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Go global or grow local? The Kiwi startup quandary

NZ Entrepreneur

A new study considers whether it is better to “go global” from day one, or to grow locally first. Auckland-based startup Niesh, which has developed a student discount platform, is on a rapid growth trajectory and has had to decide if it should grow locally, or prioritise opportunities overseas.

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What Tech Entrepreneurs Could Learn from Chamillionaire

Both Sides of the Table

On why you should be an entrepreneur, “A lot of people do what they have to do. He said that he noticed a lot of tech entrepreneurs don’t speak into the mic, don’t project their voices with confidence and aren’t necessarily paying attention to the mood or energy of the audience. He created demand.

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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. It allows you to be more competitive in a local and global economy by making accurate decisions much more quickly – it really does give you an edge.

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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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Former Head of Microsoft Israel Dreams of Billion Dollar Israeli Startups

VC Cafe

about Moshe Lichtman, and why he is one of few men or women capable of leading an Israeli startup to global billions. Moshe joined Microsoft in 1991 as a product manager after a career as a software developer. In 2006, Moshe was promoted to corporate vice president and head of Israel Research and Development.