Mahesh Muralidhar: Phase One CEO says New Zealand businesses should save money to expand overseas - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

One Kiwi investor believes more New Zealand businesses should be putting money aside in order to expand internationally.

Phase One CEO Mahesh Muralidhar says this would boost the nation's GDP and add to the economy.

He says Kiwis have plenty of entrepreneurial ability - but they lack the ability to see scale like their international counterparts. 

"The same entrepreneur, the same university student in the US or in India has the same level of skills as anyone in New Zealand - but they see scale and we don't. We have to go out of our way to start thinking globally from day one."

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