Why Small Businesses Need an Innovation Strategy
Interestingly over the years, the term "innovation strategy" may have been something for corporates or the ‘in’ or ‘cool’ companies. What small-to-medium sized business owners ...
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Why Would You Ever Create a Startup? (The Odds Are Horrible …)
What causes a founder to start their business? What do supporters or wider members of the ecosystem say to these founders when they are starting?
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Ready-Made Meal Business has Right Ingredients for Success
The way we’re eating is changing – more and more of us are opting for a home-cooked ready to eat idea, either fully prepared or part of a meal that can be added to, like a ...
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How to Create Commercial Value for Your Business: 10 Focus Areas
We business owners often get so buried in the day to day, that we forget the myriad of essential building blocks required to be kept in check, in order to create, build, ...
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Sustainable Success: IdealCup’s Path to Becoming a Market-Leading Kiwi Business
Steph Fry is the co-founder of IdealCup, a New Zealand-designed and made reusable cup, made in Wellington. IdealCup have been in business for just under 10 years and in that ...
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Customer Experiences: The Sustainable Competitive Edge
In the business world everyone is always looking for that extra something – the product or technology that will give them that competitive edge. But no matter what is found, ...
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Champion New Zealander: A Tribute to Ian Elliott, 1946-2019
I first met Ian Elliott when he came on The Icehouse AGRI3 (agribusiness) programme. Immediately I knew we had someone who knew more than us all combined. We connected as two ...
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The Icehouse Annual Letter 2018
Hi Icehousers It’s The Icehouse Annual Letter time – yep, its coming to the end of 2018! It’s time again for us to look back on the year that’s been, look forward to the year ...
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Four Financial Tips to Take On Board in 2019
Haven’t quite got your head around the financial numbers in your business? Or sick of a silent room and nodding heads when sharing financial reports with your senior leaders? ...
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7 Myths of Flexible Working, Busted
The demand for flexible working conditions is a growing trend in New Zealand, and with benefits linked to increased productivity and happier staff, it’s no wonder a growing ...
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