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Small Business: Going it alone - Lauren Callender, The Aviary
Your Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks with Lauren Callender, owner of The Aviary, about going it alone in business.

Small Business: Crossing the ditch - Shane Wratt, Glasseye Creek Sauce Co
Shane Wratt is the founder of the West Coast-born sauce maker the Glasseye Creek Sauce Co.

Small Business: Crossing the ditch - Matt Stevens, ParrotDog
Matt Stevens is a director of Wellington-based craft brewery ParrotDog.

Pop-up sites let sellers test market
Retail is far from dead, according to designer Lizzi Hines, who says despite the growth in online sales and decline in store shopping, retail is simply evolving. Her latest venture, Pop Up Now, aims to help facilitate this.

Small business: Governance - Ivan Seselj, Promapp
Ivan Seselj is a director of cloud-based business process management software company Promapp. Formed in 2002, the Auckland-based business has 20 staff.

Eco-friendly coffee capsule gives young Kiwis shot at big time
Move over George Clooney, New Zealand's newest coffee capsule ambassadors have biodegradable pods that will decompose faster than orange peel.

Small business: Crowdfunding - Josh Daniell, Snowball Effect
Josh Daniell is head of platform and investor growth at Auckland-based equity crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect.

Small business: Crowdfunding - Belinda Tuki, Honest Food Company
Belinda Tuki is the founder of Auckland-based The Honest Food Company, which produces handcrafted and raw protein foods that are free from grain, dairy, gluten and sugar.

Small business: Advertising - Stephan Goodhue, Liquid Automation
Stephan Goodhue is a director of Auckland-based Liquid Automation, which specialises in automation systems for marine, residential and commercial fitouts.

Small business: Advertising - Jeremy Wyn-Harris, Builderscrack.co.nz
Jeremy Wyn-Harris is a co-founder of Builderscrack.co.nz.

Graham McGregor: How to use LinkedIn effectively
I used to think that LinkedIn was just a networking tool to keep in touch with business contacts, associates, colleagues etc.

World's worst tippers: Kiwis
New Zealanders are the lousiest tippers when travelling overseas according to a global survey by travel firm Expedia.

Food firm's big start pays off
Andrew and Natalie Vivian like to joke that their chilled ready meal business, Tasty Pot, is their fourth child.

Billions spent annually on marketing - does it actually pay?
Many traditional forms of advertising are losing effectiveness - with a lot of decisions made on gut feel - not actual data. Massey University's Research Professor of Marketing Harald van Heerde talks to Chris Daniels about some new ways of looking at advertising.