In our first edition we sit down with the remarkable Dr Sally Ernst and reflect on the incredible career of this global entrepreneur, leading academic and recording artist. We discuss Sally’s latest music venture and follow her story from small town Australia to CEO of Beijing based software development firm SinoCode.

Gavin Littlejohn, CEO and Founder of The One Place Capital takes us on a journey of discovery, charting the highs and lows of the high tech start-up in a teaser pilot to his new weekly Entrepreneur Country blog.

With Christmas tunes drowning the airwaves it’s hard to escape the fact that we are in the midst of the holiday season. Legendary venture capitalist Simon Acland delivers a unique insight into the world of raising early stage finance with a festive twist and a pinch of humour.

Be sure to take a look at the latest SME research with our exclusive supplement, the B2Group Business to Business Tracking Study, that brings to the market exceptional insight on the SME marketplace.

In January the EC Masterclass season kicks of with our expert virtual discussion forums which you can listen and contribute to live via our website. We follow this up with our inperson Better Business workshop on the 9th March 2011.  Our annual Winter Forum is being held on 1 February 2011 at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. With 400 leading entrepreneurs and investors attending the event, hosted by Julie Meyer, the Forum will discuss a diverse range of current issues including ‘We know who you are?’, ‘What investors want’ and ‘Is your vision 2020?’.

Hope you enjoy our first issue.