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Roundtable discussion: Habits for success… yes please sir!

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 20 November, 2009 | 4 Comments »

We often wonder about the habits that lead to entrepreneurial success and as it’s Global Entrepreneurship Week, this is probably a very good time indeed to consider adopting new good habits and identifying/disposing of bad ones!
So this week we are asking “Which good habit  do you hope to develop soon in your quest to become a [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: Marketing campaigns that amuse or annoy

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 9 November, 2009 | 3 Comments »

It’s about time we posted another Roundtable discussion!  This week we are asking: What wacky marketing campaign has amused or annoyed you lately?  There are truckloads to choose from, aren’t there?!  So let’s begin…
Jess: While Apple and Verizon have gotten flack for recent ads poking fun at their competitors, I must admit I am enjoying the [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: How do you consume music and how will it change in the future?

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 16 September, 2009 | 2 Comments »

We all waited in suspense to get Apple’s verdict on the Spotify app and sighed with relief after it was finally accepted into the iPhone app store last week. Well, some of us were looking forward to a good battle, but it was a nice outcome nonetheless. The decision proved highly popular as Spotify became [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: What’s been your favourite recent startup/tech event and why?

Posted in Events, Local News, Roundtable Discussion on 12 September, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The previous week was absolutely packed with tech and business events (Events Menu here for a recap), and unless you completely abandoned all other obligations including sleep, you probably didn’t catch them all. Luckily for you, we were running around spastically to fit in quite a few… So in order to keep you in the [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: How will the Proposed High Speed Rail Link impact on Startups?

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 1 September, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Last week, Network Rail proposed a high speed rail line linking several major UK cities together costing £35 billion. If it goes ahead, the Edinburgh-London journey time would only be 2 hours and 9 minutes! This week, we want to discuss whether the proposed plans will have a significant impact on startups.
Thomas: I can’t wait [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: To pitch or not to pitch – that is the question

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 17 July, 2009 | 2 Comments »

For this week’s roundtable discussion, we have chosen to answer – when is it appropriate or inappropriate to pitch your business?
Are there hard and fast rules to apply when it comes to pitching/selling? When is it acceptable to talk about your company and when is it not?
Bela: Please don’t pitch to me in lieu of [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: Michael Jackson and the Rise of Social Media

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 6 July, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This past week, Twitter and Facebook went crazy over Michael Jackson’s death. Of course, we’re not the only ones that noticed – apparently so did the Telegraph, Bloomberg, TechRadar and even the Mirror. We’re constantly being told that social media will replace traditional media as the channel for hearing about news. Considering MJ’s demise was [...]

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Roundtable Discussion: How do YOU use Twitter?

Posted in Roundtable Discussion, tagged , on 15 June, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Each week, we will be posing a question, with each of us providing our perspective of things. To kick our first Roundtable feature off, we’re asking the question:
How do you use Twitter?
Thomas: It took me quite a long time before understanding why Twitter would be useful to the non-technical crowd. It is only when the [...]

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Launching StartupCafe!

Posted in Roundtable Discussion on 7 June, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Welcome to Startup Cafe! We aim to be a fun and humorous place to go to for local startup news. We’ll be offering you an alternative commentary of tech, startup and social media happenings; along with announcements of jobs, events and competitions (all with a dose of silliness). As if that’s not enough, we’ll [...]

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