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Startup Genome releases new findings
16.4.12 posted by Jess in Handy tips on how to be your own bossThe Startup Genome is project that analyses factors in success and failure of tech startups around the world in an attempt to gain insight that will benefit entrepreneurs internationally. Their most recent findings compare data from Silicon Valley, New York City and London. For more information, and a listing of the world’s top 2 startup [...]
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Global Sales Strategies for Ambitious Entrepreneurs
16.4.12 posted by Jess in EventsUpcoming event: Global Sales Strategies for Ambitious Kiwi Entrepreneurs Seize your opportunity – invest 2 days in May and learn the secrets of making global sales. There are hundreds of superb Kiwi businesses selling innovative goods and services, but many won’t realise their full potential if they are restricted to the New Zealand market. It [...]
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Commercialising software and IP from New Zealand
13.4.12 posted by Jess in ecentre newsThursday 19 April 2012 5:00 to 7:30 pm Auckland Town Hall Ground Floor Council Chamber 301 Queen Street, Auckland Commercialisation – the next seven years Why the ecosystem and expertise built over the past seven years will ensure that the next seven years will be the best years for NZ software companies. Steve Corbett, founder [...]
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OOOOBY – Out of Our Own Backyards- What we can learn from CEO Pete Russell
19.3.12 posted by Jess in Events, Massey University newsOn Wednesday I attended the Innovation Panel event at Massey University. This event brought together entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship students in a forum where they could discuss their experiences and share their learnings. Pete Russell was amongst the speakers. With experience in the food industry and long haul global supply chain, he realised that the current [...]
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Meet the Mentors evening
16.3.12 posted by Jess in ecentre news, ecentreSprintWe held our ecentreSprint “Meet the Mentors” event for our Sprinters on Tuesday night at the fabulous Generator offices in the Britomart district. The atmosphere was great and the mentors are keen to work with our Sprinters for the next 11 weeks. This Mentors evening gives our Sprinters the opportunity to meet with experienced business [...]
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Celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Week!
15.3.12 posted by Jess in Events, ecentre newsKate Crossley of ecentre company CENTEROS attended the launch of Women’s Entrepreneurship week last Thursday, here’s what she has to say about the event: I was part of a group of 80 women entrepreneurs that celebrated the launch of Women’s Entrepreneurship week with the Inc!te event on Thursday evening at the Ernst and Young Conference [...]
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The Story Mint- putting writers on the right path
29.2.12 posted by Jess in ecentre news, ecentreSprintThe Story Mint is an ecentre company accomplishing great things in 2012. The Story Mint CEO Suraya Dewing, wanted to give writers a pathway to being published – not just publishing anything, but a channel to publish quality work. As part of the process of developing their manuscripts, writers will build up a following who [...]
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Partnerships: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
24.2.12 posted by Steve in Handy tips on how to be your own boss, The CEO's cornerGoing into a business partnership is an important and exciting decision. Whilst fraught with risk, it is still a powerful business arrangement which can provide you with the mechanism to build a great business. There is much to consider before you enter into a partnership. Here are some guidelines /questions that can help with this [...]
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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 [...]
