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Patent Nonsense

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Patents are invaluable in helping marketing and sales, especially in the launch and early growth phases. Are they really? Venture capitalists, and other business advisers insist technological advantages need to be protected, so they can be exploited commercially. But practical experience suggests otherwise.

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The Scottish Paradox I Can’t Resolve

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Yesterday we explained about our latest FP7 project, and how we resolved the paradox between the undeniable opportunity and the unmanageable risk for SMEs getting involved. We didn’t explain the problems we’ve had with the Scottish business development agencies and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in particular, so we’ll do that now.

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Resolving the FP7 Paradox

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We just completed our next proposal for an FP7 (Framework Programme 7 – the EUs current round of research funding).  The proposal had to be finished at 5.00pm Brussels time last night.  There’s no flexibility.  It’s like any government blind tender.  You stick your bid in, and wait. Our proposal combines some of the most [...]

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Rediscovering the Joys of Sax

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No I didn’t get the title wrong. I never lost the joys of sex, but did forget the joys of playing the saxophone. Watch out for a longer post on the subject of rediscovering my saxophone(s). For the moment suffice it to say the saxophone is also something you blow. Must get on with my [...]

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And Tonight’s Dram is Aberlour

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Being a snooty sort of guy, and living in the proper Highlands, I’ve tended to look down on the Speyside malt whiskies.  Glenmorangie is closest to where we live, Clynleish is just up the road, and Dalmore not 20 miles away. In the circumstances who would want to drink something from Speyside? Well it seems [...]

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SME Business Opportunity of the Century

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Image via Wikipedia The small business opportunity of the century, for European SMEs at least just has to be Framework Programme 7. The European Commission is spending more than €54 billion by 2014 funding research and innovation. Why is this the small business opportunity of the century? Because, for most of the research programmes the [...]

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Translating Consultant Gobbledegook

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New entrepreneurs need start up advice in simple, direct language.  Not consultant speak intended to confuse and impress.  They have enough problems, with all the B/S they get from government agencies (who nothing about the subject), vendor marketing pitches designed to part them from their start up cash. The last thing start up entrepreneurs need [...]

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Key Step in Starting a Business is Sales Training

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Starting your own business is exciting, and challenging, and very hard work. Made much harder by the fact that small business owners are invariably strong in their particular expertise but weak in business management skills, particularly in sales. They need training, and especially sales training. Building a small business is even harder, because the sales [...]

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Not another publishing tool

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I really like what Posterous does. But blogging from an IPhone is going to take some thinking about. The last thing I need is another way to update Twitter Posted via email from stevensreeves

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