Topic: Risk management

Crafting industry sustainability standards Nick Patterson

Convincing your banker and risk management Cathy Tait-Jamieson

A leadership metaphor - the crocodile swamp John Blackham You have to enjoy the pain and the winning to be entrepreneurial.

Building own expertise and then... recognising it Mike Moss Organic farming require building (and recognising) one's own expertise - this may be an issue in a world where we are used to relying on external experts to guide us...

Challenges on the commercialisation pathway Mark Stuart The path to success is not always straightforward , it may twist and turn and there may be setbacks on the way.

Commercialisation lessons learnt Richard Christie What are the different lessons learnt from different commercialisation stages?

Convincing your banker and risk management Cathy Tait-Jamieson Getting financed was difficult because they did not fit the norm. The bank had to set completely different criteria according to an unconventional set of equations.

Counterintuitive business model Mark Donaldson Developing a totally new technology often means developing the brand new business model to support it - while the technology transitions effectively into the marketplace.

Crafting industry sustainability standards Nick Patterson

Dealing with Mastitis Mike Moss Mastitis is one of the toughest problems to deal with - Mike quotes it as an example of how he approached and overcame it.

Development of the Organic Reality Mike Moss Mike describes how with the years he witnesses the changes in land, animals and people after his farm went organic.

Develop the leadership model that works for you John Blackham The core engine of a business is the team. In order to ask all the questions/solve all the problems it is essential to have other minds and intuitions to brainstorm with.

Employing and retaining engineers Bill Studd Engineer retention rates can be improved upon. This can be crucial to company development.

Financial journey Don Clucas A tight control over the financial development of the company in its early stages represents an investment that pays back later.

Growing the brand Keith Palmer What were the reasons for the group's change of strategy as they decided to move away from commodity markets to cultural branding?

High level commercialisation process Mark Stuart The commercialization process needs to be broken down step by step. Like a business plan, its importance lies in allowing progress measure.

Ideas need management too Grant Ryan Ideas need management also because they have no value until something is done with them.

Implementing is harder than planning! Jim van der Poel Whilst emphasis is often put on planning, one must not forget that it is during the implementation of a plan that one has to overcome the most difficulties...

International by planning Don Clucas When the New Zealand market cannot optimise company growth, internationalising the company from the start is the only way to go.

Mastering episodes out of one's control Mark Donaldson How can a technology entrepreneur regain control in crises situations?

Motivating staff Graeme Milne Motivativing staff is tightly linked to understanding what brings about job satisfaction for people around you.

NZ science - missed opportunities John Shirtcliff Some examples of missed opportunities with high values technologies licensed away for small profit instead of using them as the basis to develop high value niche products

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