Posted in General, Recent picks on Oct 27th, 2011
Beyond the corporation : humanity working / David Erdal.“Challenging traditional economists – the evidence for employee ownership fascinating read … a book that challenges traditional economists. Written in an highly engaging manner, it lays out the evidence for employee ownership. A business model that engages with and enriches human capital. A model that outperforms the [...]
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Posted in General on Oct 26th, 2011
I met up yesterday with Kris Appleby who is the Wellington co-ordinator for Venus Network. Kris’s own business is called Healthy Alternatives . The Venus Network is especially designed for women who are serious about growing their businesses and their networks. Venus is a nationwide business referral community.
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Posted in General on Oct 6th, 2011
Army of entrepreneurs : create an engaged and empowered workforce for exceptional business growth / Jennifer Prosek ; foreword by Darren Hardy.
Army of Entrepreneurs is a great book for any entrepreneur, business owner, senior executive, or manager. The idea that every employee can contribute to building the business, no matter what their level of experience, [...]
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Posted in General on Oct 6th, 2011
A BNZ Connect event for small businesses took place on tuesday 4th October in their Karori branch. It was a great success with about 10 new faces present. Currently these events happen on the first tuesday of every month between 5.30 and 7.30. The other venue is the Kilbirnie BNZ. No matter where you live [...]
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Posted in General on Oct 6th, 2011
This is a guest blog post from Evelyne Draper who is a NLP practitioner here in Wellington. I hope you find it of interest.
Do you know the possible consequences your decisions are having on your business and in your life?
What if you could create new decisions that will give you a new direction in your [...]
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Conversion optimization / Khalid Saleh and Ayat Shukairy.
If you are looking for a ways to improve the performance of your e-commerce website, there is no way you can read Conversion Optimization and not come up with some great ideas that will directly improve your e-commerce business…. The book is full of real life examples, including [...]
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Posted in General on Aug 19th, 2011
Evelyne Draper is an NLP Master Practitioner and NLP Coach, licensed by the International Association of Neuro-linguistic Programming and the International Coaching Institutes and lives in Wellington. She has written this article
Create Business Success From The Inside Out
Part 1
In today’s fast moving, global world, many people suffer from the modern problem of information overload. We [...]
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Posted in General on Aug 17th, 2011
Heading off to Wellington City Libraries from Karori Tuesday 16th August – can’t let the customers down!
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Posted in General on Aug 15th, 2011
This publication, a collaborative effort between the World Trade Organisation and the Institute of Developing Economies and “focuses on the factors that have helped to shape global production. Starting with demand,it describes how a changing economic environment has contributed to the phenomenon of global production. Infrastructure services, tariffs, foreign direct investment, cheaper technology and lower transportation costs [...]
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Posted in General on Jul 6th, 2011
Last night I attended a BNZ Connect event at Karori. It was a great opportunity to talk with small business owners who live in Karori and be able to outline how Wellington City Libraries could be of assistance. The event was most useful and there was a real sense of community. These events are held [...]
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