Comments on: Are we insignificant? http://www.simpleandloveable.com/are-we-insignificant How to make Simple and Loveable businesses Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nat http://www.simpleandloveable.com/are-we-insignificant/comment-page-1#comment-7320 Nat Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:09:33 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=875#comment-7320 Hey thanks Ruth (see how good a job she does???) I really wasn't complaining, it just hit me that maybe we're actually NOT worth spending the time/money on. Thanks for the extra advice though :) Hey thanks Ruth (see how good a job she does???)

I really wasn’t complaining, it just hit me that maybe we’re actually NOT worth spending the time/money on.

Thanks for the extra advice though :)

]]> By: ruth http://www.simpleandloveable.com/are-we-insignificant/comment-page-1#comment-7319 ruth Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:25:21 +0000 http://www.simpleandloveable.com/?p=875#comment-7319 No, you're so NOT insignificant, and (even though I'm probably not the best person to say this,) I promise you, it's nothing personal!! I agree that its the 97% or so of smaller enterprises that are out there driving the engine-room of the NZ economy who need all the support they can get. Without investment in the "pipeline" there'll be no future business superstars. And yes, sometimes its funding that makes the difference, and knowing where that funding is can be a huge stumbling block.... here's a quick guide for NZ SMEs to what I know is currently out there (doesn't include different local/regional pots o cash),hopefully a good starting point: http://www.bizchat.co.nz/Pages/ViewResourceItem.aspx?id=56 Apart from money, which is often a pain point, it is sometimes the connections, common sense advice, or just being a sounding board that can make a difference when you're running a company. Never fear, the business support landscape might be changing, but we're still out there, fighting the good fight & helping NZ companies achieve their potential! I'll do my best to keep on helping individual small businesses, outside of the "programme" approach... through forums like this one: http://getsussed.wordpress.com/tag/business-help/ No, you’re so NOT insignificant, and (even though I’m probably not the best person to say this,) I promise you, it’s nothing personal!!

I agree that its the 97% or so of smaller enterprises that are out there driving the engine-room of the NZ economy who need all the support they can get. Without investment in the “pipeline” there’ll be no future business superstars.

And yes, sometimes its funding that makes the difference, and knowing where that funding is can be a huge stumbling block…. here’s a quick guide for NZ SMEs to what I know is currently out there (doesn’t include different local/regional pots o cash),hopefully a good starting point: http://www.bizchat.co.nz/Pages/ViewResourceItem.aspx?id=56

Apart from money, which is often a pain point, it is sometimes the connections, common sense advice, or just being a sounding board that can make a difference when you’re running a company.

Never fear, the business support landscape might be changing, but we’re still out there, fighting the good fight & helping NZ companies achieve their potential! I’ll do my best to keep on helping individual small businesses, outside of the “programme” approach… through forums like this one: http://getsussed.wordpress.com/tag/business-help/

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