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Posted in Beta Invites, Roundtable Discussion on Sep 7th, 2010
Imagine if Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter were locked in a cage; force-fed haggis; made to watched Braveheart on loop and wore tartan kilts, then the result would be Kiltr. Kiltr, a social network for Scottish professionals, aims to help Scotland based professionals and overseas Scots to network together.
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Nov 20th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Nov 9th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Sep 16th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Events, Local News, Roundtable Discussion on Sep 12th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Sep 1st, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Jul 17th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Jul 6th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Jun 15th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Roundtable Discussion on Jun 7th, 2009
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 also [...]
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