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Heavyweight Collaborator
It’s New Zealanders’ enthusiasm, and their dedication to making films, that most impresses New York- born producer Barrie Osborne. “No matter what,” he says, “it doesn’t matter if it’s raining or...
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Tales from the data mountain
WHEN people ask Simon Scott what he does, he tells them he takes corporate strategy documents out of people’s bottom drawers and puts them onto their office walls. Simon Scott is a self-confessed...
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Talent relocation
RUGBY really means the world to talent-recruitment specialist Tony Cutting. While the amateur player never did a traditional Kiwi “overseas experience”, rugby tours have taken him across the globe...
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In the running
IT is not unusual for 16-year-olds to feel that school is not working for them. Most have a grump and go out. Melissa Moon took off to London on her own. “I got to the beginning of the sixth form and...
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A tough act to follow
SUCCESSFUL sports people, coaches and experts in motivational techniques often stress the importance of setting realistic goals. David Kirk wonders whether New Zealand is being realistic in expecting...
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Strategic intimacy
Lee Suckling talks strategy with Telemetry Research, one of New Zealand’s fastest growing companies. Photographs by Isaac de Reus IN the beginning, staff would symbolically mark every product sale with...
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The third man
What good is an honest sleuth if he can’t balance the books? New Zealand private investigators are remarkably incorrupt, but sorely lacking in business nous, says top PI Ron McQuilter. What good is an...
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Unheard of
There’s a lot to be said for being unseen, unknown and unheard of when you’re a private investigator, but sometimes it’s just not that great for business. Julia Hartley Moore’s high profile work has...
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We’re not there yet
Family run business Piako Gourmet Yoghurt has come a long way since it launched three years ago. What started with repackaging imported yoghurt on a kitchen table soon grew to a small-factory operation...
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Luck has nothing to do with it
What one notable New Zealand entrepreneur called his “F**k You Money”, they diplomatically refer to as their “Lucky Money”: $10 million up front and another $10 million mixed share/cash payment. It’s...
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