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Monthly Archive for: "September, 2012"
By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link, Investment
Posted 28th September 2012

Friday Link: Paul Graham on Black Swans

Paul Graham has recently published an excellent article on the difficulties of identifying startups that will succeed, and specifically “that the best ideas look initially like bad [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment
Posted 25th September 2012

Investment (Part 8) – Marriage

The lucky few will eventually get to the point where investors seem ready to put money into the business.  At this stage investors will normally prepare a term sheet (or “heads of terms”) which [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment, Opinion
Posted 21st September 2012

Opinion: Is Lean Scotland a firework in a steel box?

There is a new lean startup community forming in Scotland, following the principles captured in by Eric Ries in his book The Lean Startup.  Typically lean companies develop web applications, [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Investment
Posted 18th September 2012

Investment (Part 7) – Courtship

While my last post in this series was about connecting to investors in the first instance, this one is about how to maintain a relationship until you are ready for investment. Right back in the [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Events
Posted 13th September 2012

Event Report: Young Company Finance Annual Conference

I spent today at the YCF Scotland Annual Conference at Stirling Management Centre.  This is the first time I have attended as I have kept having diary clashes.  It was the 10th annual conference [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Bitesize
Posted 11th September 2012

BiteSize: Entrepreneurship Babson Style

I was at a Saltire Foundation event the other night where Elaine Eisenman, Dean of Executive Education at Babson College was speaking. She recounted a talk given by the President Leonard [...]

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By Ruth Stevenson
In Events, Guest Blog, Marketing, Startup Management
Posted 4th September 2012

Blurring the boundaries between technologist and marketer

Event report: Edinburgh International Marketing Festival Creativity and innovation are fundamentally interlinked.  Creativity contributes to innovation, and innovation contributes to creativity. [...]

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Recent Posts
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Recent Posts
  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland
  • From Engineer to Consultant to CEO
  • GDPR & Marketing: Consent and Legitimate Interest
  • Starting a Presentation
  • TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion
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  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland 20th November 2019
  • From Engineer to Consultant to CEO 28th December 2018
  • GDPR & Marketing: Consent and Legitimate Interest 8th May 2018
  • Starting a Presentation 20th March 2017
  • TechCrunch – Cyan Forensics and the Scottish Pavilion 8th December 2016

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