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How AI is literally helping Kiwi businesses grow

NZ Entrepreneur

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. Although this is less about the functionalities of ‘how’ to do it and more about ‘why’, it is a critical business tool to aid in growth. Selling’ the concept of AI.

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How to monetise IOT – the bottom line

NZ Entrepreneur

IoT (The ‘Internet of Things’) has the potential to do some amazing things for New Zealand businesses, but at the very heart of it, people will want to know how it will help their organisation grow – or more to the point, bring in greater financial gains. Productivity and revenue models are the big winners.

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Protecting your business from cyber-crime and disaster

NZ Entrepreneur

There have been numerous stories in the media recently about ransomware and cyber-crime attacks, and natural disasters both here in New Zealand and overseas. This was certainly the case with British Airways in 2017, when a power failure downed their systems and stranded thousands of passengers, costing them an estimated $150 million.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Customers, for example, are recast as “beneficiaries,” and instead of identifying revenue streams, these diplo-preneurs are interested in defining “mission achievement.”).

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Customers, for example, are recast as “beneficiaries,” and instead of identifying revenue streams, these diplo-preneurs are interested in defining “mission achievement.”).

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

I wasn't convinced about the assumptions of the business - there are too many gaps and flawed assumptions around the source and the cost of the data upon which the product is built. Next week, the 1M/1M roundtable will focus on entrepreneurs in East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. I advised Rahul to study Epocrates as a model.

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Are you a food or fibre business seeking investment?

NZ Entrepreneur

The programme targets food and fibre businesses with established revenue streams that want to achieve accelerated growth by securing external investment. Raising investment is a necessity for many growing businesses that have large outgoings and development costs,” says Nick Gain, The Factory CEO. investment-ready.