The next We-entrepreneurs event in London will be held
on Thursday, 10 November 2005
Please note change of venue
Mantra, 37 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AE
(Nearest Tube: Tower Hill)

This event is for ambitious entrepreneurs/business founders
& over 80% of attendees will be business owners

Diary dates
London events - Wednesday, 8 February 2006 & Wednesday 3 May 2006
We-entrepreneurs Christmas Social at The Caves, Edinburgh on Friday, 2 December 2005 (All welcome)

The Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards
Two key members of We-entrepreneurs – Richard O’Connor (Co-Founder of Ambergreen and MD of We-entrepreneurs) and Graeme Cox (Founder of DNS) have been nominated for the prestigious Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards.
If you would like to support them please take a moment to vote on the website www.glenfiddich.com/spirit.

Topic
"The Cobra Story - A Student's Dream" by Karan Bilimoria, CBE DL

Speaker
Karan Bilimoria CBE graduated in law from Cambridge University. After qualifying as a CA with Ernst & Young, Karan developed a less gassy premium lager brewed to perfectly appeal to both ale and lager drinkers alike and to complement food. 15 years later, Cobra Beer is one of the fastest growing beer brands in the UK winning Business of the Year 2003. The brand has a current retail value turnover of £80m and is sold in over 6,000 restaurants, available to 6,000 pubs, bars, clubs throughout the UK and has been exported to over 35 countries worldwide.

In 1999, Karan launched the General Bilimoria Wine brand with wines produced in France, now the house wine of hundreds of restaurants. To that he added a range of South African wines in 2002 and a Spanish range in 2004.

Too numerous to list all, Karan's awards include an Albert Medal from the RSA, Commander of the British Empire in HM The Queen's Birthday Honours in 2004, the Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2005 by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales, London Business Awards Business Person of the Year 2004, Best Business Leader, Sage & Daily Telegraph Business Awards 2004, London Entrepreneur of the Year 2003, Non-Resident Indian Millennium Honour, Outstanding Achievement Award 2002 from the Executive Association of GB and the Pride of India Award.

Karen is guest lecturer at Cranfield University School of Management, Cambridge University Business School, London Business School and visiting entrepreneur at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, Cambridge. He is a member of the Government's National Employment Panel, was Chairman of the Panel's SME Board 2001 - 2005, Chancellor of Thames Valley University, Honorary Life Fellow of the RSA, champion of the Make Your Mark campaign for enterprise, Vice Chairman of London Chamber of Commerce & Industry's Asian Business Association and Champion of the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship. Karan also supports charities and is Patron and Chairman of several.

Format Welcome Drinks 6:15 pm, dinner at 7.30 pm, speaker 9.30 pm Attire Smart Casual/Business - No ties Cost Online or credit card £57.00 inc VAT (cheques £59.50) Includes Welcome drinks, 2 course banquet, 1/2 bottle wine or 2 soft drinks Venue Mantra, 37 Crutched Friars, London, EC3N 2AY Note If you require a vegan meal or have special dietary requirements please let us know by 7 November.

To attend
Existing Members Simply go to www.weentrepreneurs.com and purchase online by credit card. Your email address is (julie@ariadnecapital.com) and password (ariadne).
If you are not yet a member go to www.weentrepreneurs.com and click in the box at the bottom left of the home page and complete the short online registration form. We will send you a unique user-name and password and electronic invitation enabling you to purchase online.
Email us team@weentrepreneurs.com with your contact details and we will call you to reserve your place.

Should you have any queries or special dietary requirements please contact us at team@weentrepreneurs.com.
No paper tickets are issued but let us know if you require a VAT receipt for your business records.
Please note that only one person per company is eligible to attend.

 

Photo by Nick Kirk - www.n-d-k.com

Quotes from previous attendees

"A great night! Excellent speaker, good people and can't wait for the next one!"
Alasdair McGill, Joint MD, Grampian Highland Resources Ltd

"An excellent forum to share day to day problems with kindred spirits"
Kevin Davidson, K.W.A.D.

"Building a business is hard work. Spending an evening with like-minded buzzing entrepreneurs at We-entrepreneurs and realising it is also fun is priceless"
Tom Ball, Cognac

'100% of people who attended our last event & completed the survey, said they would come again.'

 

The We-entrepreneurs
We-entrepreneurs events are for principal directors or founders of companies who are trying to build high growth businesses (minimum turnover of £200,000). We meet to network over dinner, hear from an experienced entrepreneurial speaker, exchange ideas and help each other in a relaxed and informal atmosphere. Established in Edinburgh 2 years ago, We-entrepreneurs now has 1,300 registered members and holds events regularly in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Aberdeen and Copenhagen.

We-entrepreneurs expands so spread the word
We recently launched in Aberdeen and Copenhagen and will be launching in Dundee, Leeds, Cardiff, Stockholm, Paris and other cities in 2006. If you know anyone in these cities whom you feel would benefit from joining We-entrepreneurs and fits our membership criteria, tell them to apply for membership on-line at www.entrepreneurs.com. For ease of approval procedures, it would be helpful if you emailed team@weentrepreneurs.com with names of who you have recommended so we know they have been referred to us by an existing member.

Sponsors
Thanks to our national sponsor, Clydesdale Bank plc for their support.

 

The London team look forward to seeing you there.

Richard O'Connor, MD of We-entrepreneurs & Co-Founder www.ambergreen.co.uk
Steve Kemp, M.D. of Emperor Group www.emperordesign.co.uk
Tamlin Roberts, Founder of www.mercurytide.com
Gemma Johnson, Founder of www.johnsontailors.com
Milly Nicolson, Founder of MillyNix Marketing www.millynix.co.uk
Linn McDonald, Founder of www.i2detail.co.uk

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We-entrepreneurs Future Events
WE-ENTREPRENEURS CHRISTMAS SOCIAL - Friday 2 December 2005 at The Caves, Edinburgh (all welcome)
ABERDEEN - Tuesday 24 January 2006 (Guest speaker Stewart Milne, Stewart Milne Group)
CARDIFF - March 2006 (launch)
COPENHAGEN - 17 November 2005
DUNDEE - 15 February 2006 (launch)
EDINBURGH - Thursday 23 February 2006 (Guest speaker Phil Anderton, Heart of Midlothian plc)
GLASGOW - Thursday 19 January 2006
LONDON - Wednesday 8 February 2006

The Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards
Two key members of The We-entrepreneurs – Richard O’Connor (Co-Founder of Ambergreen and MD of We-entrepreneurs) and Graeme Cox (Founder of DNS) have been nominated for the prestigious Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards. If you would like to support them please vote on the website www.glenfiddich.com/spirit. The awards will be held on St Andrews night Wednesday, 30 November 2005 at Prestonfield, Edinburgh and will be broadcast on STV & Grampian TV.