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Making a green stand – literally and figuratively
Tuesday, 22 October 2013, 8:47 am | sticK
Here’s an example of a simple idea being good, and a good idea being simple. It’s also pretty green in the scheme of these things as well as being a “why didn’t I think of that.” More >>
Failing companies the most open to new ideas
Tuesday, 15 October 2013, 8:31 am | sticK
“The most exciting places to work are those big companies that are failing. More >>
‘Ecoman’ a well-told story about building an authentic brand
Friday, 11 October 2013, 1:18 pm | Peter Kerr
Before starting the review of ‘Ecoman’ by Malcolm Rands, I was expecting it to be a slog; a tedious, hair-shirted, finger-wagging tale of me being told off for existing. Well, delightedly, it was breeze. More >>
Book Review: Ecoman
Thursday, 10 October 2013, 1:20 pm | Peter Kerr
Before starting the review of ‘Ecoman’ by Malcolm Rands, I was expecting it to be a slog; a tedious, hair-shirted, finger-wagging tale of me being told off for existing. Well, delightedly, it was breeze. More >>
Punakaiki Fund now a solution in search of a problem?
Tuesday, 8 October 2013, 8:37 am | sticK
So, will the Punakaiki Fund get to ‘Go’? More >>
You’ve got to kiss a lot of frogs
Tuesday, 17 September 2013, 8:42 am | sticK
Engineer, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and raconteur Neville Jordan reckons he needs to kiss about 99 frogs before he’ll find an idea worth investing in. More >>
Showcase site demonstrates how others can digitally engage
Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 8:30 am | sticK
Jamie Houston of Honk Marketing has been using his own (sideline, but now about to turn profitable) business as a showcase of how others can use the web to improve customer interaction. More >>
Building an integrated interweb presence - easily
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 8:38 am | sticK
Callaghan Innovation’s own goal?
Friday, 30 August 2013, 8:57 am | sticK
Let’s call it an own goal eh. How else can we describe Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd’s (CIRL), effectively the old Industrial Research as subsumed into the new-ish entity, failure to obtain millions of dollars’ worth of research funding from the ... More >>
Appiness is good service – Icestack launches its moonshot
Tuesday, 27 August 2013, 8:33 am | sticK
Given that his presentation was to the MobileTech Summit 2013, a primary industry focused event, Andrew McPherson’s app analogy was very apt. More >>
Primary industry mobile tech forum draws the digerati
Tuesday, 20 August 2013, 8:38 am | sticK
Numbers tell a story on their own. And the fact that over 220 attendees ponyed up at the Mobile Tech Summit 2013 in Wellington on August 7 & 8 underscores the message that our natural resources aren’t as old-hat as some would like to believe. More >>
Who is accountable for this mess?
Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 8:33 am | sticK
If there was even half a thought that Callaghan Innovation’s actions had a modicum of common sense, then there would be no worry. More >>
Reading between the lines – an app to promote books
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 8:41 am | sticK
How can the book publishing world engage in a digital world? More >>
We’re no closer to a national SETD plan, strategy, attack
Tuesday, 30 July 2013, 9:05 am | sticK
Taking a further opportunity to look at Callaghan Innovation’s Statement of Intent, it begs further questions relating to our country’s overall Research, Science and Technology spend. (Or, to further broaden it, our Science, Engineering, Technology ... More >>
Magritek looking to be less lonely
Tuesday, 23 July 2013, 9:08 am | sticK
I had the pleasure of catching up with Magritek last week when it announced a new cornerstone shareholder in Wellington-based private equity investor Rangatira. More >>
Free Range Farms – herding startups for collective growt
Tuesday, 16 July 2013, 8:50 am | sticK
Scale, as anyone starting a business realises, is a key, if not the key to growth and success. More >>
CI taxis to the start(up) of the commercialisation runway
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 8:50 am | sticK
At last we have something concrete on what Callaghan Innovation may look like. More >>
Callaghan Innovation to reveal its scientists’ fate today?
Tuesday, 9 July 2013, 9:13 am | sticK
Well, only about a year after a whole process started, the chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers of Callaghan Innovation, the old IRL, find out more about their fate today. More >>
Bacteria detector set to scale up for food industry
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 8:41 am | sticK
I’m always a bit of a sucker for innovations and improvements that add value to our biological industries. More >>
Getting close to one page for everything – HTC One
Tuesday, 25 June 2013, 8:31 am | sticK
My younger boy made the comment that "you don't deserve this phone." (A HTC One). More >>
