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11 tips for reducing costs in small business

NZ Entrepreneur

With inflation reaching a 30-year high, small businesses across the country will be looking for ways to reduce costs amid cost of living and rising price pressures. With the increasing cost of living, 7-in-10 local SMEs have also noticed changes in consumer behaviour. 2) UNCOVER HIDDEN COSTS. 7) SEEK OUT AN EXPERT.

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How much bandwidth does your business need?

NZ Entrepreneur

A good example of increased data consumption is that the average New Zealand home and business used 515 gigabytes (GB) of broadband data in October 2021 compared to 329 GB in 2019. Business fibre The pinnacle of internet delivery methods, fibre-optic cables offer the fastest speeds available in New Zealand.

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Technology trends in the New Zealand business market

NZ Entrepreneur

Darren Oxlee is the Small and Medium Business Customer Program Manager for Microsoft New Zealand and has seen two key themes emerging amongst businesses: the first being a large migration to Cloud-based technologies and secondly, more businesses are starting to leverage deeper insights into their operational processes because of advanced data tools.

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What intellectual property (IP) steps should a startup take?

NZ Entrepreneur

I was involved with the preparation of an investment disclosure statement for a well-known New Zealand company that wanted to raise capital to expand their service into the US. They had been running their very successful business in New Zealand for 10 years. Anton Blijlevens is a Partner at AJ Park.

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How AI is literally helping Kiwi businesses grow

NZ Entrepreneur

And it is up to us, as well as our partners and resellers, to help them understand the power of AI, and ways it can be implemented into their organisation. Myles Matheson, a Data & AI specialist at Microsoft New Zealand, says the first step in talking to customers about AI is to understand what it means to them.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Feasibility requires the teams to figure out what are the key activities, resources and partners they would need to deliver their product or service to their beneficiaries and their State Department sponsors. They’re also focusing on developing relationships with and getting buy-in from key partners like the Red Cross and other NGOs.