In 2007, the first Startup Weekend was held in Boulder Colorado. Since then the concept – giving budding entrepreneurs 54 hours to pitch their
Spark is creating new space for young innovators to brain storm, create ideas and get projects going, extending its underlying philosophy of “Never Stop
If Kiwis would just start being less generous about giving away their best ideas, and the Government a bit more generous in supporting our
They call themselves the “brand police” and have the not-exactly-sexy reputation for being specialists in “corporate-boring”.
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The stakes are high, the pressure intense, and the spots limited as only 10 best teams will get to pitch ideas to potential investors
Increasingly, big businesses need to start acting like start-ups, writes Simon Wedde. And that means being brutally honest about how customers experience your products
Too busy trying to stay on the treadmill of running your business? Take a pause to regroup.
Kiwi tech exporters are a long way behind their US counterparts in some key areas of marketing and selling their products, particularly using ‘cloud’
Get smart about how you approach manufacturing for the export market, and oh, drop that mentality of forever trying to compete to make things
The “fastest” internet service provider Voyager Internet has been named Auckland and the Upper North Island’s fastest growing technology company, measured by the yardsticks
The Bank of New Zealand is putting $6-million worth of crappy money to good use by filling building a glass house stuffed with shredded
The Honest Food Company Belinda Tuki makes the case for her startup that serves up a dose of healthy eating to busy mums
It’s time to put the brakes on a risk-it-all mentality that’s encouraging young entrepreneurs to flounder before they’ve been given a chance to float.
Two Kiwis, hothoused in Stanford University, are taking a crack at the $200 million cleaning industry with their startup, SpongeHero, that seeks to do
Agony Lance advises on: the best way to launch your web-based business (the answer is slowly); how to time a start-up brand campaign
Lady Gaga may not have performed in Rangiora (yet). But she is using some visual marketing software from a company that's based there.
Team Oracle snatched victory not just because of money. It was what money bought: data. Jane Cherrington uncovers what so smart about data
Want to experience first hand the power of social currency? Check out Miss Clawdy soon to test out how to earn cupcake “money” when
High quality retailers should be wary about dumping their excess stock on daily deal websites as it could have negative long-term effects for their
He sold a pet crematorium, but turned down a bondage dungeon. Now Aaron Toresen is taking his business brokerage Link to the US.
A Kiwi couple is seeking to raise money through PledgeMe to set up a museum to house all things computer.
While Kiwis went to sleep over the weekend, Alibaba.com, China’s largest ecommerce portal founded by a former English teacher Jack Ma, made its spectacular
Interbrand was riding high after its work for the New Zealand AIDS foundation won a TVNZ-NZ Marketing Award in the not-for-profit category and a
Big name brands are refusing to justify the fact they are charging New Zealand customers more for their products than overseas buyers pay.
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