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Los Angeles embracing Silicon Beach

Zack Zalon is the CEO and Managing Partner of digital design firm Wilshire Axon and co-found of digital incubator Elevator Labs. Zalon specializes in building interactive business in Los Angeles, focused on working with highly technical and innovative companies and improving Los Angeles as an investment prospect and the perception around the investment community. “LA always has been and continues …

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Doing Business in LA: Mainfreight

By Brierley Penn Understanding the key differences between the various cultural settings in which they operate has been integral to Mainfreight’s success in an increasingly globalized business environment. With a market capitalization of $1 billion, and 75% of their revenues coming from offshore sources, the company no longer considers themselves to be a purely New Zealand business. The company entered …

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Day 5: Searching for Venice

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Day 4: LA Bound

By Brierley Penn Boarding the bus to Andrew’s Air Base at 7am this morning was a notably jaded delegation. After three days of networking, conferencing, 6am starts and a little bit of sightseeing, the group was understandably looking forward to the relative luxury of a five hour sleep on the plane trip to LA. However, in Washington D.C. a trip …

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Day 3: Visiting Olympus

After both an interesting and thought provoking first day of the Partnership Forum, the second and final session of the program began with an address from our Trade Minister Tim Groser. He set the stage for a day of discussion focused more towards the public sector with trade, security and foreign policy atop the agenda. Two plenary sessions which incited …

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Alan Bersin: Homeland Security in a context of global trade

By Brierley Penn “Information is power,” said Alan Bersin, US Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer in his address to the US-NZ Partnership Forum this morning. But the traditional messages that we have taken from this, that power derives from hiding and preserving information, must change in the context of international security. In a …

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US-NZ Pacific Partnership Forum 2013 Twitter Feed – Day 2

newzealandinc.com brings you all of the best from the social media space at the US-NZ Pacific Partnership Forum taking place in Washington D.C. Tim Groser: US could achieve “reverse takeover” of the WTO via #TTP and TTIP #USNZnext — Chye-Ching Huang (@dashching) May 21, 2013   “A plan without a vision, can become a nightmare and vision without a too …

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Gabriel Makhlouf becomes moderate

Treasury secretary Gabs Makhlouf asked panel what keeps them awake at night in relation to TPP. Cal Cohen – a nightmare that the negotiations not include the US. Urge the negotiators to achieve high standards but do expeditiously. Can’t expect Canada to open up dairy market if we won’t open up sugar. Also apparel for a country like Vietnam it …

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Day 2: Getting Started

By Brierley Penn It is difficult to believe that we have been in D.C. for just 48 hours with the amount that has been packed in since our arrival. Last night, following a day spent recovering from jet lag and exploring the sights of the city, we were hosted at the US Institute of Peace for the Forum’s opening ceremony. …

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