NZBusiness + Management With two top business magazines combined into one digital issue, NZBusiness + Management offers a feast of information, inspiration and education for business leaders and owner managers from SME through to corporate. In Management our focus is to inspire New Zealand’s business leaders and the managers of today and tomorrow to succeed in business. NZBusiness was developed specifically for business owners, the editorial content is designed to inform, inspire and educate readers. Feature articles provide more in-depth information whilst profiles and case studies provide inspirational and aspirational content.

SUCCESS BORN OUT OF RESILIENCE

NZBusiness+Management

How to succeed at being your own boss

Covid Schmovid delivers on insights

The ultimate Linkedln user’s guide

Social media app connects businesses with customers

STILL THRIVING AFTER 28 YEARS

Tipple truck taps into trend

Hamilton celebrates down by the riverside • HAMILTON’S CBD BUSINESSES ARE SET TO STAGE THEIR DAZZLING 2020 CELEBRATION AWARDS IN A MARQUEE BY THE WAIKATO RIVER. IN A COVID-DOMINATED YEAR WE’D ALL LIKE TO FORGET, IT PROMISES TO BE ANOTHER NIGHT TO REMEMBER.

ON A SCENT TO SUCCESS • MICHAEL WELTEN’S FIVE-YEAR QUEST TO FORMULATE A PURE PLANT-BASED PET FRAGRANCE FOR HIS BELOVED FRENCH BULLDOG BENSON IS PAYING DIVIDENDS.

WHERE CREATIVITY IS OFF THE SCALE • IT SEEMS EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC CAN’T STEM THE CREATIVE JUICES OR BUSINESS ENTHUSIASM OF JOAQUIN LOYZAGA AND SAM COTTER-DEPHOFF – THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND LOWERHUTT’S SCALE STUDIOS.

FAST, EASY, FLEXIBLE CAPITAL FOR YOUR BUSINESS • IN A NEW ZEALAND BANKING FIRST, KIWIBANK HAS LAUNCHED FAST CAPITAL, A DIGITAL PLATFORM THAT ENABLES AUTOMATED LENDING DECISIONS FOR BUSINESSES.

TALES OF GRASS ROOTS RESILIENCE • NEW ZEALAND’S MEDIA HAS BEEN AWASH WITH INSPIRING TALES OF BUSINESS OWNERS DEFYING THE PANDEMIC THROUGH REINVENTION – BY NAVIGATING AND PIVOTING ACROSS ALERT LEVELS, AND EMERGING WISER AND BETTER PREPARED FOR OUR ‘NEW NORMAL’. HERE IS A SMALL SELECTION OF THOSE WARRIORS’ STORIES – DELIVERING USEFUL LESSONS ON INNOVATION AND RESILIENCE.

LAUREN PARSON’S 5 TIPS TO ACHIEVING MENTAL RESILIENCE

TACKLING THE TICKING TIME BOMB • NZBUSINESS CAUGHT UP WITH CARBONCLICK CEO AND ENTREPRENEUR DAVE ROUSE RECENTLY FOR HIS TAKE ON THE CURRENT BUSINESS CLIMATE, AND TO SHARE SOME HARD-EARNED ADVICE.

A TIME FOR AGILITY AND RESILIENCE • AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ONE OF NEW ZEALAND’S BUSIEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ACCOUNTING AGENCIES, GOFI8URE’S LISA MARTIN HAS LOADS OF EXPERIENCE TO DRAW ON TO HELP BUSINESSES PUNCH ON THROUGH THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC. HERE’S HER ADVICE FOR STAYING ON THE FRONT FOOT.

MAXIMISING YOUR VALUE AND PURPOSE • IN AN AGE WHEN TURBULENCE AND UNCERTAINTY CONTINUE TO ROCK THE WORLD’S ECONOMIES AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE MBA REMAINS A BEACON OF LIFE-ENHANCING, CAREER-CHANGING KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION.

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IN PURSUIT OF THE DREAM

University of Waikato: Waikato Management School

THE ULTIMATE CONFIDENCE BOOST

ADDITIONAL MBA PROGRAMMES

A NEW PRIVACY ACT MEANS YOU NEED TO ACT • ON 1 DECEMBER 2020, NEW ZEALAND’S UPDATED PRIVACY ACT COMES INTO FORCE. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO PREPARE FOR THE CHANGES.

HOW WIRELESS TRANSMISSION BENEFITS OUR PLANET

FULL BEAM AHEAD • ENTREPRENEUR GREG KUSHNIR HEADS KIWI START-UP EMROD – THE COMPANY SPEARHEADING A BREAKTHROUGH WIRELESS POWER TRANSMISSION TECHNOLOGY AS THE ALTERNATIVE TO COPPER-BASED POWER LINES. IT’S AN EXCITING TECHNOLOGY WITH UNIMAGINABLE POTENTIAL.

MAKING THE TOUGH DECISIONS

ALBERTS THE ANSWER TO CBD UNCERTAINTY • LOOKING FOR A PANDEMIC-PROOF AUCKLAND CBD OFFICE SPACE? WITH THE ARRIVAL OF ALBERTS EXCITING NEW WORKSPACE CONCEPT IN DOWNTOWN...