Today, our SME&E podcast guest is Carmen Vicelich, the founder of two globally successful businesses; Data Insight and Valocity. Carmen says that "anything the mind can conceive and believe; it can achieve"

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Sophie Logie, a Senior Associate at Cavell Leitch, is an expert in employment law and has donated some time to answer questions that will help your business. 

In this episode, we ask Sophie four questions:

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This short episode is explinaing what you can expect from our podcast..

When your business is solving a complex problem, it comes with challenges; Our guest Sarah Heine, CEO of the Biopolymer Network, discusses why Ecobeans is a fantastic product, the challenges her team have overcome, and the processes she has developed to keep moving forward.

Why are ecobeans good?  There are no petrochemicals in EcoBeans. Just plants. BPN is focused on developing a portfolio of intellectual property in products based on materials from trees and plants.

We chat about:

The big problem Sarah and her team are solving is to minimise the amount of Polysteryn on the planet and replace that with a Biopolymer product that is commercially compostable. 

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Today's episode focuses on marketing, brand and strategy; If you need some marketing or brand advice, this short podcast will add value! 

Do you want to know the most effective marketing tools for your business that cost the least amount of money? 

Guests today:

In this, we have pulled snippets from 6 podcasts guests that are experts in the marketing, strategy and brand space and complied a short episode with a ton of expert advice! 

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A headline on your website is a variable that keeps people on your site; the headline on your Facebook or Google ad is one of the most critical factors that motivate people to call or purchase from you!

So it makes sense to understand what makes a good headline.

Today we chat about tactics that can test different headline options, what you need to be thinking about when writing a headline and a few simple tactics that will help get more customers to see your product or service.

David Founder of Dimple - Digital Made Simple talks us through Headline. If you need some help, David details are below:

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Toby's first startup Mutu began life as an app that allows you to lend and rent everyday items that would otherwise be collecting dust or be discarded as solid landfills. Mutu soon had a big pivot and rapidly grew into a tool to help large global multinational businesses.

Toby and his partner Elise have also created MenuAid. MuneuAid is a seamless menu planning platform that makes mealtimes easier with weekly recipes, an editable shopping list, and flexible shopping options integrated with supermarkets that deliver your order to your door. 

Safe to say that Toby has been met with his challenges; during our conversation, we discussed how he started creating apps (with no coding or app development experience) his process to develop a high-performing team; Plus we chatted about imposter syndrome, growth tactics, and some exciting new startups in NZ.

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Do you know what an Economic Development Agency (EDA) is and how it can help an SME?

Did you know that an EDA has resources available to help your business? Whether you are in the concept phase or looking to make a big business move, your EDA could be a very helpful source of information/support.

This week's podcast guest is Andrew Wilson CEO of Rotorua Economic Development Ltd (RED), some may be more familiar with RED others as Destination Rotorua.

Andrew is awesome and happily shared his career journey from his first-ever job packing milk powder, running a full production bakery with 35-40 staff whilst at Uni (having no experience), managing the detector dog program at the airports across NZ sniffing out unwanted biological products, developing a tech startup and how he ended up at the CEO at RED.

Andrew also provides his best guestimate of what the tourism

If you have no awareness of how an EDA could support your SME/startup, this is the podcast for you.

If you are trying to grow your digital presence this podcast will help you understand how our guest Sarah created a group in 2 months with 500,000 members.

Chooice sprung into life in March 2020, during New Zealand’s first national lockdown.

Kiwi hearts are big, but our businesses are small.

Faced with lockdown, thousands of New Zealand creators lost their livelihoods overnight, as

exhibitions, fairs and farmers markets went into hibernation.

For Chooice founder, Sarah Colcord, COVID-19 pressed pause on her event management business. Seeing many experiencing a similar fate, she launched a DIY lifeline from her South Auckland bedroom - a Facebook group called New Zealand Made Products. The group exploded, reaching over half a million members in two months, and remains New Zealand’s largest Facebook group.

Chooice is a shop window for New Zealand’s biggest online community of Kiwi creators, from small businesses to hobbyists and side hustlers.

Our ambitions are big but we’re a small business too, and proudly New Zealand owned and

With over 550,000 members in our Facebook Group, over 1.5 million website visits in the last 12 months, and over 3000 stores on our website, Chooice is a strong and supportive community with a loyal following.

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