Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderNov 17, 20153 minThe 'Masters of the Universe' have moved westRECENTLY I SPENT a couple of weeks in Silicon Valley, the urban sprawl between San Francisco and San Jose. This is the place where the...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderOct 9, 20153 minWhat makes someone an exemplary entrepreneur?A WHILE AGO I took part in a ‘Question Time’ event at a Scottish high school, and was identified on the panel as an entrepreneur. One of...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderSep 11, 20153 minImpact of industry experience in academia must be recognisedHERE IN the UK we have some of the world's top Universities. Alongside the US we dominate all the league tables for high quality research...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderJul 21, 20153 min'Big Data' is useful but caution is still needed when drawing conclusionsOVER 30 YEARS AGO, in the early days of the personal computer, I worked on the commercialisation of a machine intelligence algorithm from...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderIan RitchieJun 19, 20153 minThe internet is not as green as we imagineTHE INTERNET MAKES a major contribution to reducing global warming, we all know that, don’t we? As we travel less to attend meetings and...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderMay 8, 20153 minTech success story propels Edinburgh into the global 'unicorn' leagueTHE COVER OF the February 1st issue of Fortune magazine features a striking illustration of a unicorn wearing a hoodie, making it look...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderApr 3, 20153 minEU and Scottish Government missing out on expert adviceA WHILE AGO I bumped into Professor Anne Glover, the then Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) to the President of the European Union at a...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderIan RitchieMar 5, 20153 minRegional banks' traditional sterling banknotes defeat their purposeI DON’T KNOW about you, but for the last few years I have chosen to carry Bank of England (BoE) banknotes rather than the notes supplied...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderJan 9, 20153 minPublic funds are instrumental in the prosperity of private enterprisesEVERY NOW AND AGAIN somebody writes a book that breaks out of the narrow field of innovation policy for which it was intended and gains a...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderDec 5, 20143 minAction needed to ensure fairness around spinoutsTHE WORLD OF high-technology, high growth start-ups is a challenging one. Would-be entrepreneurs have to cope not only with developing a...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderNov 7, 20143 minPredictions of 1970 economic report now being borne outSOME FORTY YEARS AGO, when I was a young engineering student at university we were introduced to the Limits to Growth (LtG), a report...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderOct 10, 20143 minSkills shortfall means we must encourage students into engineeringEVERY NOW AND THEN I give a talk at a Scottish high school where I try and encourage them to consider following a career in engineering....
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderSep 15, 20143 minThe time for Scotland to chose its future has finally arrivedWELL, HERE WE ARE, September 2014, and we are finally confronted with making the decision on the most significant constitutional issue we...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderJul 22, 20143 minIn search of a solution to the problem of growing businesses of scaleEVERY THREE MONTHS Ascendant, a corporate finance company based in London, publishes a review of investment trends for the technology...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderJun 3, 20143 minCapital transport system was on the right track a century agoAFTER YEARS of what can fairly be described as an absolute shambles – chronic delays, incompetent construction, and costs running way out...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderApr 25, 20143 minFunding situation for start-ups much improved since 1984WHERE WERE YOU when Insider was founded back in 1984? Well, I know exactly where I was because I was also founding a new enterprise in...
Ian Ritchie : Scottish Business InsiderMar 11, 20143 minEnergy needs must be met, but without ravaging our environmentCAMPAIGNERS ARE CURRENTLY jumping on the protest bandwagon trying to stop the development of ‘fracking’ – the recovery of natural gas...
