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Charles Hudson   Venture Partner SoftTech VC An active seed stage investor focusing on Web 2.0 startups, Charles Hudson has focused his recent attention on mobile and gaming investments in addition to his work as Venture Partner at SoftTech VC. Prior to joining SoftTech, Hudson was vice-President at Business Development for Serious Business, a company acquired by major internet players …

GLOBAL MARKETS:  This morning was all about the US Federal Reserve and it duly delivered. The big change was a shift in the Fed’s communication strategy for it’s zero-interest rate policy, which is now dependent on the US unemployment rate falling below 6.5% (while inflation remains below 2.5%); from the Fed’s earlier mid-2015 forward guidance. The Fed also announced it would …

essay writer Andrew Hamilton is the founding CEO of The ICEHOUSE and was lucky enough to join the team as Employee Number One back in 2001. He is director of eBus an ICEHOUSE Incubator alumni, focusing on Asian Media markets and BigLittleBang which creates a virtual world for 6-9 year olds to socialise and learn about music.

Getting along to the Trans Pacific Partnership stakeholders’ day was rather like being involved in a mad-cap version of speed-dating with less-than-optimal results. There were close on 80 presentations in four separate streams. All these in just over five hours with stakeholders and media zooming off like a giant locust swarm whenever word got out (usually via text) that someone …

get cash quick Wesley Chan is a fun-loving entrepreneur and joined the Google Ventures team in 2009. Wesley is based out of Seattle, WA. As an early employee at Google, Wesley helped to start, launch, and grow Google Analytics and Google Voice products which millions of users depend on worldwide.

Environment Minister Amy Adams will today kick-off the next stage of the Government’s plan to reform the Resource Management Act. This afternoon, the Resource Management Amendment Bill 2012 will have its first reading in Parliament. The bill introduces a streamlined process for Auckland’s first unitary plan, a six-month time limit for processing consents for medium-sized projects and easier direct referral …

online loan calculator Paul Marcum, from GE, talked to the 90 Seconds crew about how the fouce should always be customer, customer, customer

online loans Katherine Barr, Venture Capitalist, talks to the 90 Second crew about how NZ startups should promote and network better.

solar panels for sale Chris Quin, CEO of Retail Telecom talks to the 90 Seconds crew about 3 reasons why to invest in Kiwi startups.

solar power systems Andy Symons, BNZ’s CEO talks to the 90 Seconds crew about investing in the Kiwi Startup ecosystem.