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

In conversation with Bits & Pretzels' 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 & "founder DNA" he'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. More to explore: Get the latest as well as exclusive news on founders, startups & technologies in Bavaria, Austria & Switzerland as well as hands-on advice on how to deal with the Covid-19 crisis as a startup at www.bitsandpretzels.com. Signup for our media newsletter to get the next episode of this podcast delivered right to your inbox: www.bitsandpretzels.com/media-signup. Hosts: Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling), Editor-in-Chief of Bits & Pretzels (@bitsandpretzels) Featuring: Brent Hoberman, co-founder Foundersfactory (@foundersfactory), Founders Forum (@Founders_Forum), LastMinute.com (@lastminute_com), First Minute Cap (@firstminutecap) More to explore: Visit our website: https://www.bitsandpretzels.com/podcast Follow us: Twitter: @bitsandpretzels Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bits-&-pretzels If you like the show, please let us know by leaving a review. You can also send us feedback at podcast@bitsandpretzels.com. Production: professional-podcasts.com (Regina Körner, Migo Fecke), Hubert Honold.

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Every week Bits & Pretzels Editor-in-Chief Britta Weddeling (@bweddeling) invites the most important voices from the global founders and VC network to her podcast to discuss their routes from founding or financing a startup to the peak of international success. Guest include world renowned Silicon Valley representatives such as former Head of Retail at Apple, Angela Ahrendts, Shazam founder Chris Barton, Drew Houston, the founder of Dropbox, Hollywood actor Jessica Alba and the leading voices of the European founder ecosystem including the CEOs and co-founders of Klarna, N26, Celonis, Flixbus and more. Did you ever struggle with how to take your idea to the international markets? How to raise capital? And you never want to miss a groundbreaking idea again? Well, that's exactly what we're going to help you with on our new show! If you enjoyed the podcast, please let us know by leaving a review or send us feedback directly at podcast@bitsandpretzels.com. Subscribe to the show for free on Apple Podcast, Spotify or Deezer to get new episodes automatically every week. Learn more on our website: bitsandpretzels.com/podcast.