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I had the pleasure this weekend of sailing around the Wellington Harbour with captain Glenn Andert and his partner Pamela in the learjet that he's...(Read more)

Teaching myself the Piano... early days, but here's something little from the weekend - evening calm mp3 The home studio on the hill

If you missed it here's day 1 and day 2 of the wall painting, and below the finished product... speaks for itself... Big thanks to...(Read more)

There's so many ways to do something in the world that I feel I've had to touch but largely walk past until further notice... that...(Read more)

Last year I posted about How to make an island and solve a few of the worlds problems, 8 months on and a whole bunch...(Read more)

The more you look around your environment, the more you see you can make for yourself, and this is often what gets you starting a...(Read more)

At PlanHQ we're big on being small and lean. It's all about getting big results out of small high-powered teams. I did a presentation the...(Read more)

There are huge advantages of running your business virtually. When you build your business around people and outcomes, instead of an office, you focus on...(Read more)

You, your business, you're part of a bigger eco-system. You rely on having good peers, mentors and advisors, you always need good people, you need...(Read more)

Entrepreneur Devin Day of jelly Barn writes a great article on How to Achieve a Business Plan, and talks about turning strategy into action. Below...(Read more)

We had the opportunity to meet with a Travis the CEO of a cool company called HealthTV. These guys are mixing smart marketing, smart technology...(Read more)

This week we've gone live with a new feature for PlanHQ that allows you to search within your plan for any text in a goal,...(Read more)

We spend a lot of time talking with people, and we also spend quite a lot of time designing product and marketing and communications stuff,...(Read more)

Nik just sent an email around our team with a few cool comments he's received in the support box from customers over the last few...(Read more)

There's a lot of talk about making a difference nowadays, although I'm not sure too many people feel they know how to do anything significant...(Read more)

Last year I posted about How to make an island and solve a few of the worlds problems, 8 months on and a whole bunch...(Read more)

Mick the builder has put together hundreds of videos of all the building pros showing you how to build a house. Hard to put it...(Read more)

Following on from the video on Patrick saving the then dying garageband.com and raising fresh money and changing the thinking to pull off the now...(Read more)

One of our early PlanHQ customers has been an entrepreneur Patrick Koppula who founded one of the worlds biggest social music sites and facebook applications...(Read more)

The Financials section of PlanHQ has remained the same for a while, and though it provides a simple way to keep  track of your financial...(Read more)

I've spent the day listening to Business is Booming from TVNZ on demand. It's on tv in New Zealand on Saturday mornings at 8am, but...(Read more)

To achieve goals and be someone who constantly gets things done, you've got to make it habit. If you want that habit to grow across...(Read more)

Entrepreneur Devin Day of jelly Barn writes a great article on How to Achieve a Business Plan, and talks about turning strategy into action. Below...(Read more)

At PlanHQ we're big on being small and lean. It's all about getting big results out of small high-powered teams. I did a presentation the...(Read more)

1. Visualize life on the other side If you want to achieve a goal, you've got to really see and feel the way life will...(Read more)

Its one thing to get things done and eat through your action or task lists, but it really feels good when all that work leads...(Read more)

At PlanHQ we're big on being small and lean. It's all about getting big results out of small high-powered teams. I did a presentation the...(Read more)

There are huge advantages of running your business virtually. When you build your business around people and outcomes, instead of an office, you focus on...(Read more)

There's a business model that is emerging and proving itself through some very significant real success stories now, and its exciting because its a way...(Read more)

Last night I went along to the finals of the Cable Car Challenge. I was blown away by some of the finalists, with everything from...(Read more)

I've spent the day listening to Business is Booming from TVNZ on demand. It's on tv in New Zealand on Saturday mornings at 8am, but...(Read more)

Have you ever had a project that ran over time, over budget and required you to do a whole bunch of stuff you have never...(Read more)

I wrote about Richy Sowa and his Spiral Island initiative last year in How to Make an Island and solve a few of the worlds...(Read more)

I had the pleasure this weekend of sailing around the Wellington Harbour with captain Glenn Andert and his partner Pamela in the learjet that he's...(Read more)

Last year I posted about How to make an island and solve a few of the worlds problems, 8 months on and a whole bunch...(Read more)

You, your business, you're part of a bigger eco-system. You rely on having good peers, mentors and advisors, you always need good people, you need...(Read more)

Last year I posted about How to make an island and solve a few of the worlds problems, 8 months on and a whole bunch...(Read more)

One of our early PlanHQ customers has been an entrepreneur Patrick Koppula who founded one of the worlds biggest social music sites and facebook applications...(Read more)

I've spent the day listening to Business is Booming from TVNZ on demand. It's on tv in New Zealand on Saturday mornings at 8am, but...(Read more)

Have you ever had a project that ran over time, over budget and required you to do a whole bunch of stuff you have never...(Read more)

Most people assume you get into business to make a LOT of money... Eventually. If that were true, everyone who had made a lot of money...(Read more)

You, your business, you're part of a bigger eco-system. You rely on having good peers, mentors and advisors, you always need good people, you need...(Read more)

We spend a lot of time talking with people, and we also spend quite a lot of time designing product and marketing and communications stuff,...(Read more)

When you're in business, you always want happy customers. Focusing on money and sales may get you somewhere, but if you want long term success...(Read more)

We spend a lot of time talking with people, and we also spend quite a lot of time designing product and marketing and communications stuff,...(Read more)

I had the opportunity of doing a video interview on the super busy day 1 at the Techcrunch40 conference a couple of weeks ago with...(Read more)

Fresh from the DEMOFall07 conference PlanHQ's 6 minute video DEMO, check out all other DEMO's here.

