November Newsletter

Business Strategy NZ

Events, Insight, Connections

Hi Website,

Welcome to Inside Business Strategy for October 2019.

Announcing Expert Profiles – BSNZ Business Member Directory
Join us in Albany on 30 Sept for Business Networking & speaker Jake Barker from HR Matters
Have your Say – 2020 Themes Survey
Last call for Roger Hamilton’s Entrepreneur 5.0 Full day workshop Oct 7th
Connect with Like-minded owners at BSN East Auckland Oct 14th
Learn how to Unlock your Financial Potential & Buy into Auckland property with expert coach Lucia Xiao – BSN CBD Oct 15th

September was a busy month in Networking & Connecting but October offers many fresh opportunities. If you have been planning to make it along to one of our events, take the opportunity this month to join in this active community of over 5,010 members at all different stages of their business journey and from all industries. Community participation leads to connection, insight, referral, growth and contribution.

Thought Leadership & Transformation

Event Details

Entrepreneur 5.0 Auckland Event

Monday October 7th

Entrepreneur, Owners & Business Strategists. Join us for this one day business training focused on preparing you for growth in 2020, with world-renounced futurist and mentor Roger Hamilton.

Final Chance to Register & Join Us

Help Shape our Events in 2020 – BSNZ Business Topics Survey

Be a part of creating what 2020 looks like for BSNZ, the Community helping Business owners Connect, Grow, and make an Impact. Complete our easy 12 question survey to highlight the relative importance of topics and themes we are planning for next year, complete with your opportunity to get involved and use BSNZ as a platform to highlight your own business, mission or cause.

Business Social Connect Events

Business Growth Social Networking – North Harbour

September 30

Featuring Jake Barker (HR Matters)

How to address the 5 most common mistakes seen in SME Human Resources.

HR Matters General Manager Jake Barker will discuss the top 5 areas of HR business owners and managers in SMEs commonly overlook, opening them to significant risk. You’ll walk away with hints and tips to actively implement into your own business. Stay ahead of your HR obligations, ensure you meet legal standards while getting the most out of your staff. This is will a very relevant and interesting talk for anyone who is an employer, aspires to create jobs through the work their business does.
https://www.hrmatters.co.nz

First Monday of every month at New Brew Albany. Kiwis from all backgrounds on their business journey, come enjoy a drink, a talk and an opportunity to add to your business here on the shore.

Join Our Meetup

Connect & Grow East

Business Growth Social Networking – East Auckland

October 14

Social Business Networking. Meet Likeminded owners in your area.

Looking to clarify, amplify and connect with like-minded entrepreneurial people for mutual growth and to make an impact in areas you are passionate about. This event is for you. Join us no matter what stage of your business journey, come enjoy connection, a inspiration, and an opportunity to share and connect your business in the fun environment at Applejacks.

Business Networking CBD – Unlock your Financial Potential – Buy into Auckland

October 15

Featuring Lucia Xiao (Finax)

“The most amazing discovery of my years in helping people get started with home ownership is that so many people simply do not realise their purchasing potential. We’ve helped people from all level of income on to the property ladder and we’ll be sharing powerful insight in this talk about how you can get started too.”

Lucia Xiao (luciaxiao.co.nz) is a property investment mentor and the founder of Finax Home Loans and Lucia Xiao Property Investment (https://www.facebook.com/groups/HomeOwnership.InvestinginAuckland)..

Join fun, like-minded business owners and enrepreneurs in the CBD for our monthly Business Strategy NZ TomTom meetup.

Come Along

Expert Profiles – BSNZ Member Directory

BSNZ Expert Profiles

I’m excited to announce a major new community website feature – member business profiles. BSNZ is now a premier destination to find local businesses offering the services you can use. Search by keyword or industry type to find established businesses already in our network that can help you grow new business.

Setup Your Profile

Add Social Enterprise to Your Business Purpose

B1G1 is a global organisation helping consultants, solopreneurs and businesses of all sizes to deliver on a vision of purpose beyond profit. Create an Impact in the life of others by selecting from business aligned projects from all over the world, then use the B1G1 tools to help share your giving with like-minded partners, suppliers and customers.

Find out some more about Joining B1G1 through our
Impact Page.

Find Out More

Whats Happening at BSNZ

Lead a Social Connect event

Get known in the local business owners community as a leader who helps bring businesses together for growth & profit! We are looking for community members with a flair for welcoming people to help with the coordination of our regional connect events. Meet / greet attendees and introduce our event speaker on the night for up to 3 events per year. Find out more.

Expose your Business to our 5,000 strong member community

We are actively promoting the businesses of attendees at Business Social events. This is a great opportunity to leave your ‘calling card’, details & company link. Here’s what you need to do to take advantage:

Update your Website Profile. Visit the advanced section to add new details on your business, including logo and avatar, personal headline & company solutions.
Log in to the BSNZ website on your phone, tick the ‘remember me’ box. This is optional but it’s SO much easier if you do this prior to getting along to an event;
At the event scan the QR Code Checkin to confirm you are at the event. That’s it. When we upload the event review within a few days of the event, all your details will be there for fellow businesses to find and connect with you.

Update your Business Profile

Volunteer to our Organising Team

BSNZ Continues to expand at a rapid pace, right now I am looking for someone familiar with managing event listings to help coordinate our advertising, communications & invites. The time commitment is only a few hours a week. Its not a paid position, but you will have the opportunity to promote your business skills to a wide range of professionals and attract new clients. If you are interested in adding a hand, get in touch.

