Category Archives: Compliance

May 1, 2007 Posted in Business, Compliance, Economic Development, Governance Leave a comment

EDANZ day two…..

By Ben Kepes

Today started with a very interesting lecture by Mike Burrell, CEO of Aquaculture New Zealand. He started out by mentioning the quote Peter Drucker made shortly before he died (and before the Dot Com Bubble Burst). He stated that “It is aquaculture, not internet companies, that will be the best

April 29, 2007 Posted in Business, Compliance, Economic Development 2 Comments

EDANZ Conference

By Ben Kepes

The greater part of next week will see me, in my role as a board member of Enterprise North Canterbury, attending the Economic Development NZ Conference. The theme of the conference is “Growing an Export Economy” and it is a challenging time for this conference given the recent announcements by

April 27, 2007 Posted in Business, Compliance, Governance, Strategy 2 Comments

Bruce Sheppard – moving to the other side

By Ben Kepes

I read tonight that Bruce Sheppard has been appointed to the board of Christchurch bus information firm Connexionz. I wonder how he’ll react to some pesky shareholder holding him to account the way he’s historically held other directors to account????

April 27, 2007 Posted in Business, Compliance, Governance 4 Comments

CEO’s blogs, yadda yadda yadda

By Ben Kepes

I just hate all this hyperbole about CEO’s and blogs. I mean if a CEO sees value in having a blog and actually uses it regularly than fine – but if it’s just a trend bandwagon…. Over at No8 Ventures , Jenny Morel has her own blog last posting…. February

April 27, 2007 Posted in Compliance, Governance, Strategy 1 Comment

Hello world!

By Ben Kepes

Hi all. For awhile now I’ve been thinking, talking and writing about the issues facing small and medium businesses that exist here at the end of the world. We’re distant from markets, have little or no natural resource base and a comparatively high average wage – all which goes to

The Author

Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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