Results.com deals with approximately 200 small and medium businesses on a weekly basis. Ben Ridler, MD was acutely aware of what is on their minds as they came back this new year to work on their businesses.

Ben is a real character, a straight-shooter and a boxer in his spare time. He regularly goes overseas to keep his thinking fresh.

He did a snap survey with a small portion of his clients last year and the results were shared in an article called Trial Period Promise Tops List.

The above was in response to another short opinion piece by Ben Ridler the week before in an -Open letter to John Key  from small business. This in turn  was a follow up to the article ‘John Key looks at ways to help small businesses cope’

Background

• Results.com  were featured on TV3 News last year for their listing in the top 10 Fast50.  And also on TV1  NZI Business Breakfast recently for their opinions on how small and medium businesses are responding to the recession
• Ben Ridler has also shared his opinions fairly regularly on  nzherald.co.nz
• Results.com have nine practices across New Zealand and now have a additional three offices worldwide with Canada already lifting their revenues by 20%.

Paul Winton from Temple Capital Investment Specialists on NZI Business giving his analysis on the crown plan for broadband

Paul Winton is also an opinion leader in the broadband space and has recently been asked to be a speaker at the “Fast-Tracking National Infrastructure Summit in April (Wellington).

Dr Paul Winton heads up Temple: Capital Investment Specialist firm.  A Kiwi educated in New Zealand and Canada, he holds a PHD in Electronic Engineering and BE in Mechanical Engineering.  Before founding Temple in 2003, Dr Winton worked with global strategy consulting company McKinsey & Company, serving clients in Australasia, Asia, USA and Europe across multiple industry sectors.

Dr Winton comments on a variety of sectors and most recently on broadband issues. Here are a few selected pieces of coverage.

 •   Paul was featured on NZIBreakfast TV in April.  Here is the accompanying video.
• Paul was featured in a few articles in nbr.co.nz (online)
• He was also in the Dominion Post about how the Lines Companies can assist to make the broadband roll-out a   reality 
• He wrote a few articles here in the NZ Herald
• He was also featured in the  Unlimited Magazine in our media gallery.