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Scotland and Start-Ups

Its one of the best things in the world to be working with start-up entrepreneurs... So much to keep up with. BBC Scotland are following some of them... Great for Scotland! Great for start-ups http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-19347402

Published 14-Sep-2012 16:31 by Jim Duffy

Filed under: Business, entrepreneur, focus, Economic Development, Creativity, Scottish Entrepreneur, Scotland, start-up

G+G Graduating and Giving back

On July 30 th at the Lighthouse in Glasgow, the Saltire cohort of 2010/2011 formally earned the title ‘Saltire Fellow’ as we officially graduated from the Saltire Fellowship programme. In a relaxed and intimate affair with close friends and...

Published 11-Aug-2011 1:49 by Sandrine Sienche (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, saltire fellowship, Scotland, Saltire Sirens, Saltire Fundraising Challenge, Saltire graduation

Joining the dots… Globally…

It is sadly nearing the end of the fellowship journey. Needless to say it has been a complete life changing experience. My key achievements so far: · Linking and vocalising what I have learned, experienced or spoken about in a way that is advantageous...

Published 05-Jul-2011 20:49 by Amina Nabi (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, MIT, Energy Entrepreneur MIT, Babson, Scotland, Freeflow

Hubdub: Start-up in Scotland: Good and Bad.

At EIE last week, I managed to catch a presentation by Nigel Eccles of Hubdub.com . Hubdub is an online gaming site based in Edinburgh. They make daily and weekly fantasy sports games for the North America market. Nigel talked about his experiences of...

Published 22-May-2011 15:13 by David Toy

Filed under: Scotland, start-up, hubdub, internet

Got $10? You could be a Venture Capitalist!

Last November I wrote about being a shrewd entrepreneur, and how businesses could raise funds by approaching a key potential client, identifying their pain, providing a solution, and getting this client to fund the prototype and manufacturing of this...

Published 17-Feb-2011 14:34 by Sandrine Sienche (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, saltire fellowship, Scotland, product, crowdsourcing, funding, VC

Gallus Part 1

My global executive MBA internship literally took off the ground, on a flight to St Louis from Boston with Mark Bamforth, President & CEO of Gallus Biopharmaceuticals. Couldn’t have asked for a more exciting start than that! Gallus is a biologics...

Published 31-Jan-2011 17:40 by Madhu Nair (2010)

Filed under: Saltire Experience, Biotech, Boston, Business, externship, Key learning from Babson, babson college, Scotland, GlobalScot

The power of coffee and replicating success....

In the past few weeks we have been exposed to a mix of start ups, global companies, venture capitalists, angel investors and numerous examples of brands, technologies and developments that have emerged from the Northeastern seaboard. Despite this influx...

Published 18-Oct-2010 5:39 by Joanne Hagerty (2010)

Filed under: innovation, Networking, Scotland, mass challenge, business ecosystems, Babsonoston

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