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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

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

Posted to Fellow by Jim Duffy on 24-Feb-2012
Filed under: 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

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

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

Networking on campus

Our one week holiday has flown by so quickly. Hopefully we are all fully re-charged to embrace the second half of our academic term here at Babson. During the week long break, I took the opportunity to attend some of the peer-to-peer events on campus organized by the MBA clubs focused on high growth...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 31-Oct-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Social Skills, Opportunities, innovation, entrepreneurship, Networking, ideas, Creativity, Babson

Making a Profit and a Difference ... on a Global Scale

Last week we got to learn about an early stage start-up whose business is based on the 1-for-1 model. In this case, for every nutrition bar sold, a malnourished child in a third world nation or developing country will receive a nutrition pack. The aspiration goes further by having the nutrition pack...

Posted to Fellow by Madhu Nair (2010) on 04-Oct-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Opportunities, entrepreneurship, ideas, Social ROI, Global

Our Playground!

What an eye opener, what an experience so far. It seems like being a fly stuck on the outside of a fast moving bullet train! ‘Intense’ all of a sudden has lost its meaning and needs to be redefined. This is how the first 3 weeks can be summed up. They had been intensely engaging yet begging...

Posted to Fellow by Mirza Fahd Arshed Baig (2010) on 03-Oct-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Experience, Fellowship, Boston, Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, work, ideas, success, teamwork, opportunity, Performance, Babson, Key learning from Babson, meaning of Saltire, Learning, saltire fellowship, monkeys

What a week

To quote Mark, also 2010 Fellow – WOW! What a week it has been so far. Being at Babson, meeting the professors and spending intense time with the other Fellows has already baked my noodle. The immense opportunity that this programme offers is stretching out before us all and I do feel a HUGE responsibility...

Posted to Fellow by Rebecca Ewing (2010) on 17-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Fellowship, ideas, Babson, Learning

Invest in Smart Kids...

And amazing things start to happen... I remember Bob Caspe, serial entrepreneur telling us that at business school. And how right he was - "just do it, do it, do it....." The update from Boston this week, finds me at the end of yet another whirlwind ride of work, networking events and VC/Angel...

Posted to Fellow by Iain Mcdougall on 26-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Education, innovation, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ideas, passion, Government role

The entrepreneurial dream team

A few weeks back I got meet one of entrepreneurial hero's - Greg Petsko. Well this week I get to meet another - Dean Kamen. By now a few of you might be saying who..? Well for a bit of fun , allow me to explain by introducing my own "fantasy football" - or should I say new business venture...

Posted to Fellow by Iain Mcdougall on 23-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, passion

Getting noticed on the Global Stage

With only a couple of weeks to go for the 2010 nominations, I thought it might be interesting to post the World Economic Forum's view of the Technology pioneers of the future. Wouldn't it be fantastic if someday a Scottish company could make the list and get really noticed on the Global Stage...

Posted to Fellow by Iain Mcdougall on 15-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: Opportunities, Leadership, innovation, entrepreneur, Cause, ideas, persist, improve, Technology

Success is a continuous journey

For those of you not familiar with the TED talk series, I urge you to at least watch one. Today's struck a chord with my and the ongoing entrepreneurial journey to "SUCCESS." It's from Richard St. John, a self-confessed average guy who when everything around him fell apart - he found...

Posted to Fellow by Iain Mcdougall on 12-Jun-2009
Filed under: Filed under: entrepreneur, work, ideas, success, persist, passion, focus, improve