Features 
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Short Selling (2)
1/17/10 •
You could walk away from five minutes with Suzanne Paul having sold your soul for a vibrating massage pillow. What’s more, you would be feeling damn good about it. Katie Foley visits the strange world of the serial entrepreneur.
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Looking Up (2)
1/17/10 •
From preachers to green collar entrepreneurs, the evolution of green over the last decade has been remarkable. Katie Foley talked to Sustainable Business Network Chief Executive Rachel Brown, Board Chair Chris Morrison and kiwibank General Manager of Business Transformation Murray Wu.
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Thirst to be the First (0)
12/01/09 •
When Nadine Isler met local web media mogul Jack Yan, she found an unexpectedly engaging entrepreneur and a jack of all trades…
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Thoughts from the Ice Chair (0)
12/01/09 •
IN-Business wanted to examine the idea of ‘thought leadership’, those people in business who have the idea first, and put their necks on the line to make it happen. The term has been gaining traction in business circles, but is it bona-fide or buzzword? Katie Foley asked Jeremy Moon, Chief Executive of innovative merino outdoor clothing company Icebreaker, for a definition.
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The Tender Foot Forward (2)
12/01/09 •
It is a time of massive opportunities for businesses. Bigger spending by the country’s biggest spender – the government – is just around the corner, with huge numbers of contracts to be won. Euan Stitt, from bid winning experts Shipley NZ, tells Michael Dickison why this presents unparalleled opportunities for business and should be a lot of fun.
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The Peters Factor (8)
9/30/09 •
Sir Robert Jones predicts that National will prove to be a one-term pony, and that the former member for Tauranga will once again stalk the boards of parliament.
Political journalists are given to protesting that the public don’t understand the ghastly MMP system. Probably that was true for its first decade, but I doubt if it [more »]
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Persistence can pay (0)
7/20/09 •
The Government’s tightening of its belts on public sector procurement may not be a negative thing for the private sector, Peter Cooper writes.
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Working on Different Levels (0)
7/20/09 •
Communal working is a concept that Primeproperty House has been successfully selling to its tenants well before it became accepted as a successful working process.
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Showcase for the digital future (0)
7/19/09 •
The IN-Business team battled rush hour traffic and ominous weather to attend the official opening of Ricoh’s new ‘Technology Centre’. Held in the distinctive building on Taranaki Street, editor Nadine Isler and videographer Steve Leon weren’t sure what to expect, beyond the ‘refreshments and canapes’ promised on the invitation.
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Double Life (0)
7/10/09 •
From scientist to suit; it can be a sizeable leap. But Wellington has a thriving innovation industry working feverishly to guide academics from eureka moment to the unfamiliar territory of the commercial world.
