Oct 3, 2021Member-onlyGetting Vaccinated Isn’t A ‘Debate’ So Why Do We Pretend That It Is?I’ve had four ‘vaccine hesitancy’ conversations in the past two weeks. That is four more than I imagined I would ever have. I had assumed the concept of being ‘vaccine hesitant’ was simply an insidious ‘rebranding’ of the anti-vax movement. …24 min read24 min read
Sep 27, 2021Member-only“Alexa? Make me a doctor’s appointment”“Alexa? Make me a doctor’s appointment” It’s no secret to anyone that knows me that I am very critical of our local District Health Board’s (“DHB”) and how they are administered. To me, the curious layperson with apathy for organizational waste and excuses, what I witnessed working within the Northern…9 min read9 min read
Jul 29, 2021Member-onlyI Accidentally Started A(nother) High Margin Side Hustle.Here’s how. — I’ve accidentally fallen into a great little side hustle. It has come out of nowhere and I want to outline what I’ve done and why I think this has succeeded somewhat overnight. So, it turns out restoring and customising old golf clubs can be a really high margin endeavour. It…Startup6 min readStartup6 min read
Mar 23, 2021Member-only“Why don’t you just buy into the school zone?”Yeah, okay… Let’s do a little maths, shall we? Property. It’s the topic that all New Zealand conversation naturally descends to. From board rooms to bars to Ubers, all roads lead to property chat. “House prices in Auckland up 2000%(!)…In a pandemic! OMG!!!”. etc etc. It won’t surprise anyone, therefore, that the small talk at a recent function sank…7 min read7 min read
Feb 16, 2021Member-onlyCarbon Border Adjustments — Industry Killer Or Opportunity To Make A Killing?What will kill New Zealand Agriculture? Believe it or not, it could be re-branded export tariffs in the form of carbon border adjustments (CBA). That’s the opinion of international climate policy expert Byron Fay. In the latest SuperTilt podcast, Byron made it abundantly clear that CBA legislation being proposed out…Agriculture4 min readAgriculture4 min read
Jan 27, 2021Member-onlyThe Top Four Organic Growth Strategies You Need To Diversify Your RevenueOr risk going the way of the dodo. — “We’re raising capital to acquire new users and accelerate growth. Our aim is to use this capital to acquire (X) number of users so that we can raise our series (Y) in 18–24 months time. Our aim is to optimise our content and digital advertising strategies such that our CAC…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Published in The Startup·Jan 6, 2021Member-onlyHow To Turn Your Product Into A Viral SensationRemoving the guesswork from the question of “how to go viral?” — We all see them. Those companies with products that seem to sell themselves… They have a secret sauce; something that’s going on that just makes their products so much more engaging than our own. These companies make us jealously look at our own products and wonder “How?” How do some…Startup5 min readStartup5 min read
Dec 16, 2020Member-onlyHow Big Is 2% Of The Ocean?It’s easy to forget that the earth is mostly water. — Often, we are never exposed to more of the ocean than what’s visible from the local beach. It’s so easy to forget that the earth is mostly blue. With 71% of the earth covered in water, it begs the question, can we leverage the size and scale of our oceans…Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Dec 16, 2020Member-onlyNew Zealand Is Awesome — Just Don’t Look Too Closely.It was such big news when the British High Commissioner to New Zealand Laura Clarke called New Zealand out on its environmental record. “There is a gap … between ambition and reality,” Mrs Clarke said. “You have Scandinavian ambitions in terms of quality of life and public services, but a…Climate Change8 min readClimate Change8 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Nov 1, 2020Member-onlyWhat Is Sales Velocity And Why Should You And Your Startup Care About It?The answer to any commercial problem is always cash. It doesn’t matter what the question is. Cash is king, and the more cash a company can generate, quickly, the more successful they will ultimately be. Sales velocity is a measurement of how fast a company is making money. It measures…Startup3 min readStartup3 min read
