It’s Been 20 Years 3Cs 100th meeting with 5 speakers hosted by international law firm Taylor Wessing. 3Cs Community grew out of Investors in Industry (3i) formerly known as Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation providing finance for management buy outs in the 1980s. Now

It’s really a matter of paperwork Investing in new businesses is generally higher risk than investing in existing ones, since businesses that have survived have hopefully learned something. This can make it difficult for entrepreneurs to raise capital to get their business going

Have you got The Right Paperwork? So you want to start a business? Olympics over, three quarters of the year gone and it’s the fourth out of five meetings for George’s favourite networking group 3Cs Community. We have a new host Taylor Wessing and our first speaker is Simo

You have discovered a cure for breast cancer, now what? First question might be is it really new? Next, can you prove it? Notebooks in particular are essential to establish who did what & when. Christi Mitchell Intellectual Property Director and Founder of Highbury Ltd, an IP cons

Expanding one’s vocabulary Second 3Cs Community meeting of the year, this time at City Business Library in its new Guildhall location and another great meeting. New ideas are expected but new vocabulary, less so. Traditionally, a woman can change her mind, politicians who do thi

It’s my favourite networking group 3Cs Community again and the May meeting at solicitors Simmons & Simmons doesn’t disappoint. Investing in start-ups is pretty cool, much more exciting than the pathetic return you might get in an on-line account where the interest rate

Someone has been looking at my ecademy profile called me and left a message. Line is so bad that all I can make out is…alluvial deposits (diamonds?)….West Africa….investors…..US$250,000. The guy leaves an overseas phone number but the country code is garbled. Y

You have a killer business idea, a financial background and start knocking on doors in the City with your business plan. Several months and several thousand pounds later, you have achieved nothing. What to do now? This is a well-trodden track. Mr Honda’s original ambition was to

Another year and it is time for my favourite networking group 3Cs Community meeting this time at UCL Advances the entrepreneur arm of the huge University College London  The Dragons’ Den format allows 3 or 4 presentations in 2 and half hours with time for questions. After this, networ