NZBusiness March 2017

Beyond the legacy

Beyond the legacy

When Sharon Dawson took on her father’s radio business she knew little about the industry…

Mindset-matters-most-

Mindset matters most

Jamie Ford dishes up insights on how mental toughness helps business owners perform better…

Michael and Denis

Drawing comparisons

What does it take to start a successful web-based comparative site? Denis Tyurkov and Michael Speight may well have mastered the art with Glimp. It has to be the dream of everyone who ‘sells time’ to earn a living: to have a business which earns them income while they aren’t ‘at work’. Such was the goal of two young immigrant entrepreneurs – turning their backs on secure jobs and taking the bold step of betting they could get their comparative website sufficiently profitable to pay their salaries before their savings ran out. They received no external investment, and yet today are ranked first on Google’s first page for ‘related terms’. All on a small marketing budget. The founders of Glimp,