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Another challenge for NZ businesses……

May 25, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Efficiency, Governance, IT, Manufacturing, New business, New Zealand, Society, Strategy

Succession planning… The ANZ bank has identified something which, with a bit of thought was probably obvious anyway. The current generation of SME owners are disproportionately represented by baby boomers. Given the slump in proportionate numbers of successive generations,…

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Another commentator pushing my line…

May 21, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, Society, Strategy

It’s refreshing when one discovers commonality. In her opinion piece in yesterday’s Sunday Star Times, CEO of the New Zealand Institute of Directors Nicky Crauford calls for SME’s to embrace the formation of independant Boards of Directors to build…

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Xero’s European headquarters?????

May 21, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, New business, Strategy

I see (well actually read) that Xero is competing in a competition to win a place in a technology park in Wales. Now I don’t want to sound sour but wasn’t it just last week that we were getting…

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Lets jump off a cliff right now….

May 17, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, Manufacturing, My businesses, Society

A disturbing post here, the crux of which is that it is no longer viable to “mesh atoms” in New Zealand. Unfortunately the growing and value adding of Merino fibre, the production of milk and the manufacturing of world…

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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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