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Category Archives: Business

The Power of Leverage

I’ve always admired people who understand the power of leverage – that is, being able to utilise the skills and money of other people (OPM/OPT) to excel an opportunity. While reading ‘How come that idiot’s rich and I’m not?’ I More >>


Business is Everywhere

Looking around outside, I started thinking about business. It’s everywhere. Every single thing I looked at was someones business. The Building, the road, the paint, the trees planted, the cars, the cafe’s, the gutter, the drains – not including all More >>

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Two Hours Is All It Takes

As of lately, I’ve been experimenting in the forest… hiking that is… More >>


Just Do It

Stop moaning. It doesn’t help. Everyday I remind myself to ‘Just do it’.


How To Sell An Idea

So, you’ve got an idea you want to sell? Fantastic! Now comes the tough part. More >>


And You Thought It Was Easy? Hah!

So you want to do a startup, eh? More >>

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Money for nothing (and your ‘Chile’ for free)

I can’t imagine any entrepreneur who doesn’t want a whack of cash to kick-start their business. Ideally you’d want ‘money for nothing’ (without giving away any equity) – but this rarely happens. Well, that’s not the case anymore… More >>


Love It or Hate It; The Gym Doesn’t Lie

Exercise is one of those things. You either love it, or you hate it. It’s either easy, or it isn’t. More >>


Start Something Good

ver the last few weeks several people (including myself) have been looking into ways that we can help grow (and expose) Kiwi entrepreneurs. More >>


I Take my Hat Off to You

Starting a business is easy. At least that’s what I thought for a good part of my teens and twenties. How hard can it be to take a great idea (no, an AMAZING idea!) and make money from it? More >>



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Jason Armishaw

Co-founder of Borrowed Size. Founder of Startup Weekend New Zealand. Part time surfer, full time eater, dad to Jacob.

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