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Māngere Ōtāhuhu Local Economic Development Working Group invites you to join our Māngere Ōtāhuhu Business Series:
Topic: Business Mastery - The gift of failing forward and failing fast
Thursday 27th February, 630pm to 8.00pm
twosevenfive._ 2/91 Mangere Rd. Otahuhu.
HOST: Fitz
Topic: Access to Success - mindset & technology, your other brains
Thursday 9th April, 630pm to 8.00pm
Manaaki Hair & Beauty 92a Mountain Road, Mangere Bridge
Topic: Business Speed Dating - connect to collaborate
Thursday 21st May, 630pm to 8.00pm
Manukau Rovers Rugby Football Club Viscount Street. Mangere
Mia King
Topic: South Auckland Symposium - Lets do some WORK!
Exhibitions, workshops, industry specialists at your reach!
Friday 3rd 10am to 4pm, Saturday 4th July 10am to 4pm
Betterlifestyle Fitness, 11 Station Road, Otahuhu
HOST: The best Movers & Shakers in South Auckland.
The journey of a small business start-up can take many paths, exhilarating and frustrating, challenging and rewarding. From the initial motivation to set up a business, to the point of no return! Join us for the 2020 Mangere Otahuhu Business Series and share in a conversation about your own business or creative enterprise, with guest speakers offering insights and learnings on their own journey.
To register and save your seat email renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz If you’ve any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Renee Tanner, Māngere Otahuhu Arts Broker renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz, 0211496707
Please join and "share" this FREE business development opportunity with anyone you know who would benefit and be interested in coming along.
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ABOUT:
Māngere Local Economic Development Working Group is proud to present the 2020 Mangere Business Series. This series of business knowledge sharing events offers an interactive learning and development opportunity to help you to get your business idea either off the ground, or as successful as you know it can be!
Every 6 weeks we’ll be hold an evening event where local residents can meet-up and learn about running a business and share their knowledge with each other. For each event we invite guest speakers, ranging from local business owners to creative entrepreneurs. Our speakers will provide insights and learnings on a variety of useful topics.The purpose of our Māngere Business Series is to help you support your own business and creative endeavours. Whether this be getting a idea off the ground, building financial sustainability into your existing business, or finding others to collaborate with and be inspired by. Our events will be informal and relaxed, with food and drinks, so that you can enjoy it and make the most of this opportunity together.
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The Māngere Business Series is put together and supported by: MEFS ME Family Services, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), Cook Islands Development Agency NZ (CIDANZ) Māngere Ōtāhuhu Arts, Niue Community Trust, Māngere Ōtāhuhu Local Board, Women in Business - South Auckland, Kitchen Co-Op
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PAST EVENTS:
Māngere Ōtāhuhu Local Economic Development Working Group invites you to the fifth event in our NEW Māngere Ōtāhuhu Business Series:
Topic: MARKETING & PROMOTION - Keeping it simple PART 1
Thursday 20th June, 6pm to 7:30pm
Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
FREE. RSVP to renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz to reserve a seat. Food & drinks provided.
“Keeping it simple is key and do it yourself as a small business to start off with is even better” Ruta Ioane, Milan Motors.
The task of marketing and promoting your own business or creative skills is vitally important. But with all the competition out there and the huge range of marketing and advertising options available to you, this task can be challenging! So come join us for a conversation around MARKETING & PROMOTION, with guest speaker Ruta Ioane offering advice, insights and learnings from their own business expereince.
GUEST SPEAKER:
Ruta Ioane.
Co-owner of Milan Motors Limited along with Partner Tenari Vai. Ruta and Tenari have been in the automotive repair business since 2013. They have created their own website, business cards, manage the google reviews and all marketing related materials for the business.
In this session Ruta will cover her thought process and what she as a business decided to do, as well as challenges.
“In the beginning we could have invested in email marketing, a content management system, marketing automation software, online paid advertising to gain exposure for our business but its vitally important to take a step back and understand the goals of your business before looking to do that and also who your customers are. Getting online is important but not complicated nor should you pay too much for it. Keeping it simple is key and do it yourself as a small business to start off with is even better.”
