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[box] “There’s always someone who knows something.” ― Stephen King   “Even though there are no ways of knowing for sure, there are ways of knowing for pretty sure.” ― Lemony Snicket   “There’s more to getting to where you’re going than just knowing there’s a road.” ― Joan Lowery Nixon [/box]   How many […]

Recently Debra and I made a trip to Clark, Philippines to spend some time with our team there – Grace and Arlyn. My time over there led me to reflect on my experience with outsourcing to the Philippines, the changes that this way of working has brought about and the differences with our two outsource […]

Recently, I wrote about the challenges of the public works act engagements we are undertaking (click here to read). Since then, a number of people asked why were we still doing what appears to be soul destroying work? I have struggled with answers as to the why, especially after we have made such a big […]

So you’re an entrepreneur. Maybe you decided to change the world. Wanted to put your dent on the universe. Revolutionise something. Maybe you just wanted to stick it to the man, man. But then you discovered something you weren’t expecting. This is hard. You know it’s hard when you find yourself working late and missing […]

One of the most painful situations businesses encounter is getting back their tax return with a big profit, accompanying tax bill, and no cash to pay the IRD. In fact, they haven’t seen any cash benefit of the profit throughout the year. There are a number events that can conspire to create the aforementioned unfortunate […]