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When Does a Private-to-Private Merger Make Sense?

Both Sides of the Table

Most products out there suck so mom gets stuck with angst of wanting to have decorations, activities and chatzkies for other kids to take home. She created the company in New Zealand and without raising any institutional capital had grown a global business.

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500 Founders: Rick Kiessig, Hannah Hunt, Matthew Jackson & Jenni Matheson

NZ Entrepreneur

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Welcome to ‘500 Founders’ where we ask innovators from around New Zealand for their top insights for first time startup founders. Unfortunately, this encouragement is fleeting; People don’t realise how hard being an entrepreneur is. .

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The Importance Of Cultural Understanding In Business

YoungUpstarts

It is also significant for aspiring entrepreneurs that have a desire to succeed on a global scale. You would expect a company like Nike to follow suit in regards to cultural sensitivity, but the footwear and clothing manufacturer got it badly wrong when introducing a new line of patterned leggings in New Zealand.

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5 ways to deal with a social media crisis

The Next Web

Air New Zealand took to YouTube with a brilliant response to a piece of online editorial suggesting that it was downgrading the quality of its service. Entrepreneur Social Media How-To''s' Use your own social media channels to get your message out in any way that best helps give your side of the story.