The latest Q5 interview is with George Elliott is chairman at Edinburgh-based miniature OLED display company MED. The former CFO at Wolfson Microelectronics reveals his thoughts on breaking into the market in China, technology triggers for venture backing and the state of the high tech start-up community in Scotland.
The five short sharp questions this week are:
1. How would you describe the state of the high tech start-up community in Scotland?
2. What are the key "technology triggers" when trying to get venture backing?
3. Describe in two sentences MED's technology.
4. Thinking global is crucial, so how does a company in Scotland break in to the market in China?
5. What are the benefits of working in Scotland?
Read his answers in the full interview: Q5 interview - George Elliott, MED
Remember, you can read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.
4. Thinking global is crucial, so how does a company in Scotland break in to the market in China?
5. What are the benefits of working in Scotland?
Read his answers in the full interview: Q5 interview - George Elliott, MED
Remember, you can read all the Electronics Weekly Q5 interviews. From ARM's chairman, Sir Robin Saxby, to touchscreen technology firm Zytronic's MD, Mark Cambridge, the business leaders share their particular insights on the UK electronics industry.
| The A-Z of Q5 interviews The alpha and omega of electronics industry interviews A - ARM chairman, Robin Saxby B - BSI manager, Simon Bircham C - CamSemi CEO, David Baillie D - Design LED, James Gourlay E - Ensilica, Kevin Edwards F - Future MD, Danny Miller G - GSPK Design CEO, P. Marsh I - Icera CEO, Stan Boland J - Jennic CEO, Jim Lindop L - Lumileds, Steve Landau M - Mentor CEO, Walden Rhines N - NI president, J. Truchard O - OLED-T CTO, P.K. Nathan P - ProVision CEO, David Sykes Q - QinetiQ, Stephen Lake R - Rambus CEO, Harold Hughes S - SETsquared, Simon Bond T - TI CEO, Rich Templeton U - University of Southampton W - Wolfson CEO, Dave Shrigley X - XMOS CEO, James Foster Z - Zetex CEO, Hans Rohrer |
