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Got an idea? Come to our free Business Idea Workshops- March 1st
23.2.12 posted by Sabrina in Events, ecentreSprintGot a business idea you want to pursue? Need help validating that idea before investing time and money? Learn how to validate your business idea in a 1.5h long free Business Idea Workshop on March 1st from 12:00- 1:30pm at ecentre. It will cover: - What to do when you have an idea? - Overview [...]
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I need funding!- but have you validated your business opportunity?
17.2.12 posted by Sabrina in Sabrina's space, ecentre news, ecentreSprintA lot of people we meet with, tell us in their second sentence: “I need funding.” And that is fair enough, because at the end of the day we all need money to survive (the amount we need might vary ). What entrepreneurs often overlook is that before being able to attract funding, there is [...]
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How do expert entrepreneurs make decisions? Part 2
7.2.12 posted by Sabrina in Handy tips on how to be your own boss, SabrinaWe love discussions, because they force you to take a whole lot of information, contextualise it and evaluate it relating to you and based on your experience what you make of it. Because my last blog post on this topic sparked so much discussion, I decided to write up a follow up one. The key [...]
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PR 101 – for startups
23.1.12 posted by Jess in ecentre news“You know your company better than anyone else. PR does not need to be a hugely time consuming activity, but whatever stage your company is at, it is one you need to think about.” -David Chin Sometimes start-ups dismiss PR at an early stage as unimportant and overly time consuming. Although you may not be [...]
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What to do with my business idea and what value do incubators provide?
20.1.12 posted by Sabrina in Handy tips on how to be your own boss, Sabrina's space, ecentreSprintThe idea for this post was an intersection of two recent events: I had talked to yet another entrepreneur who had spent months thinking about an idea before talking to anyone about it. And after following a few conversations online about the value of incubators , I started thinking that there is a perfect alignment [...]
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Christchurch Startup Weekend coming soon!
16.1.12 posted by Jess in Events, Handy tips on how to be your own bossStartup Weekends are exciting 54 hour events were teams of entrepreneurial -minded people can focus on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets – primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people – [...]
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What is the ecentreSprint programme?
16.1.12 posted by Sabrina in ecentreSprintecentreSprint There’s no point having a good idea, with no market. This programme helps you determine a market opportunity- saving you time, effort and money. It’s a 12-week practical programme that can be taken on a part-time or full-time basis and will help you develop and validate your business idea and create a successful business [...]
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Do you have a great idea? Or know someone who does?
21.12.11 posted by Jess in ecentre news, ecentreSprintWe have successfully run two Sprint programmes this year and all our participants got great value out of the programme. For example, Enrico from Hub9 has launched his beta website, Steve Guy from Real Edge went from 2 paying customers to 50 and Suraya from The StoryMint has launched her beta website as well as [...]
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Merry Christmas from ecentre!
20.12.11 posted by Jess in ecentre newsWe held our annual ecentre Christmas party on Thursday 15th December. This year’s theme was “Rock n Roll”. It was great to see some friendly faces who braved the dreary weather to enjoy the festivities. From the team at ecentre, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Massey University is [...]
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Sweet Living in time for Christmas
20.12.11 posted by Jess in Events, ecentre newsThe first issue of Sweet Living Magazine (December 2011- January 2012) has been launched by the Sweet Living team, based here at ecentre. Sweet Living fills what was a significant gap in the market, a need for an online magazine that is practical but visually stunning and with a New Zealand flavour. The debut issue [...]
