Wrath of an (ex) Dragon
Ex-Dragon Doug Richards has published a manifesto calling on entrepreneurs to lead the country out of recession. While I agree with a lot of what he says, I need to (perhaps with more than a little bias) take issue with some of what he says. In particular:
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“We must sweep clean the entire Government funded industry [...]
Equity Punk & Crowdfunding
I am now the proud owner of a share in Scotland’s hippest Brewery. BrewDog is a brewery located in the north of Scotland and they recently launched an online “crowdfunding” scheme selling shares to raise £250,000 of equity.
Crowdfunding is not a new concept but one that has flourished under the Internet and in particular, the [...]
East Lothian Coffee Morning – Update
An update to my earlier post.
The first get-together of the East Lothian Coffee morning took place on Friday morning and seemed to be a great success. About 48 people turned up which was beyond my expectations but fantastic all the same. Still waiting to see the survey monkey feedback on the event but the anecdotal [...]
Blogging and tweeting to election victory
The next general election in the UK hasn’t been announced yet but we know it will be sometime before May this year and the various parties have begun the year in earnest. But what effect will the internet have on the election?
A recent post on one of my favourite blogs (BBC dot.life) was discussing the [...]