Last night I went along to the finals of the Cable Car Challenge. I was blown away by some of the finalists, with everything from a uniquely New Zealand salad bar, to online startups like Medrecruit (placing doctors based on lifestyle) and Hirethings (an online hire community), to extremely technical things that I couldn’t quite get my head around. The winner was Eyemagnet, who are revolutionising advertising worldwide.
The guys from Medrecruit and Hirethings celebrate their signed copies of
Guy Kawasakis book ‘The Art of the Start’ and their $2,000 cheques.
Some of the plans that didn’t quite reach the finals should be watched as well - I talked to one guy who has invented a net to go over recycling bins so that all our rubbish doesn’t end up on the streets or in the ocean! Simple but effective. Good luck to everyone who entered - now you’ve got a business plan, it’s going to be a matter of making it happen!
I've spent the day listening to Business is Booming from TVNZ on demand. It's on tv in New Zealand on Saturday mornings at 8am, but for those of us who sleep in and don't like ads it's all online. (The TVNZ website is a little weird, so go here and search for 'Business is Booming' to view the episodes or Subscribe to the Business is...(Read more)
Have you ever had a project that ran over time, over budget and required you to do a whole bunch of stuff you have never needed to do before and will never need to do again?
Do you ever say 'yes' to customer inquiries even though they are asking you to do something that isn't quite your core business?
Do you buy stock on a whim and...(Read more)
PlanHQ has just been announced as a finalist in the Wellington Emerging Export of the Year Awards. We are quietly chuffed with our success over the past 11 months (has it only been that long???) and it's nice to celebrate!
Tim will be in the US for the gala evening, but Nik has already got big plans to rent a tux and the rest of us...(Read more)
Wil Schroter from the Go Big Network just asked a very good question. A lot of business, especially web based startups have a revenue model of selling to a large company and taking their place at a big dinner table. Wil has asked whether this is the right thing for you to do and has come up with a list of well reasoned points to...(Read more)
