Michael Laurenson of Blueshell Mussels has done excellent job at an entrepreneurs development programme at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. The report indicates that Laurenson, whose business was one of seven from the Highlands and Islands taking part in the week-long programme, along with a team and won the business plan competition with good remarks.
It is reported that the team were working with over 120 businesses from 30 countries. The programme was made possible through a partnership Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has developed with MIT, which gives local businesses access to world class business and sales training and the latest in research in management and leadership techniques.
Laurenson comment son his success that their time at MIT was a fantastic learning experience with world class lecturers who could hold an audience with every word. I took back a number of key fundamentals learned at MIT which he find myself applying subconsciously on a daily basis.
He added the experience at MIT changes the way one think about things and helps you examine where you really want to go in your business. He has learned a lot of practical lessons from some very high calibre people which will undoubtedly help me to grow the business back home.
