The First Post

Since this is my first post, perhaps a little background about Pingar and myself.

I have been working with Pingar for over two years now. Living in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand has given me the time and space to help build the Pingar concept into an exciting reality. Of course, plenty of friends have helped. Both here and overseas.

Jacqui, my wife, has become accustomed to the early and late night calls necessary to talk to, and discuss strategy with, overseas partners. She knows what it takes - and at what time - to build a global business out of NZ!

The team at HBI Software in Bangalore have produced superb application architecture, design and code. They gave birth to Pingar and are responsible for its ongoing nurturing and development.

Pingar also have some great partners.

Microsoft UK invited John Beer, a fellow Pingar Limited Director in the UK to dinner in Henley on January 31st and we became a Microsoft 'Partner of the Future'.

UK Trade & Investment said in February that having reviewed the Pingar project, we had received 'Greenlight' status from the UK Trade & Investment's Global Entrepeneur Programme as a 'Technology of Exceptional Potential.'

Closer to home, I have been working with New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) who have given me access to some of their overseas representatives and networks. They really do appear to understand some of the challenges facing NZ business who want to interact with offshore markets. Methinks I will be working closely with NZTE for some time to come.

Closer to home still, I have been working with Priority One, the BOP ICT Cluster, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce and Export NZ BOP - all based here in the Western Bay of Plenty. The one thing they all have in common is a desire to build communities of shared interest and shared values. I like that.

As to the future, we have plans to expand and expand quickly. Great though NZ is as a place to live, we really need to focus on offshore markets where the potential for Pingar is at its greatest.

And that will probably be a key focus of this blog. I will try and write about the trials and tribulations we face in taking a great technology product, conceived in Tauranga, and raised in Bangalore, to market. I reckon right now that there is a fantastic window of opportunity to exploit. Time will tell. And so hopefully, will this blog.