June 2009 - Fellow - Saltire Foundation Community

Get stuck in!

Hey y'all, I guess I've not written much on here for a wee bit. Been contemplating lots of things but not shared them with you. I did however want to share this short TED talk with you. I love it. see what you think??? http://www.ted.com/talks...

Published 30-Jun-2009 16:52 by Lesley Sutherland

Using Events to Build Momentum

This is the end of a really great week for me - I managed to head along to some Conferences, hear from senior folks at a whole host of companies, attend a drinks reception at the British Consulate, link up with the commercialization team from Edinburgh...

Published 27-Jun-2009 0:57 by Neil Campbell

Invest in Smart Kids...

And amazing things start to happen... I remember Bob Caspe, serial entrepreneur telling us that at business school. And how right he was - "just do it, do it, do it....." The update from Boston this week, finds me at the end of yet another whirlwind...

Published 26-Jun-2009 13:31 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Education, innovation, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ideas, passion, Government role

Keeping it in the family

One of the first things I did as part of the Fellowship was to spend some time with Jim in a small family business just outside Glasgow. One of the things we both found a challenge was to understand the unique challenges of a family business. As the second...

Published 25-Jun-2009 22:11 by Ian Webster

Filed under: teamwork, family business

Learning?

While we were at Babson College it was fairly easy to catalogue what we learned each day and each week - or at least some of it. We could collect the papers, slides, case studies and notes and say "I learned this". Being an organised kind of...

Published 25-Jun-2009 18:12 by Ian Stevenson

Truly Inspirational....

Our time here in Texas in flying in...it's great fun and the undegrads 'fixin' to come here will love it..... Our apartment is situated near the top hospitals in the USA for cancer treatment. Consequently, when patients are here for long-term...

Published 24-Jun-2009 22:04 by Jim Duffy

HR - Texas Style

It has been a privilege working and living in Houston, Texas, over the last few months. I really have developed a fondness for this state, however it is unique in it's outlook on so many aspects - socially, morally and in business. I heard a comedian...

Published 24-Jun-2009 3:54 by Simon Boyle

Filed under: Employee, Human Resources, Employers, Texas, Management

The entrepreneurial dream team

A few weeks back I got meet one of entrepreneurial hero's - Greg Petsko. Well this week I get to meet another - Dean Kamen. By now a few of you might be saying who..? Well for a bit of fun , allow me to explain by introducing my own "fantasy...

Published 23-Jun-2009 2:46 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, passion

What can we learn from Switzerland?

The Swiss Consulate in Boston held a Transatlantic Pitching evening at its trendy headquarters in Cambridge, MA, last week. 25 young Swiss entrepreneurs gave 30-second pitches outlining the start up companies they are leading down the slalom slope to...

Published 22-Jun-2009 20:36 by Martyn Tulloch

Filed under: Innovation Switzerland technology

In anticipation of our return to Scotland

Whilst flying home from a Veolia Business Development conference in Atlanta, I had a sudden recollection of why I became a Saltire Fellow. I had intended on using the flight to catch up on sleep. I had been “networking” into the wee hours...

Published 19-Jun-2009 18:07 by James Murray

Filed under: Saltire Experience, Business, entrepreneur, externship, magazine

old story, current issues!

http://www.thechillired.com/articles/profiles/people/015_DavidSrodzinski.aspx He all, hope you're all well. I came across this article today, thought some of you techies (and some non techies) might find it an interesting read. it's pretty old...

Published 18-Jun-2009 18:20 by Lesley Sutherland

Your Service to the Nation: Join the Army of Entrepreneurs

"We need an army of the smartest, most passionate young people to try their hand at building a business—people who will take their heads and their hearts into the market, founding companies that will bring forth new products and services that...

Published 16-Jun-2009 21:54 by Neil Campbell

Doing Good by Doing Well

I forget where we first heard the phrase (doubtless one of my fellow fellows will comment to remind me) but "Doing Good by Doing Well" was a phrase that we kept coming back to in our time at Babson. It reflects the idea that entrepreneurial...

Published 16-Jun-2009 17:29 by Ian Stevenson

"Never describe yourself as poor....."

Hello Everybuddy, Last week I had a chance of attending two events. The first was at the Microsoft's New England Research & Development centre (they proudly call themselves NERDs) on robotics. It was kind of cool to see military robots used for...

Published 16-Jun-2009 4:14 by Mubbasher Khanzada

Filed under: Leadership, entrepreneurship, Government role, Economic Development, Industry academia government collaboration, Competitive Scotland, IT future

Getting noticed on the Global Stage

With only a couple of weeks to go for the 2010 nominations, I thought it might be interesting to post the World Economic Forum's view of the Technology pioneers of the future. Wouldn't it be fantastic if someday a Scottish company could make the...

Published 15-Jun-2009 16:23 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, persist, improve, Technology

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