Archive: November 2011

NZTE Beachheads customer delegation with Meg Whitman, CEO of HP

An all-star assortment of US business leaders providing advice to New Zealand companies was the highlight of the North America Beachheads Forum, attended by 50 New Zealand companies recently in San Francisco.

Refreshingly, a lot of the business firepower on display was from women.

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Middle East opportunities are emerging

It has been a glorious autumn in Northern Europe, with stunning colours of gold and copper, sparkling in slanting beams of sunlight. The falling leaves are a reminder of the cyclical forces that shape our world, and the economic and political headlines reinforce the message every day.

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There's a Method to their madness...

The penultimate (love that word) day of the Better By Design study tour saw the team start the third day bright and early with a trip to the flagship Apple store in Union Square in San Francisco.

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The Better By Design US Study Tour

Day 2 of the Better By Design Study Tour was an awesome trip into the heart of Silicon Valley and in the spirit of the place.

We started our day at Intuitive Surgical, which makes robotic surgery devices. Six of the 2,000 robots they've made are in New Zealand.

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Better By Design study tour

The first day of NZTE's Better By Design study tour was really good. At IDEO we got some people-focused tools and techniques to quickly create testable prototypes from ideas and interviews.

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