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Meet two Glasgow Creative Accelerator Founders
Fifteen creative companies in Glasgow are currently taking part in the Glasgow Creative Accelerator, a mentorship programme to help creative businesses reach their full potential. We find out more from two of the participants Feature by Jamie Dunn | 21 Apr 2021
Brexit. Pandemic. Economic recession. Suffice to say, these are not exactly ideal conditions for growing your business. But 15 Glasgow companies in creative fields will be hoping to do exactly that with Glasgow Creative Accelerator, a new 12-week programme from social enterprise group Elevator, which aims to offer targeted support to help creatives reach their full potential.
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Fifteen Glasgow businesses get a leg-up with Elevator
Elevator selects 15 companies for its Glasgow Creative Accelerator, a programme designed to help creative businesses achieve their potential Feature by Jamie Dunn | 15 Mar 2021
Starting a new business is never easy. Starting one in 2021 is particularly challenging. But fifteen companies in Glasgow will hopefully have more than just a fighting chance after they become the first creative businesses selected for the Glasgow Creative Accelerator, a programme from social enterprise group Elevator that “aims to drive the evolution of the creative sector and offer targeted support with an innovative approach”.
The 15 companies, dubbed by Elevator as the Founders , will take part in a 12-week long mentorship programme, during which they’ll be taught how to apply “curiosity and growth mindset to their practices”. The Glasgow Creative Accelerator course will also develop things like their “busines
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From humble beginnings in Castlemilk, Elevator CEO Gary McEwan has achieved a Queenâs Award for Enterprise Promotion, became Professor of Entrepreneurship at the University of Dundee and most recently was appointed Professor of Entrepreneurship at the U
Professor Gary McEwan, CEO of Elevator – the largest private sector provider of business support in Scotland – outlines the organisation s new focus on his home town of Glasgow and how his ambition is to inspire a new generation of business trailblazers. You can take the boy out of Glasgow, but you can’t take Glasgow out of the boy. All Glaswegians feel the strong pull of their native city no matter how much time, distance and experience separates them – and it’s no different with me.
We speak to the people behind Glasgow Creative Accelerator, a new programme that aims to help Glasgow creatives lay down solid foundations for their businesses.