Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, the Edinburgh-based entrepreneur behind the Genius gluten-free food range, has been named as one of a starry line-up of business speakers at this year's Scottish Institute for Enterprise summit, to be held in Glasgow later this month.
Funded by the Scottish Funding Council and Scottish Enterprise, SIE works with Scotland's higher education institutions to increase the number of students who consider entrepreneurship a real career option.
Hundreds of students from throughout Scotland will gather to hear how some of Scotland's most talented business leaders transformed a seed of an idea into an entrepreneurial success story, and from recent graduates who have benefited from the SIE enterprise programme.
Bruce-Gardyne, who recently signed a supply deal with giant French supermarket Carrefour, said: "I'm going to be talking them through the Genius story, where it all started, why and how, and through that be as helpful as I can about what sort of outlook and attitude you need to succeed. There will be a mentoring aspect to it, I hope inspiring them to think that if she can do it, why can't I? I know from experience it's amazing when you meet someone who wants others to achieve, as it's generally difficult to find people who are excited about achievement and success."
Other speakers will include Clyde Blowers's Jim McColl and former University of Edinburgh student Gregor Lawson, founder of Morphsuits – the world's most popular fancy dress costume,.
The winners of the SIE New Ideas and New Ventures competitions will also be announced at the conference on March 22.
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