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…
An opinion piece in today’s Sunday Star Times by Matthew Hooton, certainly puts the boot into Micahel Cullen. Hooton, disappointed at the quasi-compulsory nature of the Kiwisaver changes announced in this weeks budget, lauded Cullen is a “despised and…
For those of you stressed out by your couple of dozen RSS feeds and feeling guilty at not keeping up with them all, check out the video on this post. You’ll learn some possibly useful tools!
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…
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…
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…
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…
Elave, an Irish skincare products company has achieved a perfect 10 score on understanding, harnessing and leveraging off viral advertising and the web community. Utilising a kiwi film and acting crew, CEO Joanna Gardiner created a highly risque and…
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…
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.…