Wellington Town Hall, 27-28 March. Wellington, New Zealand

This paper is complemented with the post at Open Parallel’s website

James Reinders, Intel’s Chief Software Evangelist and Director of Software Products published two posts on Intel’s blog, praising Open Parallel’s team and its work.

They are “Parallel PHP (HipHop) using TBB, kiwi style” and “Parallel Perl using TBB, kiwi style“

In the early 1970s, Vint Cerf and Robert Kahn developed the protocol TCP/IP also known as the Internet Protocol Suite which is a set of communication protocols used by the Internet as we know it today.

The miniconference will be held in Brisbane, Australia on Tuesday 25 of January 2011

The miniconf will be held in Brisbane, Australia on Tuesday 25 of January 2011, and the Call for Papers ENDS Monday 8 of November 2010.

The first miniconf was in January 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand with James Reinders (Director of Software from Intel) as keynote.

The II miniconf will feature Paul McKenney as keynote. Paul is Linux CTO from IBM. Here is the abstract of his presentation: “Is Parallel Programming Hard, and if so, why?”

The Open Source, Multicore and Parallel Computing Miniconf offers a space to learn and discuss about Open Source contributions (existent or in process) to the problem of developing Parallel Software.

We are delighted to present the companies and products that will be introducing in this trip.

Robotic Technologies from Dunedin has developed a Fully Automated Lamb Boning Room. The company is a joint venture between Scott Technologies and Silver Fern Farms. See a brief video

Based in Wellington, Re:Gen provides farmers with farm-specific information to support their decision whether to irrigate effluent or not on any given day, and if yes, at what rate.

With offices in Australia and NZ, Ectol is a plant stress bio protectant that improves crop yields and plant heat by increasing osmoprotectants and providing essential nutrients.

Harmonic has offices in Wellington and Auckland, and presents two solutions for Telecommunication operators: the Next-Generation Network (NGN) Planning (an end-to-end planning solution to the complex challenges of NGN migration and ongoing management) and the Lifecycle Management Solution (scalable asset management tool that delivers tangible business results)

Open Parallel is a software company specialised in parallel programming with tailored solutions to customer’s data or needs, independently of the size of the problem. In partnership with Intel, Open Parallel created TBB into HipHop, a solution for big PHP based websites. Open Parallel will be having an open presentation at the Universidad of Buenos Aires (UBA) on October 7, 2010.

Since 1983, de Geest from Oamaru, North Otago has supplied 7500+ prebuilt bathrooms to hotels, apartments and hospitals throughout New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific

Waste Solutions from Dunedin already has presence in Argentina and is exploring the Uruguayan market for their Innovative Waste and Water Treatment Solutions

Skin Alive from Wanaka has developed a unique sunscreen for surfers, golfers and skiers. Recommended by golfer Michael Campbell (US Open winner) and surfer Maz Quinn the formula has been created for the extreme New Zealand conditions

Kurow Winery from the Waitaki Valley, North Otago is interested in Tannat from Uruguay.

Please contact us for more information about these companies and to arrange a meeting. All of them are keen to have a conference call in case that concrete interest exists.

Our local mobile number in Uruguay will be 098 04 05 10 From outside Uruguay is (+598) 98 04 05 10

New Zealand is ranked by the World Bank as

• The best country in the world to Start a Business
• The best country in the world in Protecting Investors
• The second best (after Singapore) in Ease of Doing Business

Read the most recently available data from New Zealand here

Recognising the potential of New Zealand on being a link between China and Latin America, Erdödy Consultancy Ltd and I Grow New Zealand signed an agreement between the two companies to drive mutual business between Erdödy Consultancy and I Grow.

Background

I Grow is a New Zealand based corporate finance advisory firm that specialises in the following areas:

• Capital Raising for high growth businesses;
• Identification and negotiation of strategic partnerships and licensing agreements;
• Merger & Acquisition Advisory services;
• Market Entry Strategies for the USA and China;
• Public Private Innovation Strategies and Reviews.

Opportunity

I Grow and Erdödy Consultancy have worked together on various projects since 2005 and have started to recognise the potential value of integrating Erdödy Consultancy’s Latin American networks with I Grow’s Chinese networks.

