The Orbis, which is a type of ring flash, was the brainchild of James Madelin from Enlight Photo.

A new product invented in Auckland which helps photographers take better pictures has been met with global acclaim.

The Orbis, which is a type of ring flash, was the brainchild of James Madelin from Enlight Photo.

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Business incubator The ICEHOUSE presents a five-part series offering advice for growing companies.

Top tips for getting started on the road to success - Ken Erskine
 
What start-ups need to know to speak the language of the angels - Bill Payne
 
Resolutions about getting into shape apply to your business too - Leith Oliver
 
Making certain your business is bankable - Alan Young
 
It's way past time to help owner-managers boost their profitability - David Irving

The ICEHOUSE, business growth centre, has announced the winners of 2009’s hottest business pitch competition.  The 2009 FAST Pitch competition peaked with excitement as 10 finalists delivered their 60-second pitches to a packed house of investors, business executives and fellow entrepreneurs last night at the University of Auckland Business School.

Kiwi virtual technology company Simtics has won a major international deal that will see its products used to train medical professionals.

With an estimated $100 million in new capital needed by start-up businesses every year, Ken Erskine matches potential investors and compatible companies.

Mobile Mentor has uncovered a big international market opportunity and is using an undervalued New Zealand resource to access it: our service culture.

The orbis™ ring flash uses your existing flash/strobe to create the same beautiful, characteristic ring flash look that has previously only been possible with expensive studio systems.

Auckland-based wireless power solutions company, PowerbyProxi has secured investment to accelerate growth from local investors, Movac and Evander Management, sending a positive signal that high growth potential businesses are still getting funded in these changing economic times.

enlight photo is asking you to answer this simple question with a well-lit photo: Who is the photographer?

New Zealand should focus on increasing the number of small, early-stage, high-growth companies fourfold by 2015 rather than aspiring to have five Fonterras in place by the same deadline.

Listen to Greg Cross, Co-founder and Chairman of PowerbyProxi, on Radio NZ National - Morning     report (starts at 8:50 in the clip)

 Wireless power for "wet, dirty and moving" applications is exciting minds of the world over and setting up a promising future for a young company.

PowerbyProxi chief executive Fady Mishriki met fellow entrepreneurs Greg Cross and Patrick Hu through University of Auckland, and a collective mind turned a clever idea into a few million dollars a year.

Winners of the 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards show Kiwi innovation succeeding in global market.  ICE Accelerator alumni Biomatters is the joint winner of Recruit IT Innovative Software Product Award; and Andrew Graham of Inro is the joint winner of Endace Young Achiever Award.

Fast Pitch winner Todd Wackrow of POCKETvouchers is wasting no time getting his mobile marketing technology launched and he's grateful for the support of The ICEHOUSE.

The orbis™ Ring Flash uses your existing flash/strobe to create the same beautiful, characteristic ring flash look that has previously only been possible with expensive studio systems.

orbis(tm) photography competition results and the winner is...

Auckland-based wireless power solutions company PowerbyProxi has secured investment to accelerate growth from local investors Movac and Evander Management, sending a positive signal that high growth potential businesses are still getting funded in these changing economic times.

Unimarket is finalizing its move to Annapolis, U.S., where the company has set up temporary offices and plans to hire 100 new employees by 2011.

 While residency in The ICEHOUSE Business Growth Centre has opened all sorts of doors for James Madelin, success has also come about through hard work and a clever product.

Last year saw the inaugural Start-Up magazine awards for the top 10 start-ups of the year. This year sees a new crop of entries with no decrease in quality.

An Auckland-based asthma inhaler maker has signed a deal with a large US company to use the New Zealand technology in an American product.

An idea hatched from a car theft has grown into a business with a million dollars' worth of investment.

Todd Wackrow is one entrepreneur who is looking for the kind of backing the Halo Fund can provide.  Wackrow established Pocketvouchers 18 months ago, the only company in Australasia to offer retailers a digital discount voucher service.

Nexx, an on-line social lending business being developed by four young entrepreneurs at business growth centre The ICEHOUSE, has raised $600,000 in funding from a group of angel investors led by the ICE Angels.

An Auckland software start-up has become a multimillion dollar exporter in a year, winning international orders for its latest product before it is finished.