Blog Archives

A start to breaking down the old boys boardroom network….

July 1, 2007

Business, Governance, IT, My businesses, New business, New Zealand, Strategy

An article in the Herald this morning discusses a new website set up to act as a source for independent directors for board positions. For along time I’ve had a two pronged attitude about governance for NZ businesses. The…

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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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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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It’s hard but it’s worth it…

May 28, 2007

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

Great post over here by Dan about his early stage reflection on the pros and cons of the change to self employment. It is a recommended read for anyone considering the shift from being an employee – too often…

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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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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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Blog Archives

A start to breaking down the old boys boardroom network….

Environment matters….

The Accounting SaaS space is getting busier…

It all comes down to ambition…

It’s hard but it’s worth it…

Lets jump off a cliff right now….

Feel the luuuurve…..