Archive for the ‘Kiwi Stuff’ Category

NZ has a real richness of interactive talent so this is great news:

Microsoft announced Wednesday that it will be creating a video game studio in collaboration with “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson. Wingnut will be based in New Zealand, Henson said. He would not elaborate on the business terms of the arrangement.

Link to Microsoft, Peter Jackson to form game studio | CNET News.com

Bloody easy says the World Bank… I think they kinda miss the point though. Might be easy to do business there but most entrepreneurs I know are more interested in doing business here. That would be another axis on the chart that I might fear lead to a different outcome than this:

1. New Zealand
2. Singapore
3. United States
4. Canada
5. Norway

So, entrepreneurs in Serbia and Montenegro can register new businesses online, and if the entrepreneur has not heard from the government in five days, the business can start. Now try getting your product to market in Japan or the US.

Sorry for the cynicism but I deal with Kiwi companies trying to break into the US every day and am all to familiar with the real challenge they face.

Thanks to Guy & Peep for flagging.

N0 8 Ventures has a new blog and web site to boot thank to the team at Marker. No 8 Ventures is New Zealand’s leading technology firm and where, I am proud to say, I’m a director. So, if you are a Kiwi entrepreneur, tune in – or even better still, subscribe. Thanks to the team at Marker for their hard work on this one.

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That’s Bill giving Kiwi (and big IT guy at Chevron) Alan Nunns a copy of Vista. Cool.

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