What a great night we had celebrating business excellence and success in Hamilton and Waikato. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists’ especially Distinguished Leadership awardee Bernie Crosby, Leader of the Year awardee Arthur Pitcher and Supreme Winner Mum 2 Mum Ltd.
Check out all the success stories on our website.
Mum2Mum also featured in the recent Deloitte Fast50 and are exporting to 900+ retail outlets around the world. A great business developed by two Waikato mums wanting better products for their babies.
The last two weeks in Hamilton has again highlighted the need for planning – do you have a succession plan. One of the best nuggets of advice is that when you start business – start with the end in mind – how will you move away from the business when you want to spend more time with your families or at the beach or using your dream boat? At a recent seminar I heard of a great plan – for the first year a 40/4 plan then the next year a 30/3 plan followed by a 20/2 plan to a final 10/1 plan. The first number is the number of weeks per year you will work and the other number is the number of days per week you will work until you are spending more time with your loved ones and friends than servicing your loan or meeting the needs of your customers.
Recently I met two experienced businessmen who have set-up a professional operation working with the right businesses, investing in them, both financially and operationally, and assisting the owner to work a 10/1 plan. If you would like to discuss this option further please let me know.
Sometimes it seems like there is a lot of bad news about. A message from Admark.
At Admark Visual Imaging, we wanted to let you know about a good news story happening in Hamilton. We tend to fly a bit under the radar, but we’ve recently won a number of international awards, making Admark one of the best printing companies in the world. We recently got awards for our work in competitions in the USA and Australia, and just celebrated our 40th birthday.
Very few people come into the Chamber office without commenting on how awesome it. We can thank lead architect for the project, Tim Horne. Tim was then working for Chow Hill as part of the contract for refurbishment of Wintec House. Tim and colleague Nathan then set-up MOAA and they have just won an award for the office fitout for U Leisure a 2011 NZIA Local Branch Interior Architecture Award.
Judges comment – A fresh, contemporary and colourful interior, appropriate to its youthful inhabitants, has been set within a 1960s Waikato University building, retaining the original circular floor plate and timber ceiling. Plywood cabinetry and bespoke desks combine well with the solid, oak-framed partitioned spaces inserted within the fitout. The Architect has pitched the design perfectly to the purposes of the facility, a joint venture between the University and the Student Union.
If you have something to crow about, because there is no point in hiding success, please let us know and we are keen to support positive stories about business success in this region.
Congratulations to everyone who made the night at Claudelands possible.
