Open University

Edinburgh Napier University

The Entrepreneur's Ally

Providing structure and clarity for visionary entrepreneurs who want to focus on reaching their next level

Joseph Trodden

Scottish Business Network

Member

One of two coaches involved in the design and running of Entrepreneurial Scotland's flagship programme for growth entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurial Scotland

Evolve Coach

Working with the world's largest free accelerator to help startups and early stage businesses grow to reach their potential

Entrepreneurial-Spark

Entrepreneurial Enabler

- Strategic decision making in relation to growth and sustainability of the social enterprise sector in Edinburgh.  - Promotion of the sector as a whole to the wider public and identifying individual business needs to inform resource allocation.- Spokesperson for Social in the Square, Scotland’s first social enterprise festival.

EDINBURGH SOCIAL ENTERPRISE NETWORK LIMITED

Director

Set up and ran my own social enterprise with two strands, operating as an outlet for independent creative makers and as an employability training hub for young people

ICE Retail

- Strategic planning and decision making in relation to a multi-disciplinary youth support agency.

Youth Agency

Director - Vice Chair

- Co-ordination and delivery of employability programmes for young people across Scotland based on a number of different vocational sectors.  - Led recruitment and delivery of pilots for new initiatives in Aberdeen and Motherwell that became sustainable programmes.

Princes Trust

Programme Executive

- Became the youngest chair in the charity’s history in 2011.  - Organisation turned a deficit into profit by restructuring and refocussing the business.  - Promoted an approach based around increasing investment and support for staff to concentrate on business development and winning new contracts.

Wellspring

Director - Chair

- IT project work including leading the design and implementation of software packages.- Liaising with external and internal parties.- Budgeting.- Balancing design of IT infrastructures based on department v firm wide needs.