I often roll my eyes when the standard ‘Are entrepreneurs born or made?’ debate arises, and I’ve never found myself satisfied with the ensuing discussion. However, the topic was raised in recent event small talk, and after intense contemplation I want to put forward a different view. I propose that we are all entrepreneurs by default, but that this instinct is gradually destroyed in most people through (1) criticism, (2) development of fears, and (3) overuse of the word can’t.
Posted in Local News, Opinions | 7 Comments »
I’ve always been a big fan of Carsonified. Besides running the Future of Web Apps (FOWA) and various other cool events, they’ve got a great ethos (including a 4 day work week!)
They’re currently running a Summer Camp for full time students working on pre-launch companies. They’re doing this because they know that students can’t afford to go to big conferences or workshops: Continue Reading »
Posted in Events | Tagged carsonified, summer camp, web apps | 3 Comments »
Every year, the Scottish Institute for Enterprise (SIE) places a few keen students in every higher education institution in Scotland to discuss and promote entrepreneurship amongst the student community. The 40ish strong team markets the services and events offered by the Universities and SIE such as mentoring, workshops, competitions, talks, and other seminars. Continue Reading »
Posted in Local News, Support | Tagged epis, informatics ventures, launch.ed, sie | Leave a Comment »
Saturday saw the launch of the Enlightened Ideas Network – A network for collaboration and emerging ideas in Edinburgh:
“Enlightened Ideas is a loose network of groups and individuals who are or wish to be engaged in the Continue Reading »
Posted in Events | Tagged academic, collaborations, enlightened ideas, interdisciplinary | Leave a Comment »
Level E is an Edinburgh-based research boutique specialising in the development of automated trading systems. They are currently looking for a machine learning postdoc researcher with strong programming skills to join their research team. Continue Reading »
Posted in Jobs | 1 Comment »
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! 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. Continue Reading »
Posted in 60 Second Interview | Tagged mypolice, sarah drummond | 4 Comments »
Last week, I managed to rival Jessica’s addiction to networking events (see entrepreneurship event addicts anonymous if you don’t know what I’m talking about). So I thought I’d write a roundup for each one, starting with OpenCoffee London.
OpenCoffee London – the original home of Open Coffee which is now worldwide. The venue was the Roberts Building at UCL (get off at Euston Tube station, walk down Gower St and turn left). Continue Reading »
Posted in Events | Tagged enlighted ideas, Events, launch, meeting, open coffee | Leave a Comment »
As some of you will rememeber, the very successful Engage | Invest | Exploit event was held on 29th April this year, with the keynote speaker being Guy Kawasaki. There’s a voxpop of the day available (see above), and the full video of Guy’s keynote talk available here.
Posted in Events | Tagged edinburgh, event, guy kawasaki, informatics | Leave a Comment »
The Microsoft & MBM Commercial event really surprised me on Wednesday. And no, it was not just the lack of canapes that caught my attention. The gorgeous Microsoft office, the sociable attendees, and the entertaining presentation offered a new perspective: cloud computing isn’t dull! There was a lot I took away, but I’ll run through the basics of clouds and data centres so you can sound knowledgeable next time a conversation arises. Continue Reading »
Posted in Local News | 2 Comments »
Last week, Jess, Thomas and I were invited to a roundtable discussion with Neelie Kroes, EU Commissioner for Competition. There were 12 of us present, alongside Neil Mitchison – Head of the European Commission Office in Scotland. The discussion was about how to encourage and support innovation in the recession and each of the participants was asked to offer suggestions of how to improve the environment for entrepreneurs.
The discussion was positive, with the view for a document to be created for further discussion. Here is a selection of comments about how to improve the state of entpreneurship in Scotland: Continue Reading »
Posted in Local News | Leave a Comment »
StartupCafe 