http://www.calder.net.nz Young New Zealand Entrepreneur Sun, 17 Aug 2008 11:27:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Although I have banked with Rabobank for as long as I can remember and still use them for my personal and trust accounts, I am pleased with my decision to start using The National Bank as my specialised business banker. I have enjoyed working closely with Business Banking Manager Matthew ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/08/the-national-bank/ Bain Capital Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners have combined their investments and have given LinkedIn a $53 million round of funding which creates a valuation of $1B. I use Linkedin frequently and have found the professional applications of this site useful when making, sharing and recording contacts ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/08/linkedin/ The UPSTART Business Incubator is an excellent facility for all developing entrepreneurs to receive support and guidance for their high growth businesses. UPSTART was initially formed and funded by the Dunedin City Council, University of Otago, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE). Within only four years UPSTART has ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/08/upstart-business-incubator/ This years NBR Audacious Business Plan Competition has finally arrived. Dunedin is very fortunate to have well organised business competitions like this. Last year I was a finalist in this Business Plan competition with my business Foot-Print-Free which attempted to develop a system whereby paper based receipts would be replaced ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/08/nbr-audacious/ After a little bit of configuring I have now setup up my Twitter account. I first came across Twitter in the new STARTUP magazine which reports on new innovative web based businesses. Wikipedia's definition of Twitter is: "Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users (also ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/08/twitter/ MomentumPlus Ltd is a company formed by Darryl Goad - Health and Fitness professional, and Andrew Hamilton - Chartered Accountant, as a one stop shop for small business owners who find themselves under considerable time pressure and stress because their businesses are running inefficiently as they have ineffective systems ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/07/momentumplus/ WordPress has just launched an Open Source app that lets you write posts, upload photos, and edit your WordPress blog from your iPhone or iPod Touch. Wikipedia describes WordPress as a blog publishing system written in PHP whereby all data is stored in a MySQL database. Since iPhones have recently ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/07/wordpress-for-iphone/ Price Waterhouse Coopers have yesterday released a very interesting report which they have conducted on the complete economic benefits of stadia titled "From dressing rooms to conference rooms". This report identifies key findings which relate to drivers for their development, increased attendance, multi-use applications, community/commercial benefits, funding structures, opportunities and ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/07/from-dressing-rooms-to-conference-rooms/ My Hero:) Rod Drury has today retired from personal blogging. I was first introduced to Rod at the University of Otago, School of Business, when he came to speak to the Master of Entrepreneurship and Otago MBA classes. I was inspired by Rod's successes with Aftermail and with his current global, ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/07/rod-drury-retires-from-blogging/ It took me a while to get into but now Facebook has become something I look forward to viewing and has changing the way I keep in touch with friends. There is growing opinion that Facebook is heading into troubled waters as employers are starting to view their employees profiles ... http://www.calder.net.nz/2008/07/facebook/