Upstart Business Incubator » business http://www.upstart.org.nz We are entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs. Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:02:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Entrepreneurship Collaboration Project http://www.upstart.org.nz/blog/2009/12/entrepreneurship-collaboration-project/ http://www.upstart.org.nz/blog/2009/12/entrepreneurship-collaboration-project/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:40:32 +0000 Lisa http://www.upstart.org.nz/?p=734 The Dunedin City Council – Economic Development Unit, Upstart Business Incubator and The Distiller have joined forces to commence the Entrepreneurship Collaboration project, with the objective of boosting business startups in Dunedin and creating additional job opportunities.

As part of the scope of the project a “matchmaking” component will facilitate the bringing together of entrepreneurs, technologies and business concepts, specialist skills and expertise, resources and investment to enable start up businesses to be established and to facilitate bootstrapping.

As an example, a person may come up with a great idea for a business that requires technical development, but they don’t have the money to invest to make that happen. Through this project they can be introduced to an IT developer who is happy to work for a share of the business (sweat equity), and a mentor who is willing to donate their time and expertise to point them in the right direction. A local print company may recognise that by providing some business cards now for free, they are likely to win a long term loyal customer as the business grows and thrives – and it is a very low cost of acquisition for them.

If you feel you have something to contribute to starting a business, or would like to be involved in this project we invite you to communicate your interest by email to info@upstart.org.nz.

]]> http://www.upstart.org.nz/blog/2009/12/entrepreneurship-collaboration-project/feed/ 0 Event – NLP and 5 Basic Needs of Entrepreneurs http://www.upstart.org.nz/blog/2009/09/event-nlp-and-5-basic-needs-of-entrepreneurs/ http://www.upstart.org.nz/blog/2009/09/event-nlp-and-5-basic-needs-of-entrepreneurs/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:19:07 +0000 Lisa http://www.upstart.org.nz/?p=704  The StartUP Network will meet again on 22nd September, 2009 with guest speaker Michelle Hardwick talking about how NLP can provide solutions to the 5 basic needs of entrepreneurs. Creating success as an entrepreneur is more about YOU, than it is about your product or business. Jim Rohn states “Work harder on yourself than you do on your business” and that’s a core premise that will flow through the StartUP Network events, alongside other knowledge and tools you will need to establish and grow your business.  

 

What is NLP?

NLP is a way of thinking and a method for achieving excellence in life. Its structure comes from modelling people who have already achieved success in many different areas. You can transfer these ways of thinking, doing and being to your life to achieve results – modelling. The three areas typically modelled in NLP are

  1. language – words used and structure of language
  2. physiology – use of body
  3. thinking, beliefs and values, unconscious and conscious

NLP has an efficient toolkit of techniques to help you do this.

 

What are the 5 things entrepreneurs need to master to achieve success?

  1. Manage frustration
  2. Handle rejection
  3. Manage financial pressure
  4. Manage complacency – the comfort zone
  5. Give more than you expect to receive

Check out this audio from Anthony Robbins for an understanding of the 5 needs www.moneymastersseries.com/audiodownload.php

 

Michelle ran an NLP practice in Dunedin for 10 years prior to moving to the UK where she now lives travelling extensively throughout UK and Australasia teaching people about NLP, hypnotherapy and EFT. She is in Dunedin briefly before returning to the UK.

 

 

 

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