Thank you!
On behalf of the Business Strategy Community team,

“building an amazing business is all about creating powerful moments of connection”

Business Strategy Community

Connections, Events, Insight

Hi Website,

Welcome to Inside Business Strategy for November 2019.

Final networking opportunities of 2019
Have your Say – 2020 Monthly Topics Survey
Business Speed Networking Nov 28th
Make a date to join us 4 November in Albany featuring business insights from Paul Thompson at Satsumo
Connect with Like-minded owners at BSN East Auckland Nov 11th
IT Developers, Integrators and Service Providers join us at the CompTIA IT Industry Workshop event Nov 12th
Final BSN Business Networking for 2019 at Tom Tom in the CBD on Nov 19th featuring Brenton Webber from Half Time Orange.
Founders Round Table Mastermind Focused on Cross-Border Business Nov 25th

Thanks to the many owners and entrepreneurs who grew their businesses through networking on October, including more than 200 who attended Entrepreneur 5.0 event with Roger Hamilton. We are into the home stretch of 2019 and many of us are working hard to complete orders before the holiday season. It’s a perfect opportunity to get out and get known, get ideas on business opportunities for next year, and connect for a drink to say ‘thank you’ to the people you’ve connected with this year. Community participation leads to connection, insight, referral, growth and contribution.

Help Shape our Events in 2020 – BSNZ Business Topics Survey

Business Speed Networking Event

Book your Place for Speed Networking

Thursday Nov 28th

Website, join us to enjoy an afternoon of like-minded connections in a structured business growth environment. Business Speed Networking is the perfect way to make relevant, engaging business to business connections and investigate partnerships, customer prospects and referral business for 2020.

Register & Join Us

Help Shape our Events in 2020 – BSNZ Business Topics Survey

Business Social Connect Events

Business Growth Social Networking – North Harbour

November 4th

Featuring Paul Thompson (Satsumo)

Paul Thompson – Satsumo. Come and hear Fresh Thinking on Business Transformation from Paul, who’s team created a vibrant, engaging and high growth hub for creatives in Albany from a legacy secretarial business. A must for anyone thinking about how to modernize their services and branding for 2020.

This event is being hosted thanks to Jake Barker of HR Matters (https://hrmatters.co.nz)

Join Our Meetup

Connect & Grow East

Business Growth Social Networking – East Auckland

November 11

Business Networking CBD – get your customer service staff ready for the Christmas rush

November 19th

Featuring Brenton Webber (Half-Time Orange)

Want to quickly and easily improve your customer experience before the Christmas rush? Join customer experience expert Brenton Webber who will be presenting at our meetup on the best ways to create an amazing experience for your customers right from their initial engagement.
Join us at Tom Tom for like-minded business networking in an engaging and relaxed environment packed business owners, entrepreneurs and consultants for our last social networking opportunity of 2019.

I’m Attending

Thought Leadership & Transformation Workshops

CompTIA Technology Industry Workshop

CompTIA is the worlds largest IT Industry body, offering certification, research, business growth and advocacy for IT channel Integrators, resellers, service providers, vendors and distributors.

We’re honoured to have Andy Hamilton join us at our next free & open to all channel companies Community Event in Auckland. He’s had an incredible impact on New Zealand’s start up and SMB community and will be sharing his experience and insights on growth as a driver for success. Register if you haven’t already!

IT Pros Register

Join FRT November

Founder’s Round Table Mastermind Nov 25th

Business Strategy is partnering with Innovitas – Building the Global Innovation Ecosystem, to bring you our first event specifically designed for growing start-ups.
Founders’ Round Table is a closed room private mastermind format for a mixed group of founders and enablers to share an effective dialogue on rapid-growth. Our aim is to bring a curated group together who can share challenges and ideas to overcome them in a bid to support each other’s entrepreneurial journey.

Entrepreneur 5.0 Event Review

On October 7th, more than 200 entrepreneurs gathered at the Stamford hotel to enjoy a day working on their businesses with global futurist and keynote CEO Roger Hamilton. Find out all about the day, view the event photos and catchup on the key messages in our event review.
If you missed Ent5.0 and would like to take the Entrepreneur’s Institute Wealth Dynamics Profile test, BSNZ members are able to access the test at a discount for a limited time.

WD Profile Test

Expert Profiles – BSNZ Member Directory

BSNZ Expert Profiles

We already have over 100 member business profiles in the experts directory. BSNZ is now a premier destination to find local businesses offering the services you can use. Search by keyword or industry type to find established businesses already in our network that can help you grow new business.

Setup Your Profile

Whats Happening at BSNZ

Lead a Social Connect event

Get known in the local business owners community as a leader who helps bring businesses together for growth & profit! We are looking for community members with a flair for welcoming people to help with the coordination of our regional connect events. Meet / greet attendees and introduce our event speaker on the night for up to 3 events per year. Find out more.

Expose your Business to our 5,000+ strong business community

Update your Website Profile. Visit the advanced section to add new details on your business, including logo and avatar, personal headline & company solutions.
Log in to the BSNZ website on your phone, tick the ‘remember me’ box. This is optional but it’s SO much easier if you do this prior to getting along to an event;
At the event scan the QR Code Checkin to confirm you are at the event. That’s it. When we upload the event review within a few days of the event, all your details will be there for fellow businesses to find and connect with you.

Update your Business Profile

Volunteer to our Organising Team

BSNZ Continues to expand at a rapid pace, we are looking for people who would like to help with some of the monthly meetups next year. This is a great way to build a positive reputation, build exposure for your brand to business owners, and gain valuable experience in executing events with our team. Interested in adding a hand? get in touch.

Thank you!
On behalf of the Business Strategy Community team,

“building an amazing business is all about creating powerful moments of connection”