The end of cash: Jacob de Geer has arrived in Edinburgh with no money. Or at least no cash. Not even enough to buy a pint or get a bus. In fact he’s not carried any cash for eight months. It’s not surprising, really. In his native Sweden cash is becoming a bit quaint. Many […]
Interviews
Interview: Andrew Duncan, SwarmOnline
Buzzing with energy: Clients and other business associates gathered to mark the official opening of Andrew Duncan’s latest technology adventure perhaps not realising that it was never meant to be like this. As a young boy at Glasgow High School, Duncan had prepared himself for a career in law, though at university he went off that idea […]
Interview: Paul Atkinson, Par Equity and Head Group
Recruiters heading for change: That old cliche about waiting ages for a bus, only for two to come along together, was an apt way to begin the conversation with Paul Atkinson. The venture capitalist and headhunter had just pulled off a deal to acquire Change Recruitment, merging the Glasgow and Edinburgh business with his own […]
Interview: Sandy Kennedy, CEO Entrepreneurial Scotland
Follow the leader: As a teenager growing up in Bothwell, Sandy Kennedy recalls spending many summers helping out in his father’s laundry business. It was an early education in business life for the young man who, nevertheless, would leave home for Oxbridge with little idea of how his future career might pan out. “I know […]
Remojo reviving those running on empty
Motivational coaching: Jacqueline Brown was running a couple of successful clinics, was well known in her local business community and seemed to be set up for life. Few, if any, of her network of business contacts suspected that she was “running on empty” and feeling as if something was missing. “It wasn’t stimulating me anymore,” […]