Awards are a good thing for business to have — having “award-winner” in front of your business name gives potential clients a decent level of trust in your business before they even work with you, and it reinforces to your current clients why they
Motivation coming at ya
Top 10 tips for starting your own business
Is 2021 the year you want to start a new business? Here's the advice I gave the NZ Herald when they asked me for my thoughts on starting a new venture this year… Read the full article at the NZ Herald HERE or below... Starting a business is no
What to consider before starting your own business in 2021
In my line of work, as well as seeing established companies, I also see a lot of start-ups and it’s always pretty clear to me which ones did the right thing getting into business and which should have done a bit more homework… In my opinion, there
Thanks All Blacks (truly)
The mighty All Blacks have just lost 2 games in a row. This hasn't happened in 9 years. 9 years ago, when it happened under Sir Graham Henry, the ABs showed mental resilience and grit and then in 2011 they went on to famously win the Rugby World
How are you feeling? What about your staff?
How are you? Honestly? Tired? Feeling blah? From many of my clients — no matter how great their business is going — I'm hearing that 2020 has taken it out of them. They're exhausted. Some are low. Some are just hanging out for Christmas and time
Bill Gates’ and Warren Buffet’s favorite business book
Recently I read that Bill Gates' all-time favourite business book was written in 1969. Even more interestingly, Bill read it because it was sent to him by Warren Buffet, who proclaimed that it was his favourite book. So of course I had to find out
Looking for areas of opportunity…
Someone sent me this blog a while ago on looking for opportunities in the market. I found it interesting so I wanted to share it in full for you to read now, and then I'll add my 2c at the end: A typical startup journey is to create one product
Leadership, culture and teamwork tips from Spark CEO, Jolie Hodson
Zac: It's very exciting for me to continue my chat with Jolie Hodson, CEO of Spark (see the first part HERE ). She’s the CEO of one of the biggest companies in New Zealand, so we're very lucky to have her with us today. We are going to chat through