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From Boston to Bellshill

In my career to date I’ve had the pleasure of working at the impressive Jacobean building in the heart of Glasgow’s merchant city. I’ve had the privilege of studying at Babson’s Executive Education Centre. And I’ve enjoyed...

Published 04-Jun-2011 13:30 by STEVE TIGAR (2010)

Filed under: Boston, Opportunities, babson college, Tailwind Solutions

One for One – a compelling proposition

As part of our fast-track course here at Babson, we have been applying our experience and new-found knowledge to assist three start-up companies with live projects, where the company founders have a current need for assistance or further knowledge, but...

Published 25-Nov-2010 16:25 by Mark Simmers

Filed under: Opportunities, Business

Opportunity Obsession

Another week has flown by here in Boston. During the past six weeks teams of Fellows have been working as consultants with Boston based companies. Steve, Joanne and myself were asked to explore distribution channels for a mass customisation bra technology...

Published 21-Nov-2010 12:40 by Rebecca Ewing (2010)

Filed under: Opportunities, entrepreneur, thanksgiving, Zyrra, consulting

Networking on campus

Our one week holiday has flown by so quickly. Hopefully we are all fully re-charged to embrace the second half of our academic term here at Babson. During the week long break, I took the opportunity to attend some of the peer-to-peer events on campus...

Published 31-Oct-2010 21:31 by Madhu Nair (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, Social Skills, Opportunities, innovation, entrepreneurship, Networking, ideas, Creativity, Babson

Pioneers of the World?

On Monday we had an amazing and inspiring day. It started with a Yoga class, continued with reading poetry and other prose in the College Chapel at Babson, and concluded with a wonderful Japanese Film – Shall We Dance. One poem I discovered that...

Published 13-Oct-2010 5:34 by Mark Simmers

Filed under: Opportunities, Leadership, entrepreneurship, Learning

Making a Profit and a Difference ... on a Global Scale

Last week we got to learn about an early stage start-up whose business is based on the 1-for-1 model. In this case, for every nutrition bar sold, a malnourished child in a third world nation or developing country will receive a nutrition pack. The aspiration...

Published 04-Oct-2010 6:09 by Madhu Nair (2010)

Filed under: Opportunities, entrepreneurship, ideas, Social ROI, Global

Our Playground!

What an eye opener, what an experience so far. It seems like being a fly stuck on the outside of a fast moving bullet train! ‘Intense’ all of a sudden has lost its meaning and needs to be redefined. This is how the first 3 weeks can be summed...

Published 03-Oct-2010 5:55 by Mirza Fahd Arshed Baig (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, Boston, Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, work, ideas, success, teamwork, opportunity, Performance, Babson, Key learning from Babson, meaning of Saltire, Learning, saltire fellowship, monkeys

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

Bob Marley - Angel Investor?

Made me laugh - From baking cupcakes to selling pixels, entrepreneurs are finding creative ways to finance their dreams, The Wall Street Journal reports. To raise money for their medical software company, Aaron Foss and Keri Mahoney played the reggae...

Published 09-Jun-2009 12:54 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Fellowship, Opportunities, innovation, entrepreneur

Mixing Business with Pleasure

Last week BioTech - This week HiTech, I'm quickly realizing just why there is so much interest in Ventures here in Massachusetts. Even in the throws of the biggest downturn of modern times - opportunity and optimism abound in this place....it's...

Published 09-Jun-2009 1:17 by Iain Mcdougall

Filed under: Biotech, Boston, MIT, Social Skills, Opportunities, Business, innovation, entrepreneur, Networking

Good game means game's good

As Jim mentioned in his blog, we were kindly invited to go play golf by Garth Prentice, the general manager of the division of Shawcor we are placed currently. A great day was had by all and, despite numerous games and side bets, the proceedings ended...

Published 26-May-2009 4:27 by Simon Boyle

Filed under: Social Skills, Hobbies, Golf, Opportunities, Leadership

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