Think Small

Dunedin-based personal finance organisers Pocketsmith dropped us a note today with some excellent news. They have recently secured a partnership with US-based Workplace Options, who they inform us in “the world’s largest provider of work-life employee benefits”. Initially I was suprised to learn such a company existed, and even more so to discover they deliver support to more than 18.5 million employees in more than 10,000 organizations.[Read full story]

Over at Public Address Xero’s Surviving Small conversation has been going gangbusters. Xero founder Rod Drury has a new post up this morning, in which he discusses strategies for building business by building your personal brand. [Read full story]

Air New Zealand CEO Rob Fyfe was a major contributor to the Job Summit, both on the day and in the lead-up. With Tourism Facing a 9% decline, the national carrier is a vital player in NZ trading its way through the downturn.[Read full story]

Auckland ad agency DraftFCB has picked up the challenge John Key laid down at the Job Summit by offering 1000 free hours of creative, strategic marketing and media advice to Kiwi companies. [Read full story]

Prime Minister John Key spoke with us just after the closing remarks of the Job Summit aimed at dealing with the issue of  their being 80,000 Jobs at risk in New Zealand. John shared a couple of minutes on New Zealand’s opportunity as a small country, with small business and taking New Zealand to the world. Watch 2 minutes with John.[Read full story]