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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 didn’t understand the customers , that their...

Posted to Fellow by Leanne Sherry on 25-Sep-2012
Filed under: Filed under: entrepreneur, ideas, top 10 tips, board, hiring, business model, cash, finance

2 weeks in at Aberdeen…. And I’ve not seen 1 single sheep!

Its false advertising! I was expecting Union Street to be hoaching, but no, there are no sheep in Aberdeen, at least not in the city centre anyway. So we started our internship with GE Oil & Gas 2 weeks ago, a week before most interns, because we’re just that special, at least that’s...

Posted to Undergraduates by Jordan McRorie on 19-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: week 1, finance, week 2, GE, Aberdeen, GE Oil and Gas

From Caledonia to California

Nine weeks ago I departed from rainy Edinburgh and landed more than half a day later in sunny San Jose. Now, I would like to reflect on this time and my experience. The weather here has been just amazing and it often took me by surprise, when I walked out of Building G of the National Campus where I...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 08-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, employment, America, USA, rain, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, sightseeing, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Scotland, San Diego, last week, L.A., Palo Alto

There and back again

“The Head of EMEA Operations will see you now”. So perhaps the wording wasn’t quite as dramatic as we witness each week in the Apprentice boardroom, but waiting for my meeting with one of the more senior managers at the international private bank, it struck me just how far I’ve...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 04-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, finance, switzerland, Banking, Geneva, Anna McCready, prospective applicants

The penultimate week

This has been my penultimate working week at National and a busy one. My manager has been out in the last few days to Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX to meet some of the managers there for the upcoming closing deal between National and TI. Everybody now is just waiting for it to close and it is hoped...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 02-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling, San Diego, Week 9, Palo Alto, Stanford

More baseball, more food, and driving across the road; I'm essentially American

Hey y'all, And so I’m halfway through my 8th and final week working for Jabil. Beginning to utter my goodbyes has made me realize what great friends I've formed over the last two months. I've already promised two of the guys a tour of Edinburgh when they visit, as both have plans to...

Posted to Undergraduates by Aidan McDonagh on 01-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Florida, Jabil Circuit, Tampa, Aidan, Disney, mcdonagh, Maths, Psychology, Beach, Universal Studios

"Glad it's Monday tomorrow, only have to get up at 7.15am", or 'Tourism Taken Too Far.'

Hello! Safe to say I've strayed my pattern of sitting down and blogging at some point every Monday night.. but it's also safe to say this past week has been one of my busiest yet!! I didn't think it was possible to feel as tired as I was earlier this week, even the (obviously) favourite hobbies...

Posted to Undergraduates by Aidan McDonagh on 19-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Florida, Jabil Circuit, Tampa, Aidan, Disney, mcdonagh, Maths, Psychology, Beach, Universal Studios

"Get ready for the photo shoot"

Today's working day started off with a photo shoot in the morning in front of the National sign at Building C. Everybody working in Finance came together to have a photo taken in front of the sign that maybe soon will bear a different company's name on it after the deal with TI is closed. It...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 17-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, America, Accounting, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, 2011, University of Stirling, San Francisco

A bird? A plane? Not quite...

What a week here in Geneva! A couple of blogs ago I mentioned seeing paragliders above Mount Sal ève, and last weekend I finally the chance got to have a go myself. A friend flew out to visit for the weekend, and was very keen to join in with this form of extreme sightseeing, so we made the short...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 16-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, finance, switzerland, Geneva, Anna McCready

Past the halfway point

It is hard to believe that I am already more than halfway through my internship. Well, I guess time flies when you are having fun. In my last blog, I mentioned that I will be involved in more projects and the last week has been steadily busy. This week started off with a lot of work too and I think that...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 09-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, Accounting, national semiconductor, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling

Dinner in the Desert lit by Giraffes on Fire.

Hello y'allll, and thanks for reading my blog! I'm just beginning my 5th week here in Florida, working for Jabil Circuit, and as you might have guessed by my rather cringe-worthy greeting I'm really feeling integrated and at home here now! It's a feeling I really had after leaving some...

Posted to Undergraduates by Aidan McDonagh on 09-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, America, Florida, Jabil Circuit, Aidan, stacey, mcgill, mcdonagh

Big wheels keep on turnin'

Sometimes these days, it feels like I’ve been in Geneva for years. I have a knowledge of the city that I never managed to acquire in those near my home (as my closest friends will testify!), and working at the bank has really started to feel as though it’s ‘what I do’. Perhaps...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 07-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, switzerland, Geneva

“Oh, the calculator you are using is made by Texas Instruments...”

Another amazing week of my internship has passed and I really feel integrated well within National. I continue to work with many different people and on interesting and diverse projects. Yesterday, for instance, I went to work early because I had a deadline to meet. I had been put in charge of preparing...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 03-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, finance, USA, Management Accounting, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Dallas

Florida: Flip-flop lickin' good!

Hola! SO, I have just begun my fourth week working at Jabil, and I fear time is slipping away ever so fast! The whole thing's been a blast so far, busy but loving it! This week has been a great one for really plunging into the depths of my current project (testing and implementing a new financial...

Posted to Undergraduates by Aidan McDonagh on 02-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Florida, Jabil Circuit, Tampa, Aidan, mcdonagh, Maths, Psychology, Beach

!ATTENTION! Wolf Pack now recruiting..

Hey y’all. We are now into our third week of our Wood group internship, for me this is the final week of my rotation in Oracle finance. Where… (Prepare yourself for this, shot of espresso/mountain dew/ red bull WILL be needed) I have been conducting lengthy interviews with the accounts department...

Posted to Undergraduates by Jack Nicoll on 29-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Houston, Texas, finance, week 2, wood group, University of Strathclyde, 2011, jack nicoll