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A Week Down in The Lone Star State

As I sit here in my spacious office overlooking greenery, provided by Houston’s abundance of trees, the odd rather dated looking office building and a solitary American flag flying in the distance it is difficult to comprehend where the past eleven days have gone. Eleven days? I really should have...

Posted to Undergraduates by Morven Logan on 18-Jun-2013
Filed under: Filed under: internship, saltire, gas, Texas, business development, Marketing, Scottish, America, Energy, entrepreneurship, Scotland, Business, Glasgow, work environment, women, photographs, flexpipe systems, aberdeen university, houstonston, analysis, service company, morven logan, commercial, women in oil and gas, Oil &amp, women in management

Hello Texas! An introductory post....

Hi Folks! My name is Morven Logan and I am the sole Scottish intern working at Flexpipe Systems in Houston, Texas. The placement is centred around the product marketing of the company's composite pipeline offering to the oil and gas industry. No doubt I will have a lot more information on my role...

Posted to Undergraduates by Morven Logan on 09-Jun-2013
Filed under: Filed under: Houston, Texas, Marketing, Scottish, America, Energy, Scotland, Business, oil and gas, lone star state, flexpipe

10 days - the countdown is on

Well, with today marking 10 days until I depart for Texas (as well as the return of my passport from the Belfast US Consulate just as I was sitting down to write this), today seemed like an appropriate day to write my first blog. Having just finished my penultimate year studying psychology and business...

Posted to Undergraduates by Scott Duncan on 29-May-2013
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, America, Edinburgh, U.S.A, University of Edinburgh., intern, TAESL, Fort Worth, Business, TAESL Texas, Saltire Internship, ambitions, 2013 Scholar

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

Posted to Fellow by Jim Duffy on 14-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Business, entrepreneur, focus, Economic Development, Creativity, Scottish Entrepreneur, Scotland, start-up

First day - no exceptions & let's get down to business!

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB ZH-TW X-NONE Hello everyone! Since it’s my first time blogging, let me quickly introduce myself. I’m Letitia, and having just finished my third year in Business Management and Entrepreneurship at University of Strathclyde, I’m going into my final year...

Posted to Undergraduates by Letitia Lam on 14-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: New York, Business, First Day

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

Posted to Fellow by Jim Duffy on 17-Mar-2012
Filed under: 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

Execution

Action Trumps Everything.... http://www.entrepreneurial-spark.com/@espark-blog.aspx Entrepreneurial Spark thanks the Saltire Foundation Jim

Posted to Fellow by Jim Duffy on 17-Feb-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Leadership, Business, innovation, ideas, success, Economic Development, Competitive Scotland, Social ROI, Lean, opportunity, Scottish Entrepreneur, Achievements, Small Businesses, saltire fellowship, mass challenge, funding, Social Media, inspiration, start-up, startups

Entrepreneurial-Spark Launch

It has taken some planning and we have launched. Two weeks ago now and we are having a tremendous response. Our approach to entrepreneurship is simple and very much reflects Ian's comments: Let's get on with it. So, we have removed as many barriers and blockers as we can for ventures to get off...

Posted to Fellow by Jim Duffy on 17-Nov-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Business, Babson, Scottish Entrepreneur, Small Businesses, start-up

Eat at Joe's……

Yet another week has flown by, they seem to get faster and faster! This week I have still been working on the Magazine hoping to wrap it up by the end of next week. In order to complete the front cover, images of an aircraft were required. In order to complete this my boss gave me his camera to take...

Posted to Undergraduates by Patrick Frempong on 03-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, Engineering, sightseeing, San Antonio, TAESL, Business, Customer, Joe's, crab shack

Week 2 already !!

This week I have been continuing with the tasks I was set in week one. My days are structured with meetings during the first part of the day, after which I'm left to continue with my set tasks. The 9 am meeting is a technical meeting to measure the progress of current engine overhaul jobs. Representatives...

Posted to Undergraduates by Patrick Frempong on 03-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, Engineering, TAESL, Business, Customer

Week One of My Texan Adventure!

The first week has come to a speedy end with a great start to my Texan adventure. I arrived in Dallas/Fort Worth on Thursday night and was welcomed with the warm breeze of the Texan climate. Over the weekend I got to know my bearings and had some time to recover from the long journey. It was pleasant...

Posted to Undergraduates by Patrick Frempong on 21-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, Dallas, TAESL, Fort Worth, Business

Boston! Refreshingly Entrepreneurial ...

Just back from a Life Sciences event organized by MassBio – the oldest Life Science organization in the US. The organization is well represented by companies in this space especially in the New England area – renowned for being the life sciences hub in the East Coast. Today’s topic...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 10-Feb-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Biotech, Boston, Business, innovation, entrepreneur, Biotechnology, entrepreneurship, externship, Fundraising, ideas, Achievements, business ecosystems

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 contract manufacturing start-up which will be...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 31-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Biotech, Boston, Business, externship, Key learning from Babson, babson college, Scotland, GlobalScot

Are you a shrewd business to business (b2b) entrepreneur?

It’s been over two months since we first set foot on the grounds of Babson, and with a mere three weeks left till Christmas part of me wonders where all the time went, while the other half buzzes with all the business insight and valuable ‘tricks of the trade’ harnessed from our professors...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 28-Nov-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Business, entrepreneurship, babson college

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 are constrained by limited time and resource. Four...

Posted to Fellow by Mark Simmers on 25-Nov-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Opportunities, Business