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  • CMA please don’t do this to manufacturers…

    August 6, 2007

    Business, Economic Development, Governance, Manufacturing, My businesses, New Zealand
     

    Jim pointed me to this article which discusses that fairly vitriolic attack that John Walley from the Canterbury Manufacturers Association made against Business New Zealand and the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce among others. The gist of the attack…

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  • Business development – Government’s role…

    August 4, 2007

    Business, Design, Economic Development, Governance, New business, New Zealand, Strategy, Uncategorized
     

    I’ve received a bit of feedback since my post the other day regarding the Government’s role in helping to grow enterprise in New Zealand. Jim in particular strongly feels that help should be given to medium size businesses instead…

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  • Rod’s pitch to the Idealog series….

    August 3, 2007

    Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS, Strategy
     

    Not really a pitch but here’s a vid (complements of Idealog and Youtube) of edited parts of Rod’s talk given to the AUT/Idealog innovation series recently…. Interesting stuff for those who want to follow the same path (or at…

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  • MED and NZTE take note…

    August 3, 2007

    Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, New Zealand, Society, Strategy
     

    Someone else has identified what I’ve been saying for years in that the Government strategies for supporting small and medium size businesses are woefully ineffective. For a long time now I’ve felt that the Governments strategy of creating 100*$100mill…

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  • I smell a rat here….

    August 3, 2007

    Business, Governance, Manufacturing, New Zealand, Strategy
     

    LWR has extended it’s takeover offer for POD yet again. meanwhile POD announced that it’s prospective sale of a 3.58hectare industrial site has been withdrawn. Why do I smell a rat?; The property sale was reported to be a…

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  • Liquidators hunting for Feltex directors….

    August 3, 2007

    Business, Compliance, Governance, New Zealand, Strategy
     

    News yesterday that the liquidators of failed carpet maker Feltex are intending to sue it’s ex-directors for over $20mill relating to their actions regarding a potential takeover that didn’t eventuate in 2005 which, if it had occurred, could have…

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  • Battle of the IPO’s….

    August 2, 2007

    Business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy
     

    Hard on the heels of Xero and Burger Fuel, news today that ING will list its retirement home business. Now if I ws being flippant I’d make some pun stating that if Burger Fuel is wildly succesful there will…

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  • Some more talk about Burger Fuel…..

    August 2, 2007

    Business, New Zealand, Strategy
     

    My previous post attracted some comments that inferred that I’d been unfair to BF, especially in comparison to my more positive comments about Xero. I thought it only fair to clarify. At the end of the day I have…

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  • SaaS done right…

    August 1, 2007

    Business, Design, IT, New business, New Zealand, SaaS, Strategy
     

    Check out Healthphone, they’re doing in-community health records provisioning via SaaS. Why have they got it right?; They’re growing internationally They’ve targeted a market that is sufficiently niche so as to deter competitors They’ve been smart with partnership –…

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  • Gareth Morgan Kiwisaver certainly doesn’t pull any punches….

    August 1, 2007

    Business, New Zealand, Society
     

    I received this email from GMK today; We’re really sorry to have to bother you with another email, but we need to let you know that IRD has begun sending letters to some of our members, informing them that…

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