One of Europe’s top Entrepreneurs, early stage Investors &#038; Startup Mentors on how founders can thrive in uncertainty
In conversation with Bits & Pretzels&#8217; Britta Weddeling London-based top VC Brent Hoberman, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in European tech, shares his secrets of how founders can grow their startup during the current COVID-19 crisis, where to raise funds now as an early stage startup & what kind of companies & &#8220;founder DNA&#8221; he&#8217;s looking for nowadays as an investor. 
Hoberman, who cofounded travel booking website Lastminute.com in 1998 and sold it seven years later for over $1 billion, also explained how he went from running the first European unicorn in the UK to becoming a mentor to the next generation of founders, as the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Forum, an invite-only networking conference for top global disruptors, with Founders Factory, a global tech startup accelerator & UK-based Firstminute Capital, a unicorn-founder-backed seed fund with a 100 million global reach. 
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<a href="https://twitter.com/bweddeling?lang=de">Britta Weddeling</a>, Editor-in-Chief of <a href="https://twitter.com/bitsandpretzels?lang=de">Bits &#038; Pretzels</a>
Featuring:
<a href="https://twitter.com/brenthoberman?lang=de">Brent Hoberman</a>, co-founder <a href="https://twitter.com/foundersfactory">Foundersfactory</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Founders_Forum">Founders Forum</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/lastminute_com">lastminute.com</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/firstminutecap">First Minute Cap</a>
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<a href="http://professional-podcasts.com">professional-podcasts.com</a> (Regina Körner, Migo Fecke), Hubert Honold.
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B&P #24 Brent Hoberman: How to grow your Startup now & where to get the Money from

One of Europe’s top Entrepreneurs, early stage Investors &#038; Startup Mentors on how founders can thrive in uncertainty In conversation with Bits & Pretzels&#8217; Britta Weddeling London-based top VC Brent Hoberman, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in European tech, shares his secrets of how founders can grow their startup during the current COVID-19 crisis, [&hellip;]

Bits & Pretzels Podcast Episode #24

B&P #24 Brent Hoberman: How to grow your Startup now & where to get the Money from