Twitterclaus is coming….to town.

“I’m keeping a list I’m checking it twice I’m going to find out who sucks at Twitter.” Ok, it doesn’t rhyme, but it needed to be said. This could be classed as part 2 of my social media rant. My new favourite activity is watching companies (particularly small ones) absolutely miss the point of twitter. [...]

How many times can you say ‘social media’?

Seriously, this is getting ridiculous. One of the hazards I find I face in my job is keeping my mouth from saying what my brain is thinking. In this case: enough already. Honestly, I was at a function this week (no names, I’m not THAT stupid) and one of the groups couldn’t stop talking about [...]

New ways to access investment

Today we had our monthly meeting of my High Growth Group. (For the purpose of the group, High Growth means a company that has a strong prospect of significant returns: New Products, Biotech, Medical, Technology, Software, Manufacturing, Franchising etc.) I started this group to bring together a focused skill-set that could help drive companies through [...]

Networking networking networking….ahhhh!

If you ever want to amuse/sadden yourself, do a search for networking opportunities in Edinburgh. It’s unbelievable. Really. The last year or so has seen an absolute glut of networking groups get formed. Some are good, some are bad. Some are somewhere in-between. I’m personally not a fan of this practice. It is starting to [...]

If you build it, they will come.

Now this may turn into a bit of a rant, but I’ll try to contain myself. I’m getting pretty sick of meeting people who fall into the trap of ‘If you build it, they will come”. I also like to call them the ‘I love my business so everyone will love my business’ people, but [...]

Oh when will they (we) learn?

Oh I laugh and I laugh and I…well I would if it wasn’t such a dumb idea. I was having my lunch today when an email came into my company inbox (you know, the one we all set up with the info@ or office@ addresses) with the subject line “FAO Jordan”. Hmm…guess I should read [...]