So we're back for 2016 and in the past month, events, progress and dissertation work!
(If I haven't told you already, it's on entrepreneurship at GCU).
On top of holding down 2 jobs, a dissertation and the hunt for a grad job, the past month has been a learning experience.
Soon we (Doug, Vlady and Kieran) will be going live with our website Yupty.co.uk
I'm starting to think all fellow entrepreneurs have been touched by TEDTalks by some educational, inspiring and life changing talk to motivate the hell out of you- which is why you should come along or volunteer!
Keep the 3rd of June clear for the main TEDxGlasgow Event... not that I'm a member of the Salon/Ideas Lab team... ;)
(If I haven't told you already, it's on entrepreneurship at GCU).
On top of holding down 2 jobs, a dissertation and the hunt for a grad job, the past month has been a learning experience.
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SIE @ Melting Pot, Edinburgh
Headed to the Melting Pot in Edinburgh for the Scottish Institute for Enterprise.
All the interns representing all the Scottish universities and colleges were there and it was good to see new faces and old faces.
Then we had to go survey the public on the street questions which were about how we approached and surveyed them. With my own experience in IKEA selling solar panels, it was a breeze (mainly because I wasn't trying to sell anything!)
The exciting part of the day was our activity to swap SIE pens and lollies for anything else either of the same value or more. Some groups got hold of perfume samples and boxes of tomato paste - from an Opticians! Another group got a box of chocolates, soap from lush, beer glasses from a bar and an entire back of lost items from a motel consisting of books, cds, old phones, scarves and hats a plenty!
Last but not least, we're back on the numbers. Entry numbers and engagement for each of the universities. According to stats, we had doubled the amount of engagement at HEIs since last year for each one of the interns reaching out to their universities/colleges (events, emails, bootcamp, 1-2-1 business advice, entries, etc) in the past year. Well done us!
And as always, the wheels on the banter bus go round and round...
Soon, the Annual Summit will be upon us!
Can't wait to hear from DHI and MadeBrave.
Business Branding and Identity @ CitizenM Hotel
I was lucky enough to shake hands with the man of Made Brave, Andrew Dobbie at the YEZ/Bridge2Business Business Branding Event held at the CitizenM Hotel.
Entrepreneurial wisdoms and anecdotes were shared with the creative agencies Made Brave, RORA Media and MakeMeAFilm.com
One theme that was common amongst them was the idea that people focused too much on the design of their logo rather than what their business was all about - and why the business does what it does.
Two brought up the infamous Simon Sinek chat about the Golden Circle.
The elaborated presentation on TedTalks:
The 'Why' is a question we forget at times when we don't have the time to stop doing what we do because we get caught up in following a list of things to complete or focus too much on what others are doing.
I can often tangent off into the wilderness of human history and the 5 basic primal instincts and Maslow's hierarchy of needs and culturalization of nations and organisations. It can all get too psychological or sociological, generalized and contrdictory, relative and open-ended. On the other hand, the answers are out there... like on TEDTalks!
I'm starting to think all fellow entrepreneurs have been touched by TEDTalks by some educational, inspiring and life changing talk to motivate the hell out of you- which is why you should come along or volunteer!Keep the 3rd of June clear for the main TEDxGlasgow Event... not that I'm a member of the Salon/Ideas Lab team... ;)
On another life-changing note:
...and so the answer is inevitable. You can only think so much before trying it out for yourself. After all, our experiences are... relative.
To conclude, the reiteration of the super fun Annual Student Summit (which also lands on the date of my 1st Draft of my Dissertation hand in!)
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