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Some more Xero feedback…

May 16, 2007

Branding, Business, Governance, New business, Strategy

I saw a post over on Jim Donovan’s blog, and thought I’d make a few comments in response to some of the stuff he’s said. First though a disclaimer – I spoke to Rod Drury the other night and…

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Small business expo

May 16, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, New business, Strategy

Most of you will have seen this but for those who haven’t….. Sarah Trotman & Associates is running a small business expo in Auckland, Wellington and Christchruch over the next few months. All three expos share the same three…

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Feel the luuuurve…..

May 16, 2007

Branding, Business, Manufacturing, My businesses, Strategy

Just saw a posting by a Cactus friend James Docherty. It seems we’ve made the “big time” appearing in the Lovemarks newsletter. We’re stoked that what we are doing has garnered some attention – well we always kind of…

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You mean that isn’t the entire whole world??????

May 15, 2007

Business, Economic Development, New business, Strategy

I just read here about a UPS run competition to find the world’s best, most innovative SME. Great I thought, Cactus Climbing is definitely small, definitely innovative and definitely (and defiantly) built around a model that provides for sustainable…

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Xero posts – pro, anti and hyperbolic….

May 14, 2007

Business, IT, New business, Strategy

I’ve just had a trawl and see there is lot of posting happening at the moment about the Xero IPO. This is understandable given the people involved and the time since the last IT IPO here in New Zealand.…

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Does anyone sense a salvo being fired here????

May 13, 2007

Business, New business, Strategy

Just reading this I think someone is firing a salvo over the decks of 42 below generally and Geoff Ross specifically. I don’t want to bag either 42 below or Geoff so none of what follows is in any…

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Homegrown competition for Xero????

May 12, 2007

Business, IT, New business

Just saw this – could be interesting – seems it is akin to Xero but without the high profile backers and founders. Also this as posted on this forum. The plot thickens????? The only thing of substance I could…

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Xero IPO

May 12, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, IT, New business, Strategy

I just finished the not too easy task of reading the Xero share issue documents. The first interesting thing is that Xero chose the IPO versus the VC route for funding. The Chairman’s report makes some mention of the…

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Telstra clear sucks…….

May 10, 2007

Business, Economic Development, IT

In response to Andy Lark’s recent post about Verizon and Mauricio Freitas‘ post about TC – I thought I’d serve up an article I wrote recently after a long and annoying TC experience. Read on….. A recent blood pressure…

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Domestic vs offshore manufacturing

May 10, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, Manufacturing, Society, Strategy

An interesting article here that came out of the Better By Design conference last week. The gist of the argument was that, in order to remain globally competitive, NZ manufacturers have no option but to move production offshore. Now…

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