Learn more about Milan Motors on www.milanmotors.co.nz
Topic: SHARING THE JOURNEY - The first year in business
Wednesday 15 May, 6pm to 7:30pm
Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
FREE. RSVP to renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz to reserve a seat. Food & drinks provided.
It takes a huge leap of faith to open up your own business. The confidence to make the move and then to back yourself. The first year in business has some practical challenges in setting up, from registering to ongoing compliance IRD/Payroll/GST – cashflow management, getting clients and employing staff. All of which could be seen as the trials and tribulations! So come join us for a conversation around the ‘first year in business’, with guest speakers offering advice, insights and learnings from their own journey.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Local accontant Ruth Sio-Lokam will chat about making the leap of faith from working in a long established accounting practice for 14 years to breaking off into opening her own business. Ruth will also be offering a Q&A session around accouting and the practical challenges of opening up a business. So make sure you bring your burning questions! Learn more about Ruth on https://www.akono.co.nz/about
Qiane Matata-Sipu is a social entrepreneur. Working for 12 years as a journalist, photographer and communication specialist, she shares her story of leaving a secure, financially stable job (more than once) and taking the leap into business. She also shares tips on finding your niche, planning for growth and, using business to create positive social change.
Learn more about Qiane and her work at www.Qiane.co.nz
Topic: Tax essentials for small business
Wednesday 27th March, 6pm to 7:30pm
Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
FREE
When you're self-employed, a contractor or running a small business, a basic understanding of key tax types and your IRD obligations will make your life much easier. This session is suited for people new to business or thinking of starting a business. Come along and learn about:
Business structures and their different rules, tax rates and obligations
Individual tax return requirements
GST returns
Helpful IRD resources on tax compliance for small businesses
Record keeping principles and tips on working with IRD
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Chrissy Fifita, Community Compliance officer from the Manukau Inland Revenue office and colleague Kiran Koripa will be giving a presentation followed by a chance to ask questions.
To register and save your seat email renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz
If you’ve any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Renee Tanner, Māngere Otahuhu Arts Broker renee@mangereotahuhuarts.org.nz, 0211496707
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Topic: BEGINNINGS - The point of no return!
Wednesday 13th Feb, 6pm to 7:30pm
Mangere Arts Centre - Ngā Tohu o Uenuku
FREE
The journey of a small business start-up can take many paths, exhilarating and frustrating, challenging and rewarding. From the initial motivation to set up a business, to the point of no return! Join us for a conversation on BEGINNING your own business or creative enterprise, with guest speakers offering insights and learnings on their own journey.
GUEST SPEAKERS:
Ema Tavola, PIMPI arts manager and creative entrepreneur - speaking on; the value of business planning as a process of measuring viability; the position of the 'middle man' in the business of selling and promoting other peoples primary product; and the areas where creative enterprise has challenges when translated to traditional business models.
Pita Pirihi - speaking on his own company PATU MEDIA - A Māori inspired, Māori owned, Kaupapa driven media agency which specializes in creating brand awareness for businesses.
Renee Tanner, Arts Broker - Māngere Otahuhu Arts & small business owner, speaking about the journey to self-employment.
+ Learn about our first event in the series here.
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ABOUT:
Māngere Ōtāhuhu Local Economic Development Working Group is proud to present the NEW Mangere Ōtāhuhu Business Series. This series of business knowledge sharing events offers an interactive learning and development opportunity to help you to get your business idea either off the ground, or as successful as you know it can be!
Every 6 weeks we’ll be hold an evening event where local residents can meet-up and learn about running a business and share their knowledge with each other. For each event we invite guest speakers, ranging from local business owners to creative entrepreneurs. Our speakers will provide insights and learnings on a variety of useful topics.
The purpose of our Māngere Ōtāhuhu Business Series is to help you support your own business and creative endeavours. Whether this be getting a idea off the ground, building financial sustainability into your existing business, or finding others to collaborate with and be inspired by. Our events will be informal and relaxed, with food and drinks, so that you can enjoy it and make the most of this opportunity together.
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The Māngere Ōtāhuhu Business Series is put together and supported by MEFS ME Family Services, Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED), Cook Islands Development Agency NZ (CIDANZ). Māngere Ōtāhuhu Arts, Niue Community Trust
