When Simon Squibb visited New Zealand earlier this year, he helped turn a local café worker’s dream into reality – and shared why small businesses, courage and community matter more than ever.
When PM Chris Luxon visited the NZBusiness office in Northcote, Auckland recently, he took time to share his thoughts on technology, growth, and the critical role of SMEs in New Zealand’s economic recovery.
Our November Quarterly has success written all over it. Success is mirrored in a wide variety of inspiring articles in our November issue – from two outstanding small business case studies, to our lead story on business succession, and our annual MBA feature. Look for our star-studded Success Issue cover and get ready to be informed, educated and inspired.
Editor Glenn Baker introduces the August 2022 ‘Technology issue of NZBusiness.
Webflicks Founder/Producer Lou Harness covers the 5 essential parts to producing a successful creative brief for a business video. A creative brief for video production distils often complex business and marketing goals and aligns them with creative strategy. Developing a brief in pre-production provides an outline and working set of guidelines that inform the entire video production process. It’s a memorandum of strategic and creative understanding. A deceptively simple document – the nature and format of a creative brief will be dictated by the organisation and the project. Whatever the scale and complexity, a successful creative brief is ultimately a communication document that aims to create as much clarity as possible. It’s an opportunity to think freely. It sets
I’ve always remembered that famous Jim Lovell quote that goes something like: “There are people who make things happen, people who watch things happen, and people who wonder what happened. To be successful, be someone who makes things happen.” There’s no doubt this issue of NZBusiness celebrates Kiwi business owners who are making things happen, and in the most difficult of trading conditions. As you’re aware, the past 19 months have been incredibly tough for small and medium size businesses – the backbone of the economy. Although I am being constantly approached by people wanting to get their success stories out there – and there are many of them – for every one of those there are many others still
Inside August: What IoT technology can do for business, one techpreneur’s inspiring blueprint for life, the fight against cybercrime, and much more. We’re excited to bring you our August Quarterly. This is the 2021 edition that highlights the importance of technology in enabling business efficiencies and stimulating growth. It’s a celebration of business technology, of technology apps that are making a difference and of techpreneurs who are pushing the boundaries. We hope you’ll be able to put all this new knowledge to good use in your business.
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