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Monthly Archive for: "March, 2015"
By Ian Stevenson
In Startup Management
Posted 29th March 2015

Entrepreneurial Scotland: Future Leaders

I wanted to share this Scotland on Sunday piece explaining the new Future Leaders Group of Entrepreneurial Scotland. We’re launching on Wednesday night at the castle – the launch [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Friday Link
Posted 27th March 2015

Friday Link: Two Blogs on Selling

Two blogs from 2013 on selling – both good advice for the startup world in their own way: How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Selling [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Startup Management
Posted 24th March 2015

Misconceptions: Controlling a Company

Founders run a company right?  Or is it the CEO?  Or the investors? How do companies really work?

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By Ian Stevenson
In Startup Management
Posted 19th March 2015

The Fragility of Startups

Startup and growing companies are fragile.  It’s the sector I work in, so I’m used to this fact, but it was brought home to me this week how strange this can appear from outside.  [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Startup Management
Posted 13th March 2015

Friday Link: Don’t Hate, Create.

The ever-wise Ben Horowitz wrote a rather nice piece on “can-do culture” a year or so ago, and finishes with the exhortion “Don’t Hate, Create“.  I rather like that. [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Opinion
Posted 12th March 2015

Taxation without Representation is Tyranny

After the recent referendum, with a general election looming and a Scottish election next year, I’ve been pondering on the role of companies in the political process.   This has led me to [...]

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By Ian Stevenson
In Startup Management
Posted 4th March 2015

Negotiating is Easier When…

I have long thought that I didn’t much like negotiating, especially as part of a selling process.  A few weeks ago I discovered I was wrong – for reasons I hadn’t fully [...]

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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
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
Latest Blog posts
  • 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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