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![Small business: Your business online - Andrew Simmonds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Your business online - Andrew Simmonds
Andrew Simmonds, managing partner Simmonds Stewart, a law firm exclusively for the tech industry. He is on a number of boards of tech companies including ARANZ Geo.
![Small business: Your business online - Vaughan Rowsell](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Your business online - Vaughan Rowsell
Vaughan Rowsell, founder of Vend, a cloud-based retail platform for brick and mortar retailers.
![Small business: Your business online - Greg Cross](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Your business online - Greg Cross
Greg Cross, co-founder PowerbyProxi, a wireless power company building solutions for some of the biggest industrial and consumer electronics companies in the world.
![Social media tapped for new lost pet service](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Social media tapped for new lost pet service
A new New Zealand lost pet service is looking to tap into the power of social media.
![Small business: Quakes push tech firm to success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Quakes push tech firm to success
One of the finalists for the upcoming 2013 New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards, Aranz Geo, credits the Christchurch earthquakes.
![Nature Baby top seller for US retail chain](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nature Baby top seller for US retail chain
New Zealand boutique babywear brand Nature Baby is gaining sales momentum in the United States after being picked up by one of the country's leading fashion retail chains.
![Small business: Working with charities - Qiujing Wong](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Working with charities - Qiujing Wong
Borderless is a social change company with a mission to create thinking and actions to create positive change in society.
![Small business: Working with charities - Liz Gibbs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Working with charities - Liz Gibbs
Why should a small business get involved with a charity?
![Small business: Working with charities - Lisa Munro](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Working with charities - Lisa Munro
Lisa Munro, NZ Marketing Manager at Blackmores which has a tie up with the World Wildlife Fund.
![Small business: Rebecca Thomas - Mint Asset Management](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Rebecca Thomas - Mint Asset Management
Rebecca Thomas is chief executive of specialist boutique funds manager Mint Asset Management which has more than $220m in funds under management.
![NZ game developers shine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ game developers shine
New Zealand's game developers produced six games which hit top 10 iOS downloads charts in the US last year.
![Graham McGregor: Problem-solving marketing](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Graham McGregor: Problem-solving marketing
What common problems does my product or service solve for my customer?
![Small Business: Paul Stewart - ON-Brand](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small Business: Paul Stewart - ON-Brand
You know your business has a good future when your capital-raising attracts new shareholders of the calibre of former Kiwibank head and Xero chairman Sam Knowles.
![Success: Fro-yo chain eyes global growth](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Success: Fro-yo chain eyes global growth
Only 14 months after it began, KiwiYo frozen yoghurt chain already has its sights set on overseas markets
![Small Business: Peter Cullinane - Lewis Road Creamery](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small Business: Peter Cullinane - Lewis Road Creamery
Peter Cullinane, co-founder of the premium butter manufacturer Lewis Road Creamery, has a dream that one day his artisan butter will be flown to top restaurants worldwide.
![Success: Baby business learning to run](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Success: Baby business learning to run
In 10 years the Babu brand has grown from one Auckland stockist to a 380-store deal in Europe
![First employer adopts living wage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
First employer adopts living wage
A Henderson tofu maker has become the first Auckland employer to sign up to the living wage campaign, promising to pay its six factory workers at least $18.40 an hour within a year.
![Small business: Ian Walsh - Intent Group](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Ian Walsh - Intent Group
Ian Walsh, director at Intent Group, which helps manufacturing businesses increase productivity and efficiency.
![Small business: Jan Harrison - Cactus Equipment](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Jan Harrison - Cactus Equipment
Cactus Equipment began making packs and bags for mountaineers and trampers back in 1992 in Wellington. We moved to Christchurch in the late 90’s so that the owners could be closer to the Southern Alps.
![Small business: Helen and Dave Morgan - Scooterack](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Helen and Dave Morgan - Scooterack
Helen and Dave Morgan, based in Pt Chevalier are the entrepreneurs behind the scooterack, a rack for parking scooters.
![Small business: Simon James](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Simon James
One of the most important things furniture designer Simon James learned from his spatial design degree at AUT University was how designers and manufacturers best work together.
![Small business: Clare Parkes - Corporate HR policies](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Small business: Clare Parkes - Corporate HR policies
Clare Parkes, principal, Clarion Human Resources, on recruitment for SMEs who want to use corporate-style HR policies.