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Ep 41. Election Year Excuses — Why NZ Manufacturers Can't Afford to Wait
Every three years, New Zealand business hits pause and waits for political clarity before it moves. David and Rob call time on that habit. In 2026, h…
4 hours ago
Ep 40. Your Voice at the Table — Why Lobbying Isn't Just for Big Corporates
Has a government regulation, policy shift, or piece of legislation ever directly affected your business? Chances are it has. And chances are your res…
1 week, 3 days ago
Ep 39. Small Business, Big Stakes: ACT's Blueprint for NZ's SME Sector, with Laura McClure MP
Episode OverviewNew Zealand has around 530,000 SMEs — they employ 29% of the workforce and contribute over a quarter of GDP. Yet small business owner…
3 weeks ago
Ep 38. Exit Planning, Selling Your Business, and Maximising Value with Rod Cook
Episode OverviewIf you had to sell your business tomorrow, what would it actually be worth to a buyer — without you in it? Every year over 50,000 NZ …
1 month ago
Ep 37 Stop Working In It. Start Working On It with John Hutchinson
Episode SummaryHutch — founder of Plan AConsulting and former NZ Police detective — joins David Altena and Rob Bull to share what 15+ years of workin…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Ep 36 Leadership Per Hectare with Tennielle Ellingham — Founder, Beyond the Gate
New Zealand earns $21 billion a year from dairy exports. Yet the performance gap between the best farms and the rest is enormous — and it has almost …
2 months, 1 week ago
Ep 35 - Insights of Excellence – Drain Ninjas
What does it take to build a high-performing business — and then hand it on to the next generation?David and Rob sit down with Jeff and Sasha Langham…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
2026 The year ahead for the BSMB
It might be a bit late in posting, but David and Rob came back after the summer break to kick off 2026 with a look under the hood — reflecting on wha…
3 months, 1 week ago
You're Building Two Assets — Are You Tracking Both?
Every construction project generates thousands of documents, drawings, decisions, and specifications. Then the project ends — and most of that intell…
4 months ago
From Compliance to High Performance: Rethinking Governance with Peter Crow
Episode 32
Most small and medium businesses think of governance as box‑ticking, compliance, or something only “big corporates” need. But what if governance was …
5 months, 3 weeks ago