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Why PR is a pointless waste of time
Anthill Magazine
"I love your article – it's a fantastic example of crap writing. It shows exactly why the PR industry needs to exist to give people like you fodder." The debate heats up.
Family and friends more important than angels' help
The Nelson Mail
US veteran "angel" investor Bill Payne has put US$1.5 million (NZ$2m) into about 50 technology start-ups during the past 30 years. Now he is spending five months in New Zealand as "entrepreneur in residence" at Auckland University.
The Case for Early Stage Funds
The Wall Street Journal
"In India, it is easier to raise two million dollars than it is to raise $200,000." That kind of sounds like Australia.
This should hang on every entrepreneur's wall
Anthill Magazine
While outsiders may view this and think satire, entrepreneurs will know that McLeod’s piece taps into the peculiar brand of optimism and energy that resides in every bootstrapper who ever built something up from nothing while everyone around them was telling them it was impossible.
How will print content look on the iPad?
Guardian
"A question which isn't answered is if publishers are ready to serve another platform, in a time when workforces are not getting any bigger, who is to shoulder the extra work?"
5 Ways to Use Twitter to Avoid a Backchannel Disaster
Mashable
What do you do when you’re giving a presentation, and notice that your audience is looking down, busily typing on their laptops and smartphones? And what about when you get the sense that they are turning against you?
Rock meets engineering to create a bodaciously viral clip
Anthill Magazine
Sure, it’s a film-clip for a rock band (hardly business related). But it, nonetheless, showcases a feat of extreme commercial creativity likely to inspire the mad inventor in all of us.
How to Quit Your Job
Both Sides of the Table
I operate on the principle that you’re most vulnerable in any deal immediately after you’ve won.
Your clients are morons
Anthill Magazine
"The reason they're your clients in the first place is that they know less about your subject matter than you do."
US VCs Push StartUp Visa Act
Business Week
This proposed US visa for foreign startup entrepreneurs should be a universal template.

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March 10, 2010 | Technology & Innovation

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February 19, 2010 | Promotions

Sometimes we come across a website that we define as ‘remarkable’ – a word we don’t use lightly at Anthill.
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February 1, 2010 | Promotions

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January 20, 2010 | Technology & Innovation

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Read the most important books of the year in less than 30 seconds each

September 29, 2009 | Technology & Innovation

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August 29, 2009 | Promotions

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August 17, 2009 | Technology & Innovation

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