On Tuesday 21st May we were delighted to host a networking event for founders, ambitious scale ups, policy makers. The event was set up in collaboration with The Entrepreneurs Network (TEN), a think tank for the ambitious owners of Britain’s fastest growing businesses and aspirational entrepreneurs, and the London School of Economics’ foreign policy think tank, LSE IDEAS, and took place in the Shaw Library on the LSE Campus.
The night began with an introduction from Phillip Salter, Founder of TEN, followed by a presentation from Kajal Sanghrajka, Founder and Director of Growth Hub Global, who discussed some key points around growing a business in an ever more complicated geopolitical context:
- The importance of an interationalisation mindset sooner in the business lifecycle and ways in which to embrace an “entrepreneurship without borders” approach in systems and processes
- Despite increasing protectionism, trade barriers and geo-political tension – expand smartly into new markets and de-risk the process rather than retrench
- Are there ways we can better measure geo-political risk in international expansion and account for this more tangibly?
Rohan Mukherjee, Deputy Director of LSE IDEAS, then touched on some key work that the think-tank conducts and how this relates to entrepreneurship. The night was filled with vibrant discussions between all those in attendance and led to many lasting connections.
We would like to extend a warm thanks to those that attended and if you would like to contact any of the organisations involved please reach out to:
Growth Hub Global: hello@ghglondon.com
LSE IDEAS: ideas@lse.ac.uk
TEN: info@tenentrepreneurs.org
Growth Hub Global (GHG) is a specialist international growth and economic development consultancy. We have worked with venture backed companies across all aspects of internationalisation including Go-To-Market strategy, acquiring customers in the new market and fundraising for expansion. Our primary focus on the US, UAE and Indian markets. .
LSE IDEAS (@lseideas) is LSE’s foreign policy think tank. Through sustained engagement with policymakers and opinion-formers, IDEAS provides a forum that informs policy debate and connects academic research with the practice of diplomacy and strategy.
The Entrepreneurs Network is a think tank for Britain’s most ambitious entrepreneurs. They support entrepreneurs by: producing cutting-edge research into the best policies to support entrepreneurship; campaigning for policy changes that will help entrepreneurship flourish; hosting regular events to bridge the gap between entrepreneurs and policymakers; updating entrepreneurs on how policy changes will impact their business and making the case in the media for entrepreneurs’ contributions to society. They are the Secretariat of the APPG for Entrepreneurship, which was set up to encourage, support and promote entrepreneurship and to engage with entrepreneurs; and to ensure that Parliament is kept up to date on what is needed to create and sustain the most favourable conditions for entrepreneurship.
