Three Tauranga entrepreneurs have been selected as regional finalists in New Zealand's most prominent business plan competition.
The ANZ Flying Start Business Plan Competition offers more than $80,000 worth of prizes to start-ups and existing businesses with less than $1 million in annual turnover - all contestants have to do is submit a business plan.
The competition this year attracted more than 600 entries from around the country, and finalists from each of the regions were announced last week.
Hayley McIsaac recently took on a part-time employee and hired a contractor to help her with the increasing client base of her small medical transcription business.
Most of her clients are private doctors in the UK who send her audio files with their dictated notes following a consultation. Ms McIsaac transcribes the dictation into a written report and returns it to the clinic, usually within 12 hours. The time difference between New Zealand and the UK is an advantage, Ms McIsaac said, because the doctors usually send the audio files before they leave the clinic at night and the transcription is usually ready when they arrive at work in the morning.