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The Importance of Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Your Workplace

Employment Relations Consultants, Paul Diver and Associates, share their insights on the importance of workplace mediation and conflict resolution - what does the process involve, ...

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5 Tips to Leverage the Power of Simplicity

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” – Leonardo Da Vinci

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Restructuring and Redundancy – How to Develop a Proposal for Change

Redundancy is generally considered to be a situation where an employee’s position is surplus to the employer’s commercial needs. Employers must be able to justify redundancies ...

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3 Tools to help with SEO & Market Validity of your Business

Whether you’re a startup or a market leader, all businesses start with an idea. Whether this provides a solution to a problem, makes our lives easier, or changes the way we do ...

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Reasons to Consider Filing a Patent When You Don’t Have a Crystal Ball

I often get asked if it is worth filing a patent for a new innovation. The answer to that is 'it depends'. It largely depends on your business strategy. In many instances it's ...

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Effectuation – The Best Theory of Entrepreneurship

University of Virginia Darden professor Saras Sarasvathy’s groundbreaking 2001 paper “What Makes Entrepreneurs Entrepreneurial” finally gained some widespread recognition when ...

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AJ Park: I’ve Invented Something. Should I Try and Patent It?

We are often asked about the value of patent protection.

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AJ Park: Freedom to Patent Does Not Mean Freedom to Operate

I've been to a few investment events recently where the elevator pitch touches on the company's intellectual property (IP) position. The typical approach in the IP section of the ...

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Exit Strategy Not Popular With NZ Businesses

MYOB release their findings on New Zealand SME's exit strategies and business valuations and the results are something to think about!

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Crowdfunding 101

Crowdfunding is a new method of raising funds for a project, and it’s gaining huge momentum worldwide. Crowdfunding operates by many people (the crowd) tipping in small amounts of ...

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