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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to bring a Business Growth Programme to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland in order to support businesses to grow in scale, size and ambition. The Business Growth Programme is a fantastic opportunity for the region’s businesses to access world class teaching in entrepreneurship and business development.

Find out more about the Business Growth Programme and how it’s series of world class workshops, immersion courses, mentoring programmes and access to research students and projects could benefit your business.


Willy Roe HIE/MIT Business Growth Programme Launch
Willy Roe, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

An introduction and background to HIE’s partnership with MIT and the new three year Business Growth Programme
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Ken Morse "Business Growth in the Highlands: Surviving the Tsunami of Change"
Ken Morse, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

Keynote address from Ken Morse at the Business Growth Programme Launch event
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Entrepreneurs Growth Programme (EGP)

The Entrepreneurs Growth Programme is a series of workshops run by the faculty of MIT Sloan School of Management.

Ken Morse What is the EGP and is it right for your business?
Ken Morse, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

Ken Morse explains how participation in the series of EGP workshops can benefit your business
 
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Laura Barker Morse Introduction to "Designing, Leading and Building a World Class Management Team" EGP Workshop
Laura Barker Morse, MIT Entrepreneurship Center

Laura Barker Morse introduces the upcoming EGP workshop and explains what your business could learn from attending
 
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Business Testimonials
Tom McCallum, Gulfstream Software

Hear from local businesses on how participating in the series of EGP workshops can transform your business
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Entrepreneur Development Programme (EDP)

The Entrepreneur Development Programme is an intensive week-long executive education programme held onsite at MIT.

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Feedback from Highlands and Islands participants of Entrepreneurship Development Programme 2009
Donella Beaton, Canan - Andy Norrie, Quarch Technology

Previous participants explain how the MIT EDP transformed their businesses and why they recommend you apply for EDP 2010

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Going Global

The Going Global programme is a year long mentoring programme designed for developing entrepreneurs, CEOs and other ambitious executives of the business who have strategic responsibility and global ambitions.

Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab)

MIT, in partnership with HIE, are offering businesses across the region the opportunity to provide an internship for a small team of MIT Sloan School of Management students. Scheduled for the fall semester (September to December) of 2010, E-Lab internships enable you to enlist top class students to work on a specific issue within your business and connect to an international network of expertise.

MIT Media Lab

The Media Lab at MIT is devoted to research projects at the convergence of multimedia and technology and focuses on interdisciplinary research. Through HIE, businesses can gain unprecedented access to this research lab and it’s associated network of corporate sponsors.

A business can engage with the Media Lab in many innovative ways, such as developing knowledge transfer and technology transfer projects, research trials and researcher placements. Your business will also benefit from exposure to the cutting edge ideas, thinking and developments in the world leading lab.