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Small Business: NZ Innovators Awards - Solar Bright
Q&A with Nicola Martin of Solar Bright about the company's innovations and bringing them to market.
Debbie Mayo Smith: Your biggest excel database mistake
Your database can be used to increase sales but many businesses make a crucial mistake. Debbie Mayo Smith explains.
Small Business: Lean thinking in a tech world
Q&A with James MacAvoy, co-founder of Goodnest, about how lean thinking works in his business.
Small Business: A lean food business
Q&A with Marina Hirst Tristram, executive director of operations at Tasman Bay Food Group, about lean.
Small Business: Continuous improvement and lean management
Q&A with Trish Wilson, founder of the CICE network, about the management philosophy lean.
Small Business: Lean thinking
Q&A with Dan Khan, a tech entrepreneur and startup advisor, about how the management philosophy 'lean' works.
Three database rules for easy effective marketing
Social media is popular, but nothing beats having your own database of clients and prospects to market to.
Sunday night read: The disrupters
Part one of week-long series on the challenges and opportunities created by disruptive technology and business models.
Small Business: Bringing a piece of France to NZ
Q&A with Nick Ferneyhough and Chrystelle Baran, founders of Baran de Bordeaux, about doing business in NZ.
Little unveils new business tax proposal
The Labour Party wants a more flexible tax system for businesses, which would allow companies to pay as they earn instead of predicting their annual income.
Small Business: A French pastry chef in NZ
Q&A with Guillaume Nicoli, founder of Ma Cherie, wholesaler and retailer of French pastries, about business in NZ.
Small Business: A French food business in NZ
Q&A with Thomas Dietz, founder of TOMeTTe, about starting a French food company in New Zealand.
Small Business: French entrepreneurs in NZ
Q&A with Nadine Plet, president of the French New Zealand Chamber of Commerce and Industry, about business in NZ.
How to create a Profitable Competitive Advantage
Graham McGregor's weekly marketing tips on how to improve your business.
Small Business: French Connections
Q&A with Jean-Christophe Poizat, founder of French fine wine merchant Maison Vauron, about doing business in NZ.
Ex-worker accused of stealing recipes
Coffee retailer accuses former worker of setting up a rival business, stealing confidential information and recipes, and trying to poach its clients.
Four FREASY strategies for doing it smarter
Debbie Mayo-Smith's free and easy tips presented to the rural contractor association but with relevance for many businesses.
Small Business: Exit strategy trends
Q&A with James Scollay, general manager for SME solutions for MYOB, about the research trends in exit planning.
Small Business: Planning your exit and selling up
Q&A with business owner Robyn de Bruin-Judge about selling her furniture company.
Small Business: Tips for planning your exit
Q&A with Stuart Chrisp, founder of Rothbury Kinross and Totara Investments, about exit planning.
Anna Russell: Developing a high performing team
Anna Russell takes what she has learnt from high performing professional sport and applies it to a corporate environment.
Online resources to improve your marketing activities
Graham McGregor with couple of suggestions for online marketplaces that can help you with your marketing.
Small Business: Planning your exit
Q&A with Cam Wallace, former co-owner of Electropar, a family owned electrical engineering business, about his exit strategy.
Small Business: 3D printing plastic packaging
Q&A with Mathew Mannington, a director and technical manager at Waipak, about 3D printing in the food and bev industry.
Small Business: Trends in 3D printing
Q&A with industrial designer and senior lecturer Ross Stevens about the trends in 3D printing and NZ's advantage.
$715K from a $45 investment: How to cheaply increase sales
How a hair salon used a simple database exercise to drastically increase sales, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.
Small Business: Lending a hand with 3D printing
Q&A with Sarah Lin, founder and creative director of Idea Beans, about 3D printing anything from sink plugs to hands.
The high value of persuasive testimonials
Graham McGregor's tips for collecting and using persuasive testimonials to boost your business.
Small Business: 3D printing
Q&A with Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, about using 3D printing to manufacture rocket engines.
Two tips for growing sales and profit
Tuihana Cafe Foodstore owner Nathan Dunn shares his business tips after turning around a struggling cafe.
Small Business: Kiwi company lights way for US Coast Guard
Q&A with Arjen Maarleveld, CEO of Wellington-based Vega, about doing business in the United States.
Small Business: Big goals for Kiwi company in US
Q&A with Kiwi Ben Ridler, CEO of Results.com, about doing business in the United States.