Small Business: Lending a hand with 3D printing
Q&A with Sarah Lin, founder and creative director of Idea Beans, about 3D printing anything from sink plugs to hands.
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The high value of persuasive testimonials
Graham McGregor's tips for collecting and using persuasive testimonials to boost your business.
Small Business: 3D printing
Q&A with Peter Beck, founder and CEO of Rocket Lab, about using 3D printing to manufacture rocket engines.
Two tips for growing sales and profit
Tuihana Cafe Foodstore owner Nathan Dunn shares his business tips after turning around a struggling cafe.
Small Business: Kiwi company lights way for US Coast Guard
Q&A with Arjen Maarleveld, CEO of Wellington-based Vega, about doing business in the United States.
Small Business: Big goals for Kiwi company in US
Q&A with Kiwi Ben Ridler, CEO of Results.com, about doing business in the United States.
Bella Katz: Augmented reality firm on the map
We take a look at the NZ 'creative technologist' setting up shop in Australia.
Small Business: How to do business in the US
Q&A with Adam Bennett, NZTE's trade commissioner for the US West Coast, about doing business in the US.
42 ways to increase your sales and profits
Graham McGregor looks at how you might be missing out on larger ways of increasing profits.
Small Business: Software company takes on the US
Q&A with Richard Francis, CEO of Kiwi company Spotlight Reporting, about doing business in the US.
Five ideas to help get more done at work
There is a vast gulf between what business tools can do; and how people actually them, says Debbie Mayo-Smith.
Small Business: Eyes on the US
Q&A with Anne Fulton, CEO of Kiwi company Fuel50 about doing business in the US.
Small Business: How do you know what you don't know?
Q&A with Craig McFadyen, a founder of LearningPlanet, about educating himself as a business owner.
Small Business: Upskilling with the IoD
Q&A with Emma Thompson, managing director of Etc Communications about upskilling with the Institute of Directors course.
Graham McGregor: How to create lifetime loyal customers
Graham McGregor says loyal customers can be turned into lifelong loyal customers by making their lives easier.
Solving the dilemma of the missing email or folder
Debbie Mayo-Smith gives tips on finding a missing email or lost folder in your inbox.
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Strategy for word of mouth
Word of mouth is an inexpensive marketing strategy that supports a business activity to bring in more customers.
Ten thousand-burger rent rise
An Auckland takeaway owner has been landed with a $110,000 rent hike demand.
Riding the learning curves
How do you know what you don't know? Many small business owners find out the answer to that question the hard way.
Online learning part of sharing economy
Anthony Cabraal, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Chalkle, on the site's role in the sharing economy.
Small Business: Educating yourself as the boss
Q&A with business owner Daniel Sadler about how further training has helped his business.
Small Business: Upskilling and the value of a mentor
Q&A with Kim Voon, founder of Auckland-based online marketing agency Insight Online about upskilling.
Incentives and penalties for unfair play
Massey University Economics Professor Christoph Schumacher and Masters student Nigel Espie on being on the defensive. "A defensive move could be to raise barriers to entry, which creates an economic moat around a company's business."
Q&A: Look After Me founder Julia Charity
Julia Charity describes her business as 'homestay for grownups'. She talks with Caitlin Sykes about the online marketplace.
Bella Katz: You bought a Jeep? But definitely not a Mitsi
Automotive brands have huge personalities, which of course is a big part of the appeal in driving one.
Car sharing part of solution
Q&A with Oscar Ellison, founder of YourDrive, a peer-to-peer vehicle renting business in Auckland.
Creative marketing to meet high value decision makers
An important marketing goal for some businesses is to get regular appointments with high value decision makers, writes Graham McGregor.
Is voicemail dead?
Debbie Mayo-Smith responds to claims that voicemail is dead - or should be. How many busy and overworked employees just let the phone ring?
Small Business: Success by sharing the experience
Here's a weekly look at small business start-ups.
Sustainable textile firm shows at World Expo
Bernadette Casey, creative director of The Formary, talks with Caitlin Sykes about exhibiting at the Milan World Expo.
How to get the most out of trade shows and expos
Q&A with Brent Spillane, MD of XPO Exhibitions, which runs NZ’s largest business-to-business trade shows.
Football and business - strategic thinking when it really counts
Game theory offers a powerful way of thinking about various strategic situations that stretch far beyond football.
Bella Katz: 15 secs to pitch video company
90 Seconds is a cloud-based video production company and they only need 15 secs to successfully pitch their business.