Accelerate 2010 – The Business development event of the summer

By Tim Norton | Dec 7, 2009

The business development event of the summer is shaping up to be in the sunny Hawkes Bay on Wednesday February 17. Local legend and global marketing guru Andy Lark are doing a full day with business owners wanting to accelerate their business. When & How: Wednesday Feb 17 – Register Now! This will be tight [...]

Building a Profitable Company

By Tim Norton | Apr 23, 2008

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Sometimes you spend your money, sometimes you raise some off others, but in the end the aim is always be to build a profitable company. Consulting and Side Product Development My first business was profitable from day one, consulting. I saved plenty from this and in parallel quietly started self funding a product development, hired [...]

Make the switch to Xero

By Tim Norton | Apr 18, 2008

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If you read this blog and haven’t made the switch to online accounting software Xero for your accounting yet, then I assume it’s probably becuase your accounting year end hasn’t quite rolled around. If you’re by chance still debating whether or not Xero is ready for your business yet, or are wondering if there might [...]

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