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…
Just saw this – could be interesting – seems it is akin to Xero but without the high profile backers and founders. Also this as posted on this forum. The plot thickens????? The only thing of substance I could…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In today’s Sunday Star Times, Rod Oram wrote this opinion piece about what an opportunity Carbon Trading (or at least a carbon trading market) would be for New Zealand. While his rationale is sound – the fact that we…
I couldn’t resist snapping a pic of this the other day. For those that don’t know, the bumper sticker protests against Solid Energy‘s coal mine at Happy Valley. The car on which the sticker is stuck is a Porsche…