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11 tips for reducing costs in small business

NZ Entrepreneur

According to the latest MYOB SME Snapshot, a survey of over 500 local SME operators around New Zealand, most believe the economy will decline in the next year, putting further pressure on cashflow and margins. New Zealand based businesses can search Find An Advisor database for accountants and bookkeepers here.

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Editorial: We owe a duty of care to founder mental health and it requires a collaborative solution

NZ Entrepreneur

As for so many others though, the news of his death by suicide last year still came as a shock and with a deep sense of sadness. Our startup culture must never be reduced to a cold, box ticking, economic development or investment exercise in our quest to find and fund New Zealand’s next hot new success story as I have written before.

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Going Virtual: Key tips for running an online event

NZ Entrepreneur

New Zealand company FAWC (Food And Wine Classic) even brought together a group of Hawke’s Bay winemakers to offer virtual wine tasting , with participants each being sent a hamper of wine samples in advance so they could join in. Think about ways your participants can share the event or draw from each other’s skills.

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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. The IPO did not proceed. The shotgun approach.

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Tips for developing strong brands

NZ Entrepreneur

New Zealanders have traditionally favoured a non-regulated approach—#8 wire, Kiwi ingenuity and innovative thinking drive our cultural identity. But the value of a robust intellectual property portfolio hasn’t always been on the radar for New Zealand businesses. Your company name infringes that trade mark registration.

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Is Google Letting Women In Business Down?

YoungUpstarts

The team behind the report used a tool to make their computers believe they were searching from 15 different countries around the world. Each time they searched the term “CEO” and counted the number of women who appeared in the image results and also the number of men to ascertain the percentage of females shown.

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Common Intellectual Property mistakes made by startups

NZ Entrepreneur

For example, you can begin by performing your own searches of existing intellectual property owned by third parties. These searches can guide your research and development investment and help you avoid infringement of others’ rights, saving time and money in the early stages of developing an invention or brand.