Interviews

SureVoIP's Managing Director Gavin Henry

Interview: Gavin Henry – A man destined to succeed

SureVoIP’s Managing Director Gavin Henry is over the moon about last year’s ITSPA award win for Best Business ITSP (medium enterprise), an accolade that…
Ruairidh Wynne-McHardy

Interview: The Scottish Lawyer who became a Digital Entrepreneur

Ruairidh Wynne-McHardy admits that being a qualified lawyer who is also a self-taught programmer is a strange mix but the two skills combined perfectly…
Ray Riddoch

Gillian Thomson: An Interview with Ray Riddoch – Leadership in a Downturn

It feels that in the last two years we have been bombarded with doom and gloom stories here in Aberdeen, where much of the…
Jack Cairney

Interview: Jack Cairney, Founder of BeFound – How to launch a software company

SBNN caught up with BeFound founder and search marketing expert Jack Cairney. We talked about launching a small business, motivation, technology and of course…
Craig Buchan

Craig Buchan: The continuing journey of Qpal

I sat with great expectations of becoming a frequent blogger back in April after I put the finishing touches to my first chronicle, Coming…
Peter Vardy

Scottish Entrepreneur: Peter Vardy on employing 800 people, giving money away and hanging out…

Peter Vardy has just become a dad. The sleepless nights are a challenge for the chief executive of Peter Vardy Ltd, owner of seven…
Sir Tom Hunter

“I’d like to be the catalyst for positive change in Scotland” – Sir Tom…

You can listen to the podcast version of this interview at the end of this article. The best piece of management advice Sir Tom Hunter…
Simon Cowie

Interview – “This is a Year for Survival and a Year of Opportunity.” Simon…

Simon Cowie has been awarded Scottish Dealmaker of the Year twice (in 2009 and 2014) and the company has been shortlisted for three 2016…
Jamie Coleman

Scottish Entrepreneur Interview – You need a lot more than the code to get…

To join the tech geniuses working on Scotland’s next billion dollar companies in the unassuming Edinburgh incubator, you must first impress Jamie Coleman. Fresh from…
Richard Dixon

The vet who has revolutionised the industry

Richard Dixon secretly wants to be an astronaut. He’s already managed to qualify as a veterinary surgeon, get a PhD in endochrinology and revolutionise the…
Sandy Kennedy

“We want Scotland to be the most entrepreneurial society in the world” says Entrepreneurial…

Sandy Kennedy is reluctant to call himself an entrepreneur. “I realize that’s ironic when you think about what I do,” he admits. The chief executive of…
Michael Welch

Michael Welch of BlackCircles.com – getting to the £50m sale

How would you react if you sold your business for £50 million? Michael Welch said he was “neither up nor down” when he sold Black…

Scottish Entrepreneur interview: Cheeky Chompers partners win Entrepreneurial Scotland Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year…

Necessity is the mother of invention – and mothers are great at inventing. Amy Livingstone and Julie Wilson met at an antenatal class – three…