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Road Trip Y'all

Why how y'all doing, ( The huntly loon has rebranded a tad for this blog), Well the weeks have flown by, so much to report back since my last Doric blog (English version available on request). Will start this blog following a trip to Houston and South Texas for Charlie and my project for Woodgroup...

Posted to Fellow by Gordon Farmer on 14-Oct-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience

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 resonated with me during my time here. As I reflect...

Posted to Fellow by Stuart Cassells on 24-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, success, Babson, 2012 cohort, Saltire Foundation, failure, stuart cassells

Pro Forma Financials + Selling = Yoga

An interesting week 4 of our Babson experience in which the traditional aspects of pro forma financial statements and value selling techniques came face to face with a softer, more spiritual and yoga filled meditative session of personal reflection. Just an average week in the life of a Saltire Fellow…...

Posted to Fellow by Gregor Russell on 24-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, babson college, Sales, Fellows

Project, reflections and some videos

Now that the 2012 Saltire Fellowship has almost made it to the 1 month mark it seems that we all have settled into a groove (of some sorts!). The timetable sees us now firmly ensconced in the blended learning phase of the taught and experiential learning via the externship projects. As I mentioned in...

Posted to Fellow by Charles Grant on 20-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, externship, energy, saltire fellowship, Oil and Gas, 2012 cohort, Project, Video, Wood Group

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

The quote above seems to be quite apt as I write my first Saltire Fellow blogpost. For us 2012 fellows it has been the first week of our Babson experience here in sunny Boston and what a week it has been! From our very first lecture in the very swish Babson Executive Conference Centre it has been nothing...

Posted to Fellow by Charles Grant on 03-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, Babson, saltire fellowship, 2012 cohort

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 family, sunlight (yes sunlight!) silks and kilts...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 11-Aug-2011
Filed under: 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 for others as well as me · I have built...

Posted to Fellow by Amina Nabi (2010) on 05-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, MIT, Energy Entrepreneur MIT, Babson, Scotland, Freeflow

It's the eye of the tiger; it's the cream of the fight…

What an absolute epic journey in externship B so far. An entrepreneur’s journey never ends but continues to grow arm and legs. In the final stint of the fellows’ journey we have all been juggling our placement, an energy project, a fundraising project and balancing it with family and friends...

Posted to Fellow by Amina Nabi (2010) on 15-Jun-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Entrepreneurial Exchange, Fellows, Saltire Sirens

Back in the Game

The last weeks have been very transitional for us Fellows, which explains the slight dip in the number of blogs of late. When our externships in the U.S came to an end in March we packed our bags, said goodbye to the U.S and returned home to our loved ones ... for a few days anyway. We then spent the...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 08-May-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Liberty Mutual, saltire fellowship, Social Media, ciqual

Realisation and Change

It has been almost one month since the fellows and I came back from our 7 months of intense learning. As I reflect back, a whole load of film flashes before me, including highs, lows, laughter, sadness, sharing, caring, listening, understanding, exploring, discovering, learning, making mistakes and realising...

Posted to Fellow by Amina Nabi (2010) on 24-Apr-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, babson college

Back in the Burgh!

Wow. It feels like it was just yesterday when I blogged about our first day at Liberty Mutual. Now, in the blink of an eye our time in the U.S. is over and I am back in the Burgh. It was with bittersweet symphony that we packed our things and made for the airport on Saturday. For five of the fellows...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 28-Mar-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Boston, sales and marketing, saltire fellowship, ciqual, edinburgh

Leave no stone unturned in the quest for new opportunities.

Last week I attended a conference at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in Boston. Hosted by the Sloan Business Club, this fascinating talk covered the progress of Africa in the last ten years, highlighting tremendous opportunities for the future. The speaker, Acha Leke; Cameroonian by birth...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 24-Feb-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Boston, MIT, entrepreneurship, Economic Development, Africa

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 product. This is an approach which enables the entrepreneur...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 17-Feb-2011
Filed under: 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 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

Serendipity

I never thought I’d say this… but I think I’m falling for insurance. I remember the day I first came across insurance. It was a cold Monday morning when I arrived the doorsteps of Liberty Mutual. I was slightly jetlagged and I needed my morning coffee. The people I met when I walked...

Posted to Fellow by Sandrine Sienche (2010) on 26-Jan-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Boston, Liberty Mutual, externship, Babson, insurance