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Monthly Archive for: "March, 2014"
By Ian Stevenson
In Business Plans, Financials, Friday Link, Investment
Posted 28th March 2014

Friday Link: How Much Investment to Raise?

I’ve long wanted to write something on the topic of how to decide how much money to raise, but I haven’t yet come up with anything I’m happy to share!  Fortunately someone has done a big analysis [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Bitesize, Investment, Startup Management
Posted 27th March 2014

BiteSize: Exits for Non-High-Growth Businesses

Very often it is difficult for founders of companies that are founder/employee owned and which have grown organically to get an “exit”.  A trade sale or IPO would completely change [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Opinion, Sales, Startup Management
Posted 25th March 2014

The Sales Rollercoaster: Startups vs. Social Firms

Most of my work is with startups in the high-technology sector, but I also volunteer as a trustee and non-executive director for social enterprise charity Forth Sector.  There we have a number of [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link, Startup Management
Posted 21st March 2014

Friday Link: Effective Boards

I quite regularly re-post content from Mark Suster at Both Sides Of the Table but I do so without apology as he has a great blog! This week it’s two great articles on boards: Why you’re not [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 14th March 2014

Friday Link: Forgetify

This Friday Link is of no practical use, but I love the concept of a service to play “lost” music which makes selections that are by definition self-destructing! [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Opinion, Training
Posted 11th March 2014

A Month of Professional Development

I’ve been to quite a number of professional development events this month, and I have more planned, so I thought I’d share what I’d been up to in case anyone else is looking for similar training. [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link, Tools
Posted 7th March 2014

Friday Link: Adwords and Campaign Tracking Online

One of the companies I am a non-exec director for is starting to sell product online as well as face-to-face.  I thought I’d share two articles that we’ve found very useful: How to use UTM [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Events, Opinion, Sales, Startup Management, Training
Posted 4th March 2014

Real Sales Skills – Future Sales Factory – 5*

Last year when I was reviewing what I had done to continue to build my professional skills, I realised it was a long time since I had done anything on sales. Sales is an important part of my [...]

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Recent Posts
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Recent Posts
  • A Win in Paris – thanks to EIE in Scotland
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  • 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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