holiday-makers and is bringing a significant amount of tourism business to Taumarunui.

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Heads in the cloud

Want to get your head around New Zealand’s cloud services marketplace for businesses? Our 2016 NZBusiness Cloud Services Guide can help by introducing you to some of the industry’s leading experts. 

Simon McDonald

Of ventures and voyages

Simon McDonald is a self-confessed ‘serial inventor’, now building his second dental-related dynasty while positively impacting young Kiwis through the Hawaiki Rising Trust. Meet the man from Katikati who’s making a difference to so many lives. By Glenn Baker. There are three key words that sum up Simon McDonald’s personal philosophy. They are appreciation – “be grateful for what you have”; contribution – “to give your life meaning”; and focus – “on what you want, don’t be distracted by stuff you don’t want”. He admits to hammering those three words into his mind as often as he can. He’s built his personal and business life around them; the end result, in what he has accomplished since emigrating from the UK

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Your 5-step IT security parachute

Bill Bennett went to five IT security experts to determine the five easiest, most affordable, steps you can take right now to secure your business. Online criminals can attack from anywhere in the world and at any time. New Zealand is in their sights. Like all criminals, they look for easy targets – which means the technology equivalents of unlocked doors, unprotected buildings and unguarded valuables.  The scale of the problem is enormous. Security specialist Symantec reports cybercrime cost New Zealanders $257 million in 2015. The online attacks affected 856,000 people – roughly one in five of the population. And these are just the crimes we know about, many more go undetected. All businesses are vulnerable. PwC Research found over

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The maturing of equity crowdfunding

With the equity crowdfunding industry about to celebrate its second birthday in New Zealand, Josh Chang looks at how it is breaking new frontiers in its application. 

Forgotten-World-3577_0

Where time stood still

Forgotten World Adventures provides a truly unique experience for holiday-makers and is bringing a significant amount of tourism business to Taumarunui.

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Heads in the cloud

Want to get your head around New Zealand’s cloud services marketplace for businesses? Our 2016 NZBusiness Cloud Services Guide can help by introducing you to some of the industry’s leading experts.