Episode 103 features special guest Charles Kergaravat, CMO of Apizee and founder of the Interceltic Business Forum. Charles shares his journey from Wall Street to Brittany, France, where he left behind a finance career to embrace a new life focused on tech, entrepreneurship, and community building. Watch this short preview of his discussion with Ewan Dunbar connecting links between Lafayette, NFL quarterback Russell Wilson and the Celtic Nations.

The ASK is available now! SBN's premiere book that empowers entrepreneurs to confidently ask for what they need to grow, scale, and succeed on a global stage. In an article for the Saltire Sentinel, author Russell Dalgleish shares why this book matters now more than ever and how it can unlock doors you didn’t even know were open. Read the piece here.

The National Innovation Summit was a highlight of Scotland’s first National Innovation Week, with SBN Chair Russell Dalgleish taking centre stage. He chaired the Emerging Company Showcase, giving a platform to Scotland’s most promising ventures. Hosted in partnership with ScotlandIS the Summit highlighted Scotland’s strengths in tech for good, clean energy, and digital health, while reinforcing collaboration between business, government, and academia as key to driving future growth.

SBN's ambassador to Singapore Fraser morrison ran a session on using LinkedIn for founders at SIW25. Read the article on the Saltire Sentinel on the learning outcomes and the link to watch the replay.

SBN member Rachel Arthur has extended an invitation to boom saloon's latest Exhibition 4,4,4&2. This will be the finale of their work to rewrite the story of dementia and Boom Saloon will be hosting a series of events from September 16th-21st (check out the full list is here). The Exhibition will be open from September 17th in Custom Lane, Leith. Tickets are available on e Eventbrite.

This week we partnered with Bridgeall to run the Scottish Innovation Showcase in London. Bridgeall's founder, Waseem Anwar, joined a fireside chat to share the companies story, followed by a panel with Timothy J Gunasekar and Ian Dowson exploring the role of innovation in society and opportunities for Scottish tech in London. Thank you to Fora for hosting the evening.