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Branding's dark arts leans to build, measure, learn
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 9:17 am | sticK
The dark arts of branding received an illumination when Brant Cooper spoke to a packed house at Wellington's Lightning Lab. More >>
In the rush to digital, are we missing a biological trick?
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:26 am | sticK
New Zealand is missing a trick when it comes to the startup weekend, incubator, accelerator programme ecosystem that got lots of attention lately. More >>
Lightning Lab II grows up – will its offspring?
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 10:51 am | sticK
( sticK - 3 May 2014 ) Anyone that's been around young children will appreciate there's a heck of a difference between a one year old and a two year old. More >>
Driver of CI accelerator services to put pedal to the metal?
Tuesday, 4 March 2014, 8:44 am | sticK
We’ll make the assumption that Callaghan Innovation’s new GM of Accelerator Services isn’t there for the money. More >>
Finding the fruitful intersection of ideas and organisation
Tuesday, 18 February 2014, 8:33 am | sticK
Ultimately this blog is a plug for Stephen Cummings handbook of ways that business can fruitfully marry management and creativity. More >>
Opportunity lost? – a case study, Dr Werner Komposi
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 8:39 am | sticK
Dr. Ingr Werner Komposi came to New Zealand about 12 years ago to take up employment at one of our universities. He was educated in Germany and while there divided his time between appointments in academia and industry. More >>
Chipping in for multicore champion – let’s get programming
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 8:38 am | sticK
You’ve got to admire someone who has a vision, almost as much as someone who is prepared to use the word vision. More >>
Today Wellington…tomorrow the world for ‘toys’ lending site?
Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 8:35 am | sticK
LendYour has been start-upping its way to life in a next door office to me. More >>
Labour Dumps Tax Policies for Upcoming Election
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 12:43 pm | Peter Kerr
Labour has dumped two bothersome tax-related policies from its last election campaign which it estimates will free up about $1.5 billion a year. A previously proposed $5000 tax-free zone and a GST exemption on fresh fruit and vegetables have been given ... More >>
PM Press Conference – Coalition With Winston Not Ruled Out
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 8:58 am | Peter Kerr
PM Press Conference – Coalition With Winston Not Ruled Out | Cabinet Reshuffle - 21 January August 2013 More >>
A hidden gem in Callaghan Innovation’s business case?
Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 9:20 am | sticK
Callaghan Innovation’s business case came out a week before Christmas among a flurry of keep it under the radar government documents released about the same time. More >>
PledgeMe co-flounderer’s words of wisdom
Tuesday, 14 January 2014, 8:39 am | sticK
You’ve got to give a bit of kudos to someone who calls themselves the chief bubble blower and co-flounderer (yes, spelling is correct) of a company. More >>
Callaghan Innovation’s evolution gets curiouser and curiouse
Tuesday, 17 December 2013, 8:40 am | sticK
The analogy of Alice in Wonderland, and curiouser and curiouser comes to mind with Callaghan Innovation. More >>
We’re getting over notions of shame around business failure
Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 8:26 am | sticK
I’m putting the proposition out there that we’re getting over our collective Kiwi hang-up about startup and business failure. More >>
Some answers to cranking up our startup ecosystem
Tuesday, 3 December 2013, 8:40 am | sticK
( sticK - 3 December 2013 ) Let’s hope for our sake that ‘Five ways New Zealand can accelerate a sustainable high-tech ecosystem’ doesn’t receive a “not invented here” rebuff from government and others. Because Linc Gaskin, the co-founder of ... More >>
KiwiNet and the sell of commercialisation
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 8:39 am | sticK
There’s always something to learn at commercialisation workshops. More >>
‘Always be pitching, looking for feedback’
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 8:28 am | sticK
“Get your idea out there as much as possible, pitch it to everyone, even to strangers in a cafe, see what happens. If it doesn’t resonate, you probably don’t have anything.” More >>
High tech bible delivers insights into business disposition
Tuesday, 12 November 2013, 8:22 am | sticK
The TIN100 Report aims to be an authoritative, dispassionate look at the high tech manufacturing, ICT and biotech industries of New Zealand. More >>
New fund slips onto radar – though not many have noticed
Tuesday, 5 November 2013, 4:40 pm | sticK
In the same week that the Punakaiki Fund was abandoned, came a much less heralded, but much more important deal for NZ Inc. More >>
Plenty of traps along the way for pest eradicators
Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 8:46 am | sticK
No one ever said that creating and perfecting a resetting, toxin free pest trap was going to be easy. More >>
