Five New Zealand company stories or journeys that inspire you
 

1. South Canterbury Finance. Just being a good person and wanting to do well by your community doesn’t mean you’re not going to fail spectacularly.
2. Xero. Because Rod was, from day one, the consummate showman and gave us all a lesson in articulating a big vision.
3. Sir Stephen Tindall. Regardless of your views on The Warehouse, he’s done more for business in New Zealand than any one person and is the perfect case study for philanthropy.
4. Hadleigh Ford at SwipedOn. It shows that a good bugger can build a business that solves a problem he dealt with first hand, do so while still keeping down a real job and not get so greedy that he doesn’t see the sense in accepting an early buy-out offer.
5. JD Trask at Raygun. Despite doing a pretty good impression of Gordon Gecko, is still a good guy at heart.