September 2009 - Fellow

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  • Another cohort of Fellow's

    This week I got introduced to the people over at the Acumen Fund - headed up by CEO Jacqueline Novogratz. They are a fantastic bunch of folks who are applying the principles of Strategic Philanthropy to social businesses - or as they like to put it -...

  • Babson doing well!

    Hey guys, Just noticed this post this morning. Good to hear news like this. Well done Babson! "Babson College has been selected as the #1 school with the “Entrepreneurial Edge” by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. In the...

  • You've Quit Your Job. Now What?

    I don't know if any of you have you have been following Steven DeMaio's blog on the Harvard Business. Like many of us Fellows, he also decided to quit his job last year and search out something new, exciting and dare I say - a little life-changing...

  • Away from the numbers...

    This is a great song penned by Paul Weller, previously of the The Jam. I am heavily involved in acquisitions and project management at this time, where there are lots of numbers. However, what strikes me as one of the most important issues in this field...

  • Where you least expect it...

    It will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the journey of those on the fellowship programme that our minds are now turning to "what happens next". There is a world of opporunity out there and having had many conversations already...

  • Dare to be different...

    Last week was all about innovation - I was over at Edinburgh University business school, quite an undertaking for a "weegie" like me - but you know me, one likes to get about. Disruptive, incremental, or just plain old genius as told by Alan...

  • In (bound), Out(bound), Shake It All About...

    "Inbound Marketing will destroy SEO". If, like me a few months ago, the sentence above might as well be written in Swahili, then it's worth spending some time thinking about what new media is doing to marketing. SEO, or search engine optimisation...
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  • How to turn inspiration into aspiration.....

    I'm back. I haven't blogged for a wee while for a few reasons. 1 I Feel like I've been on a bit of a whirlwind since being back in Scotland, travelling all over the country learning about a new industry and meeting lots of interesting new...

  • Interstices.....

    As a current Saltire Fellow or for anyone considering the Fellowship, there some things that one has to get one's head around. Accounts payable Return on Capital employed [ROCE] Contribution margin Cash conversion cycles Net present values I am not...

  • Tricky Business - Ash Arshed

    Hi all, Whilst recovering from a bout of "manflu", I caught a documentary on channel 4 called "Tricky Business". The main protagonist of the episode is Ash Arshed, a Glasgow based Entrepreneur who started a company called Flame Multimedia...

  • Sun Tzu

    I'm not sure if anyone reads these blogs. But I'll continue to write something I feel is relevant . "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat." I saw this quote during...

  • Bored beyond belief...

    How many of us have sat at work staring out the window, wondering what to do next..? Come on be honest - I'm sure we've all had moments such as these. No I was actually meaning Board's - the kind which govern and drive the direction of high...

  • Market Data

    I mentioned in my last blog post that part of my project involved trying to obtain good quality market data. This has proved to be an interesting mission, so I though I'd share some of the routes to data I have found or am working on, just in case...

  • Being socially responsible and credible at the same time

    Hi all, Whilst at Babson, I had the pleasure with some of the other fellows to go and hear Jeff Swartz, CEO of Timberland group, speak to us about his and his organisations passion to be socially responsible. He told a story of people's skepticism...

  • ATEEDA

    The two weeks at Stirling University passed very quickly, and I can only echo the comments of others that it was great to have so many interesting and influential people from the Scottish business community coming to speak to us. I spent the "week...
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