Are You OK? COVID Confessions

Are You OK? COVID Confessions

Staying Sane When Locked Up This post follows on from Are you OK? which you might like to read as well. Covid-19 Confessions What has occurred to me is just how anxious so many of us have become during Covid-19 lockdown. Simple things like supermarket shopping and big...
Why start ups survive and prosper

Why start ups survive and prosper

Only half of new New Zealand businesses survive longer than ten years and even then, only 5 per cent of those ever reach a turnover of $1 million. That is bad news. The good news is that of the 5 per cent of businesses that reach $1 million turnover, one in four grow...
Get your head in the cloud

Get your head in the cloud

Why cloud is crucial for a sustainable business, and how to choose the best option. The Covid-19 outbreak has reinforced two lessons for businesses – the importance of cloud-based services and the need to ensure their model is sustainable. Cloud platforms have really...
Why spend money on Social Media?

Why spend money on Social Media?

  I recently spent some time with a group of business leaders who all had concerns about the increasing demands for money and resources that were being made right across their enterprises. Whether it was investments in new plant and machinery, wage increases, new...