Resources

International expansion resources for NZ tech founders

Practical guides, frameworks and hard-won lessons from 20+ years of building international revenue - and one exit to a Fortune 500 company. Start with the free scorecard, then dig into the guides.

Guides & articles

Positioning

Too broad to win: why niching down beats scaling up offshore

In a market five times the size, being able to help any business stops working. Why niching down - not scaling up - is how a small NZ tech company wins offshore.

Nick Burns · 6 Aug 2026 · Read →
Investment readiness

What overseas investors actually look for in a NZ tech company

Offshore capital follows offshore traction. The evidence that turns a good NZ tech company into a fundable one for an international investor.

Nick Burns · 4 Aug 2026 · Read →
Market entry

Direct or through partners? Choosing your offshore route to market

A channel partner can open a market fast - or bury your product in someone else's priorities. How to choose between selling direct and going through partners offshore.

Nick Burns · 30 Jul 2026 · Read →
Sales & scaling

From founder-led sales to an offshore engine that runs without you

Founder-led sales wins your first deals, then stalls across time zones. How to turn founder magic into a system that sells without you.

Nick Burns · 28 Jul 2026 · Read →
Pricing

Your New Zealand pricing is wrong for the world - here's how to reset it

Kiwi tech routinely under-prices offshore. The fix isn't a bigger number - it's pricing to the value a bigger market already sees.

Nick Burns · 23 Jul 2026 · Read →
International expansion

Why your first US sales hire usually fails - and what to do first

The six-figure hire feels like progress. Here's why it stalls, and the cheaper first move that actually works.

Nick Burns · 21 Jul 2026 · Read →
International expansion

How to choose your first offshore market (and why it's usually not the US)

The biggest market is rarely the best first market. A practical five-part way to choose where to expand first.

Nick Burns · 17 Jul 2026 · Read →
International expansion

5 things NZ founders get wrong about selling in Australia

Australia looks like the easy first market. Here's why so many NZ tech companies stall there - and how not to be one of them.

Nick Burns · 16 Jul 2026 · Read →
Capital & growth

The capital-revenue catch-22: why NZ tech companies stay stuck

You need offshore revenue to raise, and capital to fund the offshore push. How the companies that get out break the loop.

Nick Burns · 9 Jul 2026 · Read →
Market entry

How to validate an international market in 90 days without burning cash

A practical way to test real demand offshore before you commit budget and headcount.

Nick Burns · 2 Jul 2026 · Read →
Founder lessons

What McKesson taught me about B2B sales at scale

Lessons from selling a NZ company to a Fortune 500 company - and what it changed about how I sell.

Nick Burns · 25 Jun 2026 · Read →
Timing

The real cost of waiting: what a year of DIY expansion actually costs you

The price of a slow, self-taught market entry is higher than the price of getting help. Here's the maths.

Nick Burns · 18 Jun 2026 · Read →