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Even if they are retards we can’t admit it…..

June 26, 2007

Business, New business, Strategy

Lance has an interesting post over here (for those who can’t be bothered reading it – a semi-secure CRM had some dodgy comments about customers on it which entered the public domain). While obviously a PR disaster occurred and…

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Environment matters….

June 26, 2007

Business, Design, Efficiency, Governance, My businesses, New business, Strategy

Leading on from Dan’s post recently about his experience starting up a new business, I thought I’d share a story with y’all. While the story itself is not important, it is analogous to many issues and experiences new business…

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Phil O’Reilly has some answers….

June 24, 2007

Business, Compliance, Economic Development, Efficiency, Governance, New business, New Zealand, Society

Phil’s opinion piece in the NZ Herald brings out some of the traditional answers to competitiveness building for NZ businesses given the high value of the dollar. Some of his suggestions are a little naive, however one area I…

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Comfort for Jim Donovan…

June 23, 2007

Business, Society, Strategy

It’s official – we’re better off hiring baby boomers than gen y-ers! The speech was a little tongue in cheek but it does beg the question whether we have the option to ignore the gen y demographic. I know…

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HB media/House of Travel magazine

June 22, 2007

Branding, Business, Design, Economic Development, New business, New Zealand, Strategy

Now here’s a business that exists in a traditional industry, yet is managing to find novel solutions to gain and maintain viability amidst the threat of new competitors. The guys from HB, publishers of Idealog, media are publishing Inspire…

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Going easy on Xero

June 21, 2007

Business, IT, New business, New Zealand

Rod emailed me today inviting me to visit Xero HQ and see some of the downtrack development stuff to allay my concerns regarding the Xero product offering. This is an offer I’ll surely take up ASAP. Rod’s email also…

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Let’s devolve a little

June 21, 2007

Business, Design, Efficiency, IT, New business, Society, Strategy

An excellent post by Wil Schroter here that relates to what Jim and I have been talking about with regards design of software and services. Wil astutely suggests that rather than redesigning the product to fit the norms and…

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Initial thoughts on another SaaS accounting package

June 21, 2007

Business, Design, IT, New business, Strategy

Following on from my previous post about the breadth of product offerings in the SaaS accounting space, this morning I’ve been having a play with SaaSu’s NetAccounts and I have to say that it’s nice. Clean and tidy with…

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The Accounting SaaS space is getting busier…

June 20, 2007

Business, Design, IT, My businesses

Lance Wiggs posted about a SaaS accounting service he found in the states – Lance’s post can be seen here. I always said that I had concerns about the revenue expectations articulated in the Xero IPO and whether or…

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It all comes down to ambition…

June 17, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, My businesses, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

Rod Oram’s comment in today’s Sunday Star Times mentioned the dearth of ambition evident in the business leaders in our country. He also commented on the results of his own informal survey of business excellence, commiserating in the fact…

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