Tauranga-based boat maker Tino Marine is challenging the traditional way boats are made.

Here's how a truckie turned his crazy idea into a garage start-up now worth $3.2 million.

COMMENT: Here's how to get a large number of high quality clients.

Soon tax returns could involve computers talking to computers.

New Zealand start-ups have the highest percentage of overseas customers when measured against their counterparts.

COMMENT: If you can't say what you do in 30 seconds, you won't be able to say it in 30 minutes either.

COMMENT: Is now a good time to sell your business?

Founder Toss Grumley opens up about his past and explains where the business is today.

Kiwis are missing out on funding because they copy US-style pitches to investors.

Small businesses have strong confidence in the country's economy.

Twenty three year-old Stefan Warnaar was inspired to start his business on his OE. Warnaar opens up about competition.

The incredible growth of craft beer has created a dilemma for many brewers.

A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A few days ago I received an interesting letter in the mail from a local electrician I had used a few times. The letter said that

Meet the company behind New Zealand's first digital currency KiwiSaver-like initiative, My Bitcoin Saver.

After his first major speech as Finance Minister, Steven Joyce talks to Liam Dann about economics, social investment and the odds of tax cuts in the upcoming budget.

COMMENT: One of the things I've learned in my 57 years of living is that things don't always go according to plan, Graham McGregor writes.

GemLab founder Paul Nilsson reflects on his business' 30-year history and explains how it has overcome a huge hurdle.

COMMENT: One of the marketing challenges we face is in making our business both interesting and memorable to potential clients.

IRD's online login site myIR was still experiencing some technical hitches this morning as the official deadline for tax payments - 5pm today - loomed.

Seventeen year-old business owner Rachel Ji explains how her online clothing business is empowering youth.

COMMENT: These four strategies to boost sales are often overlooked, Graham McGregor writes.

Power to Pedal founder Eddie Jack explains where his tour company sits within the crowded tourism industry.

COMMENT: If you would like to double your sales in 2017, here is a simple plan that may help.

The majority of Uber's full-time drivers return home to their beds at the end of a day's work. But, there are many who don't.

Durello's founders are giving Kiwis a taste of Brazil. The food producers opens up about expansion and family ties.

It may have been minus 10C in Antarctica, but Jeremy Moon was rugged up and ready for the occasion.

COMMENT: Make sure you clearly associate what you sell with what people are thinking about right now.

A New Zealand-based tech company has attracted a $3 million investment as it looks to expand into South East Asia and Australia.

Small businesses are upbeat about the year ahead, with confidence at its highest level in almost two years.