As we enter the new financial year, may be thinking about scaling up or expanding your business. In this blog post, we’ll be outlining what key areas you’ll need to take into consideration before you roll out your plans for world domination. Understand why you are growing your business This might seem like an obvious point, but we’ve seen many businesses where this simple question hasn’t been considered. Subsequently, there have been … [Read more...]

By now, we all know the importance of mobile-friendly websites. Each year mobile friendly interactions with customers become more and more important, as the majority of people now choose to browse the internet and receive information such as email on the go. Buying decisions can literally happen anywhere today and businesses who have not adapted to work in this mobile environment are in danger of being left behind. (Hopefully!) everyone has … [Read more...]

At Collaboration, we work with a lot of budding entrepreneurs and startups. We’ve heard lots of inspiring business ideas about how to improve the lives of locals and visitors to Wanaka with innovative new solutions and services. But all too often, these ideas stay just that – ideas. Usually, we find that this happens because the person with the idea hasn’t quite adjusted their mind set to thinking like a business owner yet. Therefore, they … [Read more...]

At Collaboration, we know that Small businesses play an important role in any society. They are breeding grounds for experimentation and innovation. The companies that survive over time provide economic stability for owners and their families and become the new benchmark for other new businesses. It is a constant cycle of development and improvement. Small businesses also create jobs. In a small country such as New Zealand this is key. In … [Read more...]