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SUMMARY:The Investor's Forum: &quot\;Let us show you the money!&quot\; - A
 lex van Someren
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DESCRIPTION:CUTEC and Cambridge University Entrepreneurs (CUE) successfull
 y combined efforts to host the Investors' Forum on the 11th of February. T
 he current economic climate poses significant challenges for budding entre
 preneurs\, but for truly exceptional ideas there is always money. A stella
 r panel of early-stage investors\, who currently have funds available\, of
 fered their insight into: \n\n*why it is still a good time to invest*\n\n*
 how the crisis affects their strategy*\n\n*where startups can find money*\
 n\n*what investors are looking for*\n\n*how one can recession-proof their 
 business plan*\n\nAlex van Someren\, moderating the panel\, opened the for
 um by asking\, “How has investing changed in the new economic environmen
 t?” A diverse panel of early-stage investors addressed this and a range 
 of other questions pertaining to venture capital. The panel unanimously ha
 d a positive tone for start-up companies in today’s market\, but as Kerr
 y Baldwin (IQ Capital) poetically put it - investors are looking for compa
 nies that are leaner and meaner with their money.\n\nThis event has been a
  milestone in the history of CUTEC and CUE marked by their first collabora
 tion in the many years of existence of both clubs. When asked\, the CUTEC 
 president stated: "Dr. Michael Lynch\, in his Enterprise Tuesday talk date
 d 27th February 2009*\, made the point that a critical factor in a company
 's progress is to have an opponent. While there is nothing wrong with heal
 thy competition motivating CUE and CUTEC to maintain their unique identiti
 es\, it has been a good opportunity tonight for our members to realize tha
 t not only the nature and activities of CUE and CUTEC are complementary\, 
 but in the macro-perspective the 2 clubs are close allies having common in
 terests that could only be met by establishing a long-term\, non-theoretic
 al\, fruitful relationship. Our goal is to establish at least one such col
 laborative effort per year."\n\nVisit "The Investors Forum":www.theinvesto
 rsforum.org for more details\n
LOCATION:Law Faculty
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