Quick Fire | Brent Hoberman

We had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Mairi Gibbs, Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Innovation, for the next episode of our OxFounders Quick Fire series. 🔥We talked about:• What innovation looks like in practice• What universities can and should do to foster entrepreneurship• Social and impact ventures: what they are, how to approach them, how to fund them• Founders' work-life balance• Underhyped technologies to watch out for 👀Mairi has over 20 years of experience transforming cutting-edge research into successful ventures, and her expertise in this space is unparalleled.Don't miss her insights. 📈#Oxford #innovation #startups #entrepreneurship #oxforduniversityinnovation #oxfoundersglobal

Introducing the India Show, our brand new collaboration with TiE Delhi-NCR. Every month, we will be interviewing luminaries from India's startup ecosystem, diving deep into its unique challenges and opportunities, examining rising trends and how to navigate them from the inside both as a founder and as an investor, and taking a closer look at the factors that have shaped India's rise as a tech powerhouse.Today, we are joined by Alok Mittal, Founder of Indifi, angel investor, mentor, and President of TiE Delhi-NCR.We talk about what makes India unique as a startup ecosystem, how investors and founders can navigate it from the inside, and the outlook for India in an increasingly competitive global tech sector.Don't miss these insights.

Should I? Where? How?Join us for 5 minutes with Neil Shah, Head of Tech, Primary Markets at the London Stock Exchange 🔥It was a privilege to hear Neil's insights on:☠️ Are IPOs dead? (spoiler: no!)📊 Is there a right size to IPO?💂‍♂️ Why London over the US? 🇬🇧as well as key advice for founders at all stages of their startup's growth.Don't miss this eye-opening discussion. 👀

Today, we're pleased to sit down with Thomas Hellmann, DP World Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Oxford University's Saïd Business School.Thomas has done extensive research about all parts of the startup ecosystem: from what role universities or foreign investment play, to how founders can make the best choices for their company and the ecosystem. We read several of his papers in preparation for this QuickFire chat and absolutely loved them — We can particularly recommend checking out some of his research on scaling vs selling or on whether government's should focus on founding- or funding-focused policy. Fascinating stuff!This short episode is packed with insights from his research and we're glad to bring it to our audience. Enjoy! 🚀

"It's a golden age to be an entrepreneur" 🔥👑 We are joined by Brent Hoberman - a titan in the UK and European entrepreneurship ecosystem, Co-Founder of lastminute.com as well as executive chair of Founders Forum Group and Firstminute Capital. Brent has founded and exited 2 unicorns and invested in several more of them. Listen as he compares being an entrepreneur today to the dotcom boom, gives key words of advice, and makes the case for the future of UK and European tech. Don't miss his insights 🚀

In this quickfire episode of the OxFounders Global Podcast, we’re joined by Ed Bussey, CEO of Oxford Science Enterprises (OSE), the investment fund fund backing Oxford’s most innovative research startups. Ed shares highlights from his fascinating journey, beginning in the British army before launching into entrepreneurship during the dot-com era. As a serial founder with three successful exits, including one of the UK’s earliest e-commerce platforms, figleaves.com, Ed has unique insights into how the startup landscape has evolved and how OSE is backing the next generation of transformative tech. Listen in as Ed discusses: The startup journey: then vs. now OSE’s role in scaling breakthrough ideas His personal pursuits in extreme sports, from polar treks to mountain climbing This quickfire episode is packed with actionable advice and inspiration for founders. Don’t miss it!

In this episode of The Oxfounders Global Podcast, we sit down with Ankush Sabharwal, founder of CoRover.ai, Asia’s #1 conversational AI platform with over 1 billion users. CoRover.ai offers businesses smart virtual assistants that automate customer support and user engagement, making interactions faster and more intuitive. Ankush also developed BharatGPT, an LLM designed for India’s unique linguistic landscape. What We Talk About: The future of AI and why it’s all about making interactions more natural, conversational, and voice-based. The rise of AI adoption, with tools like ChatGPT helping people embrace AI’s potential, and accept its occasional imperfections. How CoRover is putting data security first, by ensuring companies’ sovereignty over their data. Proactive AI—how AI might soon be able to anticipate our needs and act on them without waiting for input. Tune in to hear Ankush's unique insights on AI's direction and how CoRover is shaping the future of human-AI collaboration.

This small EU country punches far above its weight when it comes to startups. Often overlooked, Malta has been hard at work building a startup-friendly set of policies as well as a burgeoning entrepreneurial ecosystem. Listen in as we talk to top government officials — as well as a founder who’s recently opened operations there — about the special mix of opportunities and circumstances the island ecosystem has to offer. We were delighted to be joined by three esteemed guests: Kurt Farrugia, CEO of Malta Enterprise, Maria Roberta Rodoligo, Head of Client Relations at Residency Malta, and Scott Francis, Founder and CEO of biometrics startup Trust Stamp. This podcast was recorded in partnership with Residency Malta.

Ever thought about starting or expanding your business to Mexico? The country is the largest economy in the Spanish-speaking world and is often seen as a gateway to the fast-growing LatAm region. 🇲🇽 Listen is as we speak with Fernando Eraña, Partner (VC and Finance) at Pérez Correa González, one of Mexico's most successful startup law firms, about the unique challenges and opportunities facing companies starting business in the Mexican market. We go from both an outlook on the health of the startup ecosystem in the country to the specific steps you might need to take to start operations there - don't miss out! 🚀

"Central Asia is waking up" 🌏🚀 Join us at the EBRD's office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where we speak to the Managing Director for Central Asia (and now Managing Director for all SME Finance at the bank), Zsuzsanna Hargitai, about why Central Asia is such an exciting region for entrepreneurship. Listen in as we discuss the unique opportunities presented by the Central Asian market, the EBRD's steps to facilitate the growth of startups, and the crucial role of the green energy transition in shaping the technological landscape in the region. 🔥