This document contains summaries from multiple experts on topics related to growing a business internationally such as intellectual property protection, structuring ownership of IP, tax considerations, developing an IT strategy, travel optimization, the role of events, choosing partners and sales channels, and considerations for raising investment funds.
8. Your Market Richard Mclean Business Development Specialist Concept To Market
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36. Contact details Name: Dr Ramesh Pindoria Phone: 021 749 000 Email: [email_address] (And available today until 13:00) Quotes George Shaheen: “We do not treat Information with the same reverence that we treat human beings or money” Jack Rockart: “The value of IT depends upon how it is used strategically to improve the organization, not on how much it costs”
37. Holistic Approach to your travel budget Brendan Drury GM FCM Travel Solutions, Stage and Screen, CiEvents Proudly part of Flight Centre
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62. Expected Returns Company Stage ROI 5-year Increase in Capital SEED 60%+ 10x + STARTUP 50% 8x EARLY STAGE 40% 5x 2 nd STAGE 30% 4x NEAR EXIT 25% 3x
63. Valuation: A risk adjusted estimate of the businesses ability to make money in the future.
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70. Colin De Freyne Tax Director, Ernst and Young 09 300 8023 [email_address]
71. Andrew Baker Managing Director IQ Ideas Ltd Been there, done that: the experience of raising investment funds
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73. Phone: +64 9 627 3571 Mobile: +64 21 377 644 andrewbaker @ IQideas.com www.IQideas.com m iQ ube™ - another great Kiwi innovation! Andrew Baker IQ Ideas
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How IT can bring efficiency and innovative to businesses and accelerate global growth.
IT needs to have a clear understanding of business goals to leverage its resources to support the requirements. IT is a tool to enable business. By running more like a business, IT can better achieve a healthy balance between efficiency and innovation. With an aligned business vision, developing a common strategy will be cost efficient and seamlessly adopted. Will the information flow seamlessly across business units and add value? Can this be adopted across geographical boundaries, compliance, multicurrency support IT systems that understand business can create the right perception of a truly global player, quoting , ordering, inventory etc Cooperate IT tends to be governed more and more by consumerism - avoid these pitful by implementing IT policies Selecting the right tool for the job, difficult to more away from consumerism. IT policies Business is divided in units, treat IT the same and use the same business process flow rules Finance dept > Admin >Sales and back. Identify what part of the business that will benefit most and prioritise. Business units associated with large costs Retail > benefits for leading edge technology and IT is indispensible, online banking to help with finance and cash flow. IT Systems to track the supplier chain IT systems to collaborate effectively with customers globally. Marketing globally .
Collaboration - work colleagues, getting the same information available anywhere anytime, as in the office. Meeting through video/audio Moving workloads electronically to countries with more resources or favourable wage levels Being mobile but being able to use the same tools external to the office. VOIP, Email, instants messaging, presences aware Synchronising product/service launch Sensitive information is securely available anytime anywhere. Company information is protected at all times Web presence Appearing global and large, customised websites for different global markets Client can retrieve necessary information about the products/services, support documents, manuals Minimising calls to staff to retrieve trivial information Share working knowledge around the world Seamless worldwide ordering, billing and tracking Opening up new business opportunities Secure Portals - controlled access to sensitive information 5. Time difference, SLA around this, Backups and maintenances procedures
Centralisation has advantages as the information available is consist across all locations. Administration and support costs are lower. The challenge is how to have access to information anywhere, anytime. On the other hand decentralisation helps with the access problem information stored may not be complete replication is expensive Disaster recovery – hand in hand with a business recover plan. Standardisation – e.g. Laptops (brands), Automation of IT processes, Service levels to meet business policies Right service levels Growth – will the infrastructure support growth Support across time zone Outsourcing - balance between what can and cannot be achieved internally, it may be economical to outsource IT tasks such as implementation of new technologies but day to day support provided by internal IT. For smaller organisations with little on no IT skills, outsourcing may be the only option. Selecting the right partners to fill the gaps. Hosting ....
Domestic – smart / flexisaver International – cheap not always cheap, not always needing to fly the same carrier return, Internet – instant, one airline – you may want mixed – some sites are mixed, cannot change once ticketed, want support