How to Start and Scale a Business in New Zealand [With Profit]

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Wyndi Tagi is a Māori business leader, speaker and co-founder of accounting and advisory firm, We Mana. She scaled her firm across New Zealand and Samoa — all while putting people before profit.

In this raw and honest conversation, she opens up about what it really takes to grow a business built on values:

✅ How a bad hire cost her $250,000

✅ Why she outsourced across the Pacific

✅ What it’s like running a business after surviving cancer three times

✅ How EOS and systems saved her business

✅ And why she refuses to sacrifice family for profit

If you're an aspiring entrepreneur, or a small business owner trying to scale without burning out, this episode is your blueprint.

00:00 – podcast intro: scaling a business with purpose in New Zealand

02:30 – growing up with an entrepreneurial dad in a Maori family

05:00 – how to start a business without a product or plan

07:30 – building a people-first business model in New Zealand

15:00  - the lessons I wished I learned 

18:04 - how Wyndi Tagi feels about being a leader of a lot of staff?

18:56 - how Wyndi Tagi handles stress

30:00 - sales tips for those who hate to sell

38:56 - how Wyndi Tagi scaled her business and hiring people

40:00 – hiring mistakes that cost $250k and what to do differently

44:00 – outsourcing to Samoa and Fiji: how small businesses can go global

45:00 – the truth about growing your team as a small business owner

50:00 – what surviving cancer taught me about business and legacy

54:00 – how to build a life and business with no regrets

Follow Wyndi:

https://wemana.co.nz/

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Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/2cFVZVjP3Jg?si=lnRTUidcB54ClWjz

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