NZBusiness June 2019

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Nathan’s happy place

A lot of Boost’s success in the technology sector can be attributed to its ethos of freedom and democracy in its Wellington office. It’s one remarkable example that proves staff

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FROM THE EDITOR

Buy June issue here All hail technology It’s staggering to consider the impact that high-growth tech companies have had on this country’s economy. Remember when Navman was sold to US

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All hail technology

It’s staggering to consider the impact that high-growth tech companies have had on this country’s economy. Remember when Navman was sold to US company Brunswick in 2003 for just over

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Working to a different beat

Making flexible working acceptable in every New Zealand workplace by 2025 – that’s the audacious goal of Freerange Works’ founders Sarah Brooke, Aimee Mitchell and Kerryn Strong, and they are

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Force of habit

Brothers QJ and Kayne Satchell love the fact that they’re in business together, and they’re pioneers in a niche that’s making a difference in people’s lives. Tokoroa brothers QJ and Kayne Satchell were so convinced of the efficacy of vaping as a tool for breaking the hold cigarettes had on them, and too many other Kiwis, they set up an e-liquid manufacturing company, NZVAPOR, in regional Auckland. Both had been heavy smokers and quit through early exposure to vaping in 2011. Today they employ a staff of ten in their recently opened facility on the edge of Silverdale, 30 minutes from Auckland’s CBD.  The purpose-built facility has an ISO grade 5 ranking, higher than that of a standard hospital theatre,

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2029 VISION Where technology is taking business

Six months out from a new decade, and with exciting new technologies seeking attention in an increasingly competitive business landscape, NZBusiness went to the market to identify where the risks, opportunities and efficiencies lie for business owners. It would be useful to have a crystal ball to accurately predict how business technologies will pan-out over the next decade – fortunes would be made and disasters averted.  But what we do know is that there are business-changing technologies already well established that are strong predictors of where things are heading. Professionals within the technology sector whom we spoke to for this story are in no doubt as to the magnitude of the technology transformation that lies ahead for businesses. Vanessa Sorenson,

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NZBusiness June 2019

INSPIRATION A ride in the park Force of habit FEATURES 2029 Vision: Where technology is taking business Working to a different beat Recalibrating a brand: Lessons from Japan A naturdal source of business success 10 lessons from ten years in business