Chimnea

January 23, 2012
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Chimnea

Although it rarely gets cold in Wellington, this outdoor fireplace is a great asset to a deck or bbq area. Smores anyone? Fairly good condition but the ash-tray is badly rusted NZ$75 US$60   Pickup from Lower Hutt Contact: Jeff Porter forsale @ ausmerica.com .  

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Outdoor Setting

January 23, 2012
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Outdoor Setting

This outdoor table, chairs and shade is in great condition and consists of a Table 106cm or 3′ 6″ square, 4 woven chairs, an umbrella and weighted stand to help with the breezes we get in Wellington.   NZ$tba US$ tba   Pickup from Lower Hutt Contact: Jeff Porter forsale @ ausmerica.com  

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LinkedIn Maps

January 13, 2012
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LinkedIn Maps

LinkedIn has a cool feature known as LinkedIn Maps. It allows you to graphically view your network. You can see mine below. What I like about this tool is that at the high level view you can see the clusters of your network shown by color differences. You can identify and name each part of the network to help you analyze further. When you zoom in, you can see the members and the connectors within each cluster. Hovering over each one of the dots shows you the details of your connection. The larger the dot, the more connections. You...

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USA – Australia – New Zealand Business opportunity development

October 26, 2011
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USA – Australia – New Zealand Business opportunity development

For those that know me and have worked with me, you will be aware of my passion for assisting unique and growing small businesses and for helping to identify and nurture potential business opportunities in domestic and export markets. I’ve recently incorporated USANZ Extended Marketing LLC to formalize these efforts by actively networking known and trusted businesses on my ‘RADAR’ with each other, and with evolving opportunities that I uncover. My goal, as always is to identify and recognize a potential opportunity and add value with little or no cost to the RADAR business. Where these or other opportunities...

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What makes an entrepreneur?

September 15, 2011
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What makes an entrepreneur?

A great series of articles from Mark Suster from his Both Sides of the Table blog describing the makeup and attributes of entrepreneurs. 1. Tenacity – the most important attribute of an entrepreneur is never being willing to give up. 2. Street Smarts – getting out and understanding customers is far more important than book smarts or computer research. 3. Ability to Pivot – it’s not good enough to be tenacious and smart.  You also need to be sure you have a great product/market fit and that it is a big enough market to make money.  The best entrepreneurs...

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Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest

September 2, 2011
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Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest – The American Small Business Coalition The Warrior-to-Entrepreneur (W2E) 2011 Business Plan Contest is an opportunity for injured and disabled Veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan, interested in or already starting their own business, to connect with business leaders and resource partners to help bring their vision to fruition through advisory support, financing and more. The American Small Business Coalition – www.TheASBC.org  is a relentless advocate for small and minority business and their initiative to conduct the Warrior-to-Entrepreneur Business Plan contest is a great opportunity for returning veterans to realize...

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