Our 60 second interviews are designed as a way for people within the Edinburgh community to find out about each other.
This week’s interviewee is Craig McKenna. As an experienced business developer who has in excess of 12 years top level business development behind him, Craig uses this knowledge to help other businesses grow. A highly ambitious and motivated entrepreneur he is always looking to push businesses forward.
What’s your startup?
Who/what inspired you to go down this road?
Whilst running another company it became apparent that there was no cost effective but structured mentoring support for small businesses which aren’t funded.
What’s the next big challenge or hurdle that the company has to overcome?
Scaling up to meet my personal ambitions without compromising quality of attendee or sessions.
In one sentence, what’s the personal dream?
To achieve something which has had a positive effect on the business community
If your life had a theme song, what would it be?
It would change every week to keep up with what’s going on at that time!
What are you secretly an expert at?
Preaching what I don’t always practise
If your school friends had to pick a ‘Most Likely’ for you, what would it have been?
A salesman
What lesson do you wish you’d been taught before you started all this?
Working to targets and plans
What’s the strangest advice you’ve received?
Be a lot more selfish. It’s true though
If someone wants to get on your good side, what would they need to do?
listen and offer feedback
Is there anything you’d like to hear from people about?
I love using tech to drive business. Any new tools or apps would be great.
StartupCafe 
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