Category Archives: Entrepreneur

A picture’s worth a thousand words…or not in our case

Posted on December 16, 2014 by sticknz

I’m a sucker for a good diagram – a picture’s worth a thousand words and all that jazz. So I thought I’d see what, if anything, came up in a search about New Zealand’s science and innovation system; diagram-wise. The … Continue reading →

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Bringing Biggs to the party an inspired move

Posted on October 29, 2014 by sticknz

The appointment of Peter Biggs as inaugural chairman of the new Wellington Regional Economic Development Agency, is an inspired bargain. I briefly dealt with ‘Biggsy’ as he is commonly known, in a former life. My observation is that he’s great … Continue reading →

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Shanahan on a mission to destroy the notion of plucky NZ punching above its weight

Posted on October 24, 2014 by sticknz

You have to give the effusive and self-effacing Greg Shanahan his due. He kicked off the TIN 100 report in 2004, and now in its tenth year of production it reflects the healthy growth in New Zealand’s ICT, high-tech manufacturing and biotech … Continue reading →

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Of course nobody notices – there’s no photo opportunity!

Posted on October 7, 2014 by sticknz

Naturally it has escaped the attention of mainstream media… But, the fact is that two Kiwi IT companies are still in, and contributing to, the world’s largest IT project – the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. (See a press … Continue reading →

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Name change signals expanded ability for patent owners to leverage their IP

Posted on October 1, 2014 by sticknz

A name’s an important clue to how a company represents itself to the world. So, the change to IP Nexus from IP Exchange represents a business and philosophical change for the Hong Kong based but globally oriented company. Its founder … Continue reading →

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Should you bother with venture capital funding…the numbers suggest no?

Posted on August 20, 2014 by sticknz

The scramble that many startups make to secure venture capital funding may be detrimental to the budding business’s health. In fact John Mullins, writing in Havard Business Review’s blogs, makes the point that the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs never … Continue reading →

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Is the future for our sheep their milk?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by sticknz

  Being the farm raised boy I am, I’m keen on the idea of clever new and profitable products from our ability to convert sunlight, soil and water into them. So, Blue River Dairy, the sheep milk products company which … Continue reading →

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Local, thinks global and quickly gets asked if it is for sale

Posted on July 2, 2014 by sticknz

  Many Kiwis struggle to appreciate the size of the global internet market, and how to tap into it says John-Daniel Trask. The co-founder of Wellington-based Mindscape (“We build fantastic tools for developers”) recently spoke at the NZ Entrepreneur Club. … Continue reading →

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A buried treat in WordPress’s Terms of Service

Posted on June 26, 2014 by sticknz

It’s in keeping with the spirit of WordPress that its Terms of Service are simple, freely available to be repurposed by others, and, the tiniest bit quirky. WordPress co-founder, and part owner of its tech-tools parent Automattic, Matt Mullenweg, pointed … Continue reading →

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Branding’s dark arts leans to build, measure, learn

Posted on June 18, 2014 by sticknz

The dark arts of branding received an illumination when Brant Cooper spoke to a packed house at Wellington’s Lightning Lab. The ‘Lean Entrepreneur’ co-author from San Diego popped in on invitation on his way to Australia, and talked about how … Continue reading →

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