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The two questions I get asked more than any others are “how long will this take?” and, once we’re underway, “so where are we up to?” They sound like scheduling questions. They aren’t. …

It started with a spreadsheet. Of course it did. Aidan is a co-owner of Asset Construction, a civil and structural outfit out of Auckland who do everything from a driveway repair at your place through to working on a …

“So how many people have you got?” It’s the second question anyone asks about your business, right after what you do. And there’s an assumption buried in it that everyone shares and nobody …

“Does anyone know a good sparky?” If you’re in any of the local Facebook groups, you’ve seen that post. You’ve seen it this week. You’ve probably seen three versions of it, along with …

“Sorry, could you resend the March invoice?” If you run a business that invoices people, you have received that email. Probably this month. Possibly twice. It’s such a small thing that nobody ever does …

There’s a job that turns up on every single project, every year, forever. It arrives right at the end, after the hard thinking is done, after the design is signed off, after everyone has finally agreed on the …

There’s a myth I’d like to take a swing at, because I believed it for years. The myth is that the hard part of starting something is finding the perfect idea. That somewhere out there is a gap in the market, …

When I joined Sanderson Howe, one of the first things I did was set up a strategy workshop. This was more than just an excuse to do some day drinking and be creative with two brilliant and hilarious friends - we also …

You have had a great idea for a business on the boil for a while now, so you think to yourself, “I really have to do something about this!” Followed closely by, “but where do I start? I don’t know the first thing about …

BetterSaver is a personalised KiwiSaver fund recommendation website that draws from over 180 funds. It offers unbiased, expert advice and takes your ethical stance on investments into consideration - finding you the …

At Sanderson Howe we like to keep an eye on the future. And as part of that future, we see WebAssembly as part of that landscape. As it starts to come into the mainstream, this is a series of our experiments into it. …

SKYCITY is New Zealand’s largest tourism, leisure and entertainment company, running multiple casinos, restaurants, bars and conference facilities in New Zealand and Australia. In 2017, they were aware that technology …