Last night I went along to the finals of the Cable Car Challenge. I was blown away by some of the finalists, with everything from...(Read more)

When you start a new business, it is tempting to pretend you live in a competitor free environment. It is frightening to think you have...(Read more)

Most people assume you get into business to make a LOT of money... Eventually. If that were true, everyone who had made a lot of money...(Read more)

It's been a full-on few months, and I've been operating in multi-venture mode using PlanHQ to switch between business and get a lot of stuff...(Read more)

We get a lot f feedback from customers and we continue to tune PlanHQ to be super useful for achieving goals. We've recently added a...(Read more)

There are huge advantages of running your business virtually. When you build your business around people and outcomes, instead of an office, you focus on...(Read more)

As you and your team move through your week and month ahead, you re-prioritize and re-schedule as new opportunities arise, your focus becomes clearer, and...(Read more)

We've simplified the security roles in PlanHQ so you can get your whole team involved and limit who sees what that when you add a...(Read more)

If you live by your calendar being with you everywhere, then you'll know how much you need your Business Management and Getting things done tools...(Read more)

This week we've gone live with a new feature for PlanHQ that allows you to search within your plan for any text in a goal,...(Read more)

We all get overloaded with email, its so easy to send a message, that often all we do is drown each other in fragmented communication,...(Read more)

As you and your team move through your week and month ahead, you re-prioritize and re-schedule as new opportunities arise, your focus becomes clearer, and...(Read more)

The Financials section of PlanHQ has remained the same for a while, and though it provides a simple way to keep  track of your financial...(Read more)

We've got some major changes in the pipeline to the way you view your company plan and generate automate, progress reports against this plan. This...(Read more)

Following on from the video on Patrick saving the then dying garageband.com and raising fresh money and changing the thinking to pull off the now...(Read more)

One of our early PlanHQ customers has been an entrepreneur Patrick Koppula who founded one of the worlds biggest social music sites and facebook applications...(Read more)

I had the chance to speak with Jeff Clavier of SoftTech VC back at the web 2 summit last year about raising money from VC's....(Read more)

I wrote about Richy Sowa and his Spiral Island initiative last year in How to Make an Island and solve a few of the worlds...(Read more)

The more you look around your environment, the more you see you can make for yourself, and this is often what gets you starting a...(Read more)

I remember a time when it was easy to stay in touch with everyone I wanted to, if I met someone interesting, I stayed in...(Read more)

I just got a email and photo from my good friend Tom Stokell who's been working hard for the last year in the UK to...(Read more)

Following on from the video on Patrick saving the then dying garageband.com and raising fresh money and changing the thinking to pull off the now...(Read more)

Establish some thought leadership: (read others blogs, write your own posts, give feedback to others you admire) Design a concept and get your thinking and idea...(Read more)

Last night I went along to the finals of the Cable Car Challenge. I was blown away by some of the finalists, with everything from...(Read more)

I've spent the day listening to Business is Booming from TVNZ on demand. It's on tv in New Zealand on Saturday mornings at 8am, but...(Read more)

Have you ever had a project that ran over time, over budget and required you to do a whole bunch of stuff you have never...(Read more)

I wrote about Richy Sowa and his Spiral Island initiative last year in How to Make an Island and solve a few of the worlds...(Read more)

At PlanHQ we're big on being small and lean. It's all about getting big results out of small high-powered teams. I did a presentation the...(Read more)

There are huge advantages of running your business virtually. When you build your business around people and outcomes, instead of an office, you focus on...(Read more)

I wrote about Richy Sowa and his Spiral Island initiative last year in How to Make an Island and solve a few of the worlds...(Read more)

Small business is big. The small business economy is growing, powered by people their dreams and energy, some of the numbers in this video show...(Read more)

Today our site had an unexpected outage from approximately 8pm till 9:50pm PST due to the failure of a power distribution unit with our hosting...(Read more)

ReadWriteWeb did a brilliant review of PlanHQ 4 weeks ago about how PlanHQ makes achieving your business plans easier. We've had a lot of activity...(Read more)

These are all the small tweaks and fixes requested by you as customers or found by the PlanHQ crew that will be or have recently...(Read more)

I've enjoyed the nights for much of my life, I've come up with some of my best ideas, started businesses, built my international network, designed...(Read more)

There's a lot of talk about making a difference nowadays, although I'm not sure too many people feel they know how to do anything significant...(Read more)

There's so many ways to do something in the world that I feel I've had to touch but largely walk past until further notice... that...(Read more)