Tonight we had our second event with iCUE, an entrepreneurship society on campus. This one was an Idea Generation Workshop, led by one of the guys at SIE’s head office (Anthony Ives).

Anthony raised some interesting points, and clued us all in to some current trends in product design. Anthony’s lessons:

1. Don’t wait for your idea to be “perfect”. You’ll never get there, and while you’re busy perfecting, you’ll probably miss your market opportunity.

2. Prototype early. Your prototype need not… Continue

Just wanted to share this potential resource for help in starting or strengthening an entrepreneurship society at your uni: NACUE.

NACUE was one of the sponsors of last week's International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference. They are champions of "student-led enterprise initiatives" who "educate, empower and connect student enterprise leaders in higher education institutions across the UK."

I haven't worked with NACUE before, but they're… Continue

Unexpected benefits of blogging: glassesdirect.co.uk gave hilarysinger.com readers a 15% discount code after I wrote about their cool company yesterday. Message from the founder and discount code at hilarysinger.com.

These guys are amazing--and they must have more time on their hands than I have.

I stumbled upon glassesdirect.co.uk yesterday. It was good. Glasses Direct is like Zappos for spectacles. In the 24 hours since I found the site, Glasses Direct has already become a serious contender for the most personable, professional, service-oriented com… Continue

Edinburgh entrepreneurship blog Startup Cafe just published my article about Scottish gaming magazine (and University of Edinburgh start-up company)… Continue