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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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My god – some good news about manufacturing

May 10, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Manufacturing

This just in on the wire – some positive news about domestic manufacturing. Now all we need to do is get some of the politicians to read it and maybe they’ll remember that, believe it or not, it is…

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Solid energy buys Canterbury Biodiesel

May 9, 2007

Business, Business and the Environment, Economic Development, New business, Society

Announced today – Solid Energy purchased Canterbury Biodiesel. Great to see Biodiesel’s being recongnised as an important, valid and viable energy source for the future. The sooner New Zealand increases it’s tiny current level self-sufficiency in terms of fuel…

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Domestic vs offshore manufacturing

May 9, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Governance, Manufacturing, 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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Your leadership legacy.

May 3, 2007

Business, Governance, Society

On day two of the recent EDANZ conference, the evening guest speaker was Alicia Beverley of IP Wealth in Australia. When being introduced to speak, Alicia was described as “the astoninglishly beautiful Alicia Beverley”. Both her husband and my…

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A star is born?????? Nah

May 3, 2007

Business, Economic Development, Manufacturing, Society

Late last year a local filmmaker decided to shoot a short film focusing on the debate between NZ and offshore manufacturing. To this end he filmed four New Zealand based businesses. Two of them produce domestically, Cactus Climbing and…

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EDANZ day three…

May 2, 2007

Business, Economic Development, IT, New business, Strategy

Interesting discussion about the role of incubators to give start ups in New Zealand a helping hand. Chris Kirk from Lincoln Uni gave some statistics on the value gained by giving start ups an environment where they can be…

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Connect NZ/Institute of Directors function…

May 1, 2007

Business, Governance, IT, New business, Strategy

In between EDANZ conference lectures I attended the IOD/Connect NZ function around the subject of “Governance for Hi Tech businesses”. Wayne Norrie, CEO from Revera started out by giving his view on what a great thing an independent Board…

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