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Debbie Mayo-Smith: Guy Kawasaki on positive influence (1 comments)

I couldn't pass up the opportunity to spend $85 to see Guy Kawasaki present at the Air New Zealand Social Media Breakfast…

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Risks and rewards of your own business (2 comments)

Small business: Big power savings with new tool

More than 2,500 businesses have used the Electricity Authority's What's My Number business tool to make savings…

Tea grower brews plan for success

When Tzu Chen first saw camellia trees flourishing in the Waikato, it seeded what could have been viewed as an impossible…

Small Business: Sugar firm aims for sweet result

Not everybody has the gumption to strike up a new business in direct competition with major market players during a global…

Mike Cooper: Aggressive stance needed when challenging a big player

How do you get people to try a new food product that is up against a big player?

Small business: Brand ambassadors - Scott Gardiner

MYOB New Zealand executive director, Scott Gardiner on establishing ambassadors for your brand instead of doing it all yourself…

Success: Cooking without compromise (1 comments)

Baker reckons there's a place in the market for biscuits made just the way you'd make them at home.

Budget 2013: R&D gets $130m funding boost

Businesses and start-ups could be eligible for millions of dollars in extra research and development grants as part of a…

A secret weapon for your business - CRM

Looking for a new secret weapon for your small business? Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software could be the answer.
It helps you: Win new clients or contracts Understand your customer Retain customers by giving them a better experience Decrease duplication and costly customer management.
Imagine if every interaction with your customers was recorded and virtually instantly accessible? What if you could do a report in a jiffy to work out which of your best customers of last year wasn't doing as much business with you this year? Or which customers use a complimentary third-party More
Best iPhone/Android gadgets

You've bought your smartphone or tablet.
It has revolutionised the way you work already.
Now it's time to buy some gadgets to make your phone even more indispensable.
Did you know you can use your phone as a scanner, thermometer, credit card terminal? Or attach a telephoto lens to it.
Simple but useful gadgets The simple, but useful category has a whole pile of reasonably priced gadgets that many a small business owner would find highly useful.
Docks: a standard smartphone or tablet dock allows you to charge and sync the phone on your desk in an upright position so you can use it more More
Seamless telephony is a godsend for small business

Small businesses sometimes pay hundreds of dollars a month more than necessary for their telephony - thanks to inertia.
Many have a mish-mash of telephony services.
It's not uncommon for small businesses to cut costs significantly following a telecommunications health check, says Kelly Blomfield, business account manager at Telecom Hub Southland. One such organisation, insulation provider Awarua Synergy, inherited many different telecoms services from three different suppliers when it took over a local business. "It was a mess," says Awarua Synergy's general manager Sumaria Beaton.
"We were More