Kim Kiyosaki is an entrepreneur, author and passionate about financial education - particularly among women

OPINION: Money drives startups, but entrepreneurs should know its place.

Start-up 8interactive has gone hi-tech to inspire in children the age-old love of reading.

OPINION: Are committees, team-building games, brainstorming sessions and meetings really that useful?

The Smashburger chain is a small player in the US but appears to have perfected a model that translates to different customers.

KAT PICKFORD - The Marlborough Express

Driving an army tank over the filing cabinet seems a dramatic way of going paper-free at work.

OPINION: Barely a day goes by without another story of impending job losses.

Q: I'm putting together a business plan for a product I want to market and have forecast my initial sales from an internet survey. But how do I forecast what the market penetration will be in the following years?

Vinyl Heaven owner Adrian Roberts says being an "analogue guy in a digital world" works for his music retail business, in spite of, not because of the ubiquity of the world wide web.

With an ageing population in many of our main tourism markets, travellers in the older age groups will become even more significant in the future.

MICHAEL BERRY - © Fairfax NZ News

Being a former farmer, Mike Kerr is better prepared for the wrath of the earth than are most antiques dealers.

TAMLYN STEWART - © Fairfax NZ News

Say "biltong" to a South African and most will start salivating, but the cured, air-dried beef snack is not an easy product to introduce to a new market.

An Auckland man, who made a racist remark online, will keep his job but has learned his lesson.

OPINION: In a competitive job market, some applicants may be tempted to embellish or even lie outright about their experience.

Dreaming of running your own business? Make sure you're prepared.

Christchurch software firm Roleplay hopes to propel its e-learning products into the US, UK and Australian markets this year.

A low-profile Nelson fish oil refiner that is now the biggest of its kind in Australasia is set to list on the NZX.

A new year seems like the ideal time to set goals. We hastily jot down resolutions and believe anything is possible.

Growing unease over the poorly drafted Food Bill "warrants further public submissions".

PENNY WARDLE - The Marlborough Express

Green MP Steffan Browning says fears about the proposed NZ Food Bill are mostly unwarranted.