Why SMEs Should Take The Time To Conference
Conferencing is sometimes seen as the domain of large corporates…
Conferencing is sometimes seen as the domain of large corporates…
Everyone likes to celebrate business success, but when it comes to business failure often the subject gets swept under the carpet. Yet failure offers up some of the biggest business
NZBusiness SEPTEMBER Issue – OUT NOW What’s with the cover? It’s true this magazine has always been a source of inspirational, positive business stories. There is a natural tendency in all
Are you guilty of overstuffing presentations? Putting so much content on screen that there’s little the presenter can add?
Hadleigh Ford has harboured a global mindset since circumnavigating the world as a 17-year old in the Merchant Navy. Nowadays he’s successfully piloting his visitor management app SwipedOn into markets worldwide.
Lisa and Joe Bryne are both married to their business. Lisa designs, Joe builds. It’s a highly successful partnership.
Conferencing is sometimes seen as the domain of large corporates…
Everyone likes to celebrate business success, but when it comes to business failure often the subject gets swept under the carpet. Yet failure offers up some of the biggest business lessons of all. We examine why businesses fail and how to deal with the associated stigma. We often hear the expression “fail your way to success” around business circles, which sounds rather glib and idealistic, but we rarely discuss the subject of failure in any detail to better understand why businesses fail, what steps entrepreneurs can take to avoid failure, and what lessons we can learn from the overall experience. We’ve decided it’s time to bring business failure out into the open – but first a few stats. According to
NZBusiness SEPTEMBER Issue – OUT NOW What’s with the cover? It’s true this magazine has always been a source of inspirational, positive business stories. There is a natural tendency in all of us to accentuate the positive, and we all know that businesses thrive on positive attitude. So this month’s cover story around business failure might at first appear a little negative – however, I can assure you that the main purpose of the story is to help people recognise the early warning signs that a business is struggling; to pass on experienced advice that can help business owners, at the very least, deal with the prospect of business failure, and, as a best outcome, turn the ship around and avoid
Are you guilty of overstuffing presentations? Putting so much content on screen that there’s little the presenter can add?
Hadleigh Ford has harboured a global mindset since circumnavigating the world as a 17-year old in the Merchant Navy. Nowadays he’s successfully piloting his visitor management app SwipedOn into markets worldwide.
Lisa and Joe Bryne are both married to their business. Lisa designs, Joe builds. It’s a highly successful partnership.
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