Business Networks, and the Organisation I Wish I'd Called on Day One

I arrived in the UK ten years ago, and from the very first day I wanted to do business here and establish a company 🚀

After setting up the basics of life, I finally registered Petiole Pro, and it felt like the job is done 😂. Oh, what a naïve happiness before the sharp question: so what's next with my innovation & business?

Once the company was alive, I discovered a whole new mountain of business problems to solve. And, as you might remember, back in 2017 there were no AI assistants around to help :)))

The one thing that never changes

But there has always-always-always been one thing in business. Whether a thousand years ago, in Medieval times, in the pre-Internet era, or in today's AI-powered world.

It's called "business networks" 🤝

So I'm not the first, and definitely not the last, to find value in them and use them to grow my innovation beyond just my head.

Why am I writing this today?

Because I want to invite you to an online event by Innovate UK Business Connect 👇 This is the organisation that helped me a lot.

They are

• (a) connected to ALL the business networks in the UK, and
• (b) systematically helping innovators become part of the ecosystem (even me: a foreigner, an immigrant with a strong Eastern European accent :))

Jumping back to my story: I didn't go to Innovate UK Business Connect straight away. Not on day one, no.

However, I think if I had, my journey would have been faster and more productive, without a few years of thinking-overthinking-rethinking.

And, frankly speaking, I was not moving my business forward during that period...

What can you expect from the webinar?

The answers to the hottest questions ever 🤩

1. What is Innovate UK Business Connect, and what is it NOT?
2. When should you actually get in touch, so nobody wastes their time?
3. How have they helped real founders? (I'm just one of the examples :))
4. All your money questions: the money pots, the money part, and money in general.
5. And the big one: Innovate UK, Innovate UK Business Connect, Innovate UK EDGE, Innovate UK KTN... what on earth is the difference?! 🤯

Are you still thinking? No way, just save the date 😉

Don't miss this opportunity, because of rule No. 1 for every founder (and my personal one too): missed opportunities never come back 😎

See you on Monday, 19 October!