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Fraser and his super fruitsOur entertainment this week comes from jam boy Fraser Doherty, a humourous and inspiring entrepreneur with jam in Waitrose, ASDA, Tesco, my fridge, and beyond. Thanks to him, I woke up craving rhubarb & ginger this morning and tend to put jam on any snack possible.

We met Fraser back in Feb ’08 when he joined us as a judge for the Apprentice Edinburgh competition run by iCUE (along with last week’s interviewee Hamish coincidentally), but luckily we didn’t ask him about any regrets!  Fraser runs loads of tea parties for lonely elderly folks as well, which are always a hoot, and volunteers are being lined up for a big bash on 13th August if you’re in the mood. (more…)

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Hamish RobertsonEach week, we’ll be interviewing a member of the Startup community to find out about their deepest, darkest secrets! We’ll be profiling developers, as well as CEOs – so no one is safe! This week, Hamish (see photo) has agreed to be our willing victim.

We met Hamish back in the old iCUE days when he was Managing Director (ah, back when the economy was still booming). He is the MD of Robertson Technologies, which was setup during his final year at Edinburgh University, specialising in online data backup , but soon expanded to computer support. Robertson Tech has  (more…)

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Sarah DrummondEach week, we’ll be interviewing a member of the Startup community to find out about their deepest, darkest secrets! We’ll be profiling developers, as well as CEOs – so no one is safe! This week, Sarah has agreed to be our willing victim.

Sarah is a service designer, recently graduated from Glasgow School of Art. She has a focus for improving public services and is dedicated to using design for social change (watch out World!) Her idea for Social Innovation Camp has turned into MyPolice.org, a website to provide feedback to the Police. (more…)

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adrianEach week, we’ll be interviewing a member of the Startup community to find out about their deepest, darkest secrets! We’ll be profiling developers, as well as CEOs – so no one is safe! This week, Adrian (see photo) has agreed to be our willing victim.

Name:  Adrian Smith

Your role: To find talented adult graduates around the world, bring them to Edinburgh and invest in them to start their own companies. (more…)

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Wikijob

Wikijob

Each week, we’ll be interviewing a member of the Startup community to find out about their deepest, darkest secrets! We’ll be profiling developers, as well as CEOs – so no one is safe!

We’re kicking off this deep and insightful feature with Chris Muktar from WikiJob. By day, Chris is a PhD student at the School of Informatics at Edinburgh University. By night, he’s helping lots of recent graduates to find jobs.

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