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Reflections

A year ago, sitting summarizing my professional experience and business knowledge into my Saltire Fellowship application and case study, I considered company growth with many questions. Now, sitting completing my 3 month externship identifying high-growth...

Published 01-May-2013 20:45 by Greg Sim

Filed under: entrepreneur, Greg Sim

Reflection (a new skill!)

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Starting as early as the application process, the Fellowship programme has guided me on a personal journey of discovery. By understanding my values, preferences and aspirations better I have been able to make...

Published 19-Mar-2013 14:29 by Mike Brooke

Filed under: Fellowship, entrepreneur, babson college, alumni, reflection

How to think like Steve Jobs: The abbreviated version

Firstly, Happy New Year!! It has been a pretty busy two months as I, as have the other 2012/13 Fellows, have returned back from the US, transitioned straight into the Festive Season, and were shot out into 2013 into our respective Scottish placements...

Published 31-Jan-2013 13:12 by Charles Grant

Filed under: entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, saltire fellowship, Oil and Gas, 2012 cohort, Wood Group, Charles Grant, Steve Jobs

10 tips from an entrepreneur

We were just starting to find our voices when we discussed our case study on New World Stoneworks with our lecturer Angelo Saninelli last week. ...And we didn’t hold back. We confidently told Angelo how the company’s President Ken Jackman...

Published 25-Sep-2012 17:50 by Leanne Sherry

Filed under: entrepreneur, ideas, top 10 tips, board, hiring, business model, cash, finance

Be A Failure!

‘It’s ok to fail.………In fact, it’s good to fail!’ After four weeks at Babson College, this statement has been drilled in to us by all of the excellent faculty during their engaging lectures and has certainly...

Published 24-Sep-2012 18:14 by Stuart Cassells

Filed under: Saltire Experience, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, success, Babson, 2012 cohort, Saltire Foundation, failure, stuart cassells

When it all starts to click together...

It's the end of week 5 and I'm starting to feel a little more organised, my computer is finally in order, calendar synched, course notes typed up and my handouts are all filed (alphabetically by professor of course). This might sound ridiculous...

Published 24-Sep-2012 2:00 by Mike Brooke

Filed under: Boston, Leadership, entrepreneur, Babson, saltire fellowship, babson college, Fellows, 2012 cohort, Saltire Foundation, startup weekend

1-month @ Babson and we’ve got a start up!

By chancing our luck, me and Craig Chatwin ended up taking part in a Start Up Scramble weekend at Babson. We didn’t have tickets but met college president Len Schlesinger on the way in – he’s a huge fan of us ‘Salt-eesr’...

Published 18-Sep-2012 19:05 by Leanne Sherry

Filed under: entrepreneur, babson college, start-up

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

On a winning streak

We’ve begun the week on a winning streak with Andy Murray’s first grand slam title last night. Wish I could say the same for the Red Sox – about 15 of us took the pilgrimage to Fenway Park on Friday night to support them through their...

Published 11-Sep-2012 16:30 by Leanne Sherry

Filed under: Fellowship, entrepreneur, Babson, babson college

Gorillas, Chimps and Monkeys

As we on the 2012 Saltire Fellowship commence the start of our third week here in Boston it is perhaps another good time to reflect upon my experience so far. Week 2 of Babson saw us receiving the last full week of classes before we start our blended...

Published 11-Sep-2012 0:50 by Charles Grant

Filed under: Fellowship, Boston, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Babson, Oil and Gas, inspiration, Fellows, 2012 cohort

Just start!

Okay, so here goes. Just start! Although I'm no stranger to social media, blogging seems like an alien experience. Maybe it's the fact that its more than 140 characters long and not typed using my thumbs? Sorry it's taken this long to take...

Published 09-Sep-2012 17:52 by Mike Brooke

Filed under: entrepreneur, energy, Babson, Welcome to Boston, inspiration, engaging, just start, Saltire Foundation

Entrepreneurship IS GO

This blog from Makur is simply stunning....Any Saltire Supporter, Fellow or Scholar should read...!! http://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com/chiclet-blog/2012/3/16/entreprenuership-is-go.aspx

Published 17-Mar-2012 7:06 by Jim Duffy

Filed under: Business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, Networking, success, improve, Economic Development, Competitive Scotland, teamwork, Social ROI, Culture, Creativity, Performance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Small Businesses, start-up, startups

Powerful Women… Global and Local… You and I…

Mother Teresa, Helen Sayles, Oprah, Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, Collette Grant, Melinda Gates, Karen Ayas, JK Rowling, Saltire Sirens and my mum are only a few of THE most influential and powerful women I respect and look up to. A question I ask myself is...

Published 08-Mar-2012 11:38 by Amina Nabi (2010)

Filed under: entrepreneur, success, Global, women, power

The Real Deal....

This week's blog is focussed on what it takes to make it http://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com/@espark-blog/2012/2/24/the-real-deal.aspx Entrepreneurial Spark thanks the Saltire Foundation

Published 24-Feb-2012 17:28 by Jim Duffy

Filed under: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ideas, Creativity, Babson, Scottish Entrepreneur, inbound marketing, saltire fellowship, babson college, Social Media, inspiration, start-up, startups, business development

What did one entrepreneur say to the other entrepreneur?

My placement at Sword Ciboodle has been mind expanding and I am now shaping my recommendations and distilling them into a few powerpoint slides -my IBM powerpoint experience is serving me well! On Tuesday, the Scottish Technology Showcase was an explosion...

Published 11-Jun-2011 12:36 by Rebecca Ewing (2010)

Filed under: entrepreneur, Entrepreneurial Exchange, Scottish Technology Showcase, WEST, Freeflow

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