r/london_entrepreneurs

I’m looking to move my consulting work from sole trader to an LTD next week and I’ve come across 1st formations while looking at the different options but I'm incredibly paranoid about hidden corporate fees. A lot of online setup agents seem to lure you in for a couple of quid and then lock your digital certificates behind a paywall or add random recurring software retainers at checkout.

If you used them recently, is the checkout bill actually what you pay? I just want the basic incorporation paperwork without getting stuck in a subscription loop. Would appreciate any help! thankyou.

Are there any networking clubs in London for corporate professionals, businesspeople, and entrepreneurs?

Reddit has suggested this group because I initially posted in HENRYUK.

The last time I attended events like this was about 12 years ago, FC Club and InterNations in Beijing and Shanghai, and more recently, East Meets West in London, although that was more focused on real estate for wealthy Chinese.

Is there anything similar in London where you can simply turn up and talk to strangers? I am not interested in paid memberships such as BNI, and prefer to be free.

I returned to the UK about 10 years ago and have genuinely missed these kinds of events. Life got in the way, with family and a daily corporate job. However, I am now planning a career change and building entrepreneurial businesses from scratch, so I am keen to get back into these kinds of events and talk with like-minded people.

Quite a long winded paragraph but, ultimately I want my life to do a 180, and I’m man enough to admit when I need help.

Is it just me or does everyone have a spare £20k these days or know people who do?

I believe in manifestation so I don’t force anything, but I also know I need to put myself out there.

I have the traits of such an ambitious person but can’t seem to find anyone who’s like minded.

I don’t shut myself off from the world but I never seem to cross paths with people who are likeminded.

I do not work a job as I do not believe in working for anyone for a paycheque.

I have a start up business, which has shown me the lack of people around me as (other than my girlfriend) no one reposts or reshares, it’s kind of sad but hey. It’s also shown me the lack of people I know who are in positions to help me elevate.

I see clips of streamers and think, what actually are you people doing? There must be a way someone like me 24 from Manchester can meet someone who knows so much more than me and is willing to share some knowledge. Do I want a mentor? Why not

I want a friend who wants to make a shit ton of money, tired of feeling mediocre when I genuinely know I am made for more.

I educate myself in; markets, investing, business, I read, but I feel unless you want to put your whole life on blast for the internet there’s no other way of making money.

There has to be someone out there who’s in a much higher position and wants to help someone else out simply because they understand the struggle