Five simple steps to ensure wage parity within the next five years.

Juggling a business with family time can be tricky, but family should come first.

Meet the Kiwi Willy Wonka taking a trip down memory lane with chocolate.

Irene Falcone's natural beauty website Nourished Life collects A$20m revenue a year.

Facebook has announced a new tool to help small businesses with their marketing strategy.

People have been warned of dodgy tax agents hoping to take a cut of their annual refund.

COMMENT: Charitable NewsJacking is a marketing strategy that gets you positive publicity.

The birth of her first son led to a career change for cosmetics firm founder Ima Asal

COMMENT: Being prepared separates successful businesses from those that fold.

The women fighting to make interest rates fairer. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Here's how two Aussie mates are bucking the trend with their menswear store InStitchu.

Accounting software firm Xero has surpassed one million subscribers worldwide.

COMMENT: How to double the results from all your advertising.

Tauranga-based boat maker Tino Marine is challenging the traditional way boats are made.

Here's how a truckie turned his crazy idea into a garage start-up now worth $3.2 million.

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Soon tax returns could involve computers talking to computers.

New Zealand start-ups have the highest percentage of overseas customers when measured against their counterparts.

Founder Toss Grumley opens up about his past and explains where the business is today.

Kiwis are missing out on funding because they copy US-style pitches to investors.

Govino New Zealand director Prue Kane talks about taking on an established drinkware business and the greatest lessons she's learnt.

A St Albans business made just $40 a day while cycleway upgrades removed parking from the shop.

Small businesses have strong confidence in the country's economy.

Twenty three year-old Stefan Warnaar was inspired to start his business on his OE. Warnaar opens up about competition.

The incredible growth of craft beer has created a dilemma for many brewers.

A $5 million dollar proposal to build a state-of-the-art tourist information centre has been approved by Tauranga City Council, but in a digital age could there have been a different way of supporting tourists. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A few days ago I received an interesting letter in the mail from a local electrician I had used a few times. The letter said that

Meet the company behind New Zealand's first digital currency KiwiSaver-like initiative, My Bitcoin Saver.

After his first major speech as Finance Minister, Steven Joyce talks to Liam Dann about economics, social investment and the odds of tax cuts in the upcoming budget.

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