Fundraising is the single most important thing you can do for your business, but I know very few founders who enjoy the process.
China is our largest trading partner, our second largest source of tourists and Chinese investors have come to the aid of a number of struggling New Zealand businesses that potentially would have failed without their support. Some Chinese entities have also offered cutting edge technology to business in New Zealand, Huawei is a case in point.
Business and technology executives are increasingly fascinated and obsessed with technologies that are designed to automate and drive faster speed to market. Many, however, are finding that this alone is rarely a cure-all. Rather, it is customer demands that are increasingly driving the future of the modern IT delivery model and becoming the foundation for the connected enterprise.
"New Zealand's response to COVID-19 has resulted in extraordinary changes to the economy, the fortunes of businesses and the lives of customers," ANZ CEO Antonia Watson says.
His involvement with his wife in the business was strongly values-based, and he enjoyed the freedom of deciding what he did and who he worked with.
Antonia Watson, ANZ New Zealand chief executive, said New Zealand's response to Covid-19 had resulted in extraordinary changes to the economy, the fortunes of businesses and the lives of customers.
The Government, retail banks and the Reserve Bank are today announcing a major financial support package for home owners and businesses affected by the economic impacts of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 Response (Further Management Measures) Legislation Bill is an omnibus bill which introduces amendments that will assist New Zealand to respond to the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19, including changes to enable businesses, local government, and others to manage and mitigate the impacts of the response to COVID-19, and to make minor changes to mitigate issues relating to COVID-19.