Tag Archives: trademe

New Zealand – Celebrate the Organic Growth Businesses!

By Ben Kepes

Over on his blog TradeMe alumnus Rowan Simpson has recently been giving some New Zealand startups the opportunity to tell their stories – it’s a great series that is well worth reading and it includes some posts by companies whose founders are friends of mine including Ponoko, Vend, MinuteDock, Polar

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Saasu Connects to TradeMe – Welcome to my Future

By Ben Kepes

Here in new Zealand, TradeMe constitutes an inordinate percentage of total internet time and traffic. Ebay may be huge in the US or elsewhere, but it’s not exaggerating to say that TradeMe created the inflection point of internet adoption in New Zealand. The number of people running businesses completely or

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Let’s see if mobile is really the mass market way of the future

By Ben Kepes

News that TradeMe, New Zealand’s answer to Ebay (and biggest single traffic generator in NZ) is going mobile. While others claim that the iPhone heralds a revolution, and that mobile web browsing will be the mass market game-changer, I’m not so sure. While TradeMe brought the Internet to Ma and

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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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