Erdödy Consultancy and I Grow have identified a number of broad opportunities to work together on in relation to a China / Latin American alliance, specifically identifying:

• Latin American companies that are interested in developing business relationships in China, covering trade or investment in China.
• Businesses in South America that are looking for expansion capital or which are being sold that could be of interest to Chinese Investors.
• Identifying Chinese based businesses looking to expand its trade or investment activities into Latin America.

Based on the work I Grow has done to date in China since 2008 we see specific opportunities in the following areas:

• Food and Beverage –
• Forestry and Wood products –
  
• Mining Resources –
  
• Venture Capital Investors – We are working with a number of groups that are interested in high growth opportunities in the Chinese market, which could be a channel for international firms to establish themselves in that market.

Working Together

I Grow and Erdödy Consultancy will look to identify projects which can leverage the capabilities and networks of the other firm with a view to generating a long term business relationship involving trade and investment activity between China and Latin America.

Value Proposition

I Grow has a dedicated resource based in China that is more flexible and responsive than the larger firms, as well as being more price competitive. In terms of the Latin America / China link we believe that New Zealand offers some unique advantages to leveraging this relationship, including time zones but more importantly New Zealand’s position as the first developed country to negotiate a Free Trade Agreement with China, and the position and status that provides for New Zealand Businesses and its partners.

Not many firms in New Zealand can offer you bilingual native speakers, who are also bicultural and with sound real business expertise in both areas of the world, New Zealand and Latin America.

Sometimes it’s simply not good enough to speak “good Spanish”.

You do need to have full awareness of the particular culture of the market that you’re aiming to. Latin America is a huge region, with fantastic opportunities but massive differences.

To its bilingual and bicultural strengths, Erdödy adds a third key differentiator: Concrete experience having established and successfully operated businesses in both markets.

We have networks all over Latin America, and we are Experts in Uruguay and Mercosur countries.

Erdödy Consultancy is member of the Latin American New Zealand Business Council (LANZBC).

We are pleased to announce our next business trip to Uruguay and Argentina. We will be in the region between September and October 2010. Contact us for further information on how we can explore business opportunities together.

The importance of entrepreneurship

Research and previous reading will give you a better preparation: there are several free resources available online. Below is a brief selection of what I recommend to entrepreneurs and from people that I know. However everything comes down to practice: just reading a good cookbook won’t make you a chef.

My advice: look at these resources and take on board what is suitable for you and your venture or idea. Then start to practice in the real world!

Garage

It was early 2008 when I first met Bill Reichert in Palo Alto through a common friend. We had a good number of conversations around technology, particularly about multicore software, which continued during his visit to New Zealand in 2009. His firm  Garage Technology Ventures has a number of resources for entrepreneurs which are very simple and easy to read. Don’t miss “Small is beautiful” and the “Top ten lies of Entrepreneurs” (then go to the “Top ten lies of Venture Capitalists“)

Dr. Exit

In July 2007 NZVIF organised a seminar in Christchurch about angel investment presented by Tom McKaskill. It was a small and friendly gathering (I ended in a conversation in Hungarian with Katalin, Tom’s wife). His books are now freely available online. Most of them are written for investors, but won’t hurt you to have a look. And you need to read “Raising Angel & Venture Capital Finance – An entrepreneur’s guide to securing venture finance” and “Ultimate Growth Strategies – A practical guide to engineer high growth into your business”

NZTE

The website of New Zealand Trade and Enterprise is a real mine of general information. It has been improving its presentation and organisation over the years. The “Investment Ready” guide is now presented on the website (the first edition was a small booklet in 2004) and its topics are very easy to follow through compelling headlines. You can download the full guide or work with the “Investment Ready Planning Templates“.

Amadeus

In February 2010 I had a long conversation with Hermann Hauser about the present and future of parallel programming. It was the first time that we met personally but we have been exchanging emails for a year after being introduced by Andy Hopper.

I was impressed for his calm and structured approach to the conversation. When you visit the website of his firm, Amadeus Capital everything follows a sequence: first you learn how to submit a proposal. Then it is an investment criteria to be met. But what is really interesting is the submission form because this is “real”. It’s not a template or recommendations about how to pitch: it is the form that will introduce you to a 473 million pounds venture capital fund .

This is a completely different approach to a Silicon Valley fund. Tom Perkins (founder of KPCB) said that they don’t read business plans submitted to their office because if an entrepreneur cannot find a way to get an introduction to one of the partners through networking, then he will be hopeless trying to generate sales for the new venture…

Good luck and have fun!

Nicolás Erdödy