FOUNDERS FOUNDER: meet Brent Hoberman. ——— 📢 📢 📢 Due to high demand, priority for the event list will be given to members of the Create What You Wish Existed club. If you’d like to secure your spot, we encourage you to join the club. ——— Join us for an inspiring conversation with Brent Hoberman, CBE, British Entrepreneur and Investor, Co-founder and Chairman of Founders Forum Group, Firstminute capital and Founders Factory. As a mentor, Brent Hoberman has played a pivotal role in guiding me on my journey as an aspiring tech entrepreneur and impact investor. Brent has been one of my primary inspirations for founding the Create What You Wish Existed series, and I am deeply honored to announce this fireside chat with him. Brent is Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Founders Forum Group (global community of founders, corporates and businesses to support founders at every stage), Founders Factory (global venture studios, seed programmes and accelerator programmes) and firstminute capital ($500m seed fund with global remit, backed by over 130 unicorn founders). Previously, Brent co-founded Made.com in 2010. He left before it went public in 2021 at a valuation of $1.1bn. Brent also co-founded lastminute.com in 1998 where he was CEO from its inception and sold it in 2005 to Sabre for $1.1bn. Brent has backed 11 unicorns at Seed stage. Technology businesses Brent has co-founded have raised over $1bn. Founders Forum Group has started Founders Intelligence (entrepreneur-powered consultancy - recently acquired by Accenture), Founders Keepers (technology executive search firm), Founders Pledge ($10bn pledged, $1bn moved to charities - a community for entrepreneurs committed to finding and funding solutions to global challenges), 01 Founders (a network of free-to-access coding schools with a job guarantee), Founders Law (full-service tech law firm), and Founders Makers (creative partner to leading challengers and corporates). The group also now includes London Tech Week as a joint venture and recently acquired Tech Nation and its family of brands to support entrepreneurs. Under this also sits other events Brent has spearheaded such as ClimateTech, HealthTech and EQL:HER (network taking action to change the underrepresentation of women in technology. Brent sits on the advisory boards of Google Cloud, The Tessa Jowell Foundation, the UK Government Digital Service and the WEF Digital Europe Group. He was also a founding member of the Male Champions of Change, has been an advisor to four UK prime ministers and in 2015 was awarded a CBE for his services to entrepreneurship. Previously, Brent was Chairman of the Oxford Foundry advisory board from its inception, and The Royal Foundation Taskforce on the Prevention of Cyberbullying for The Prince of Wales, and further former board roles include The Royal Academy, TalkTalk, TimeOut, The Guardian Media Group, Shazam Entertainment, Eton College, Imperial College Innovation Fund, UAL and The Economist. At the talk, Brent will share his invaluable insights with aspiring entrepreneurs and founders, offering guidance on how to navigate the challenges of building successful ventures. This is a unique opportunity to understand how Brent Hoberman envisions transforming the UK’s role on the global tech stage, creating a breeding ground for the next generation of unicorns. The Create What You Wish Existed series, hosted by Locals.org, has featured prominent founders in IRL events, offering valuable knowledge and insights to aspiring entrepreneurs: • Sam Altman: Founder of OpenAI • Nik Storonsky: Founder of Revolut • Michael Acton Smith: Founder of Calm • Alex Hofmann: Founder of Musical.ly, now TikTok • Ethan Brown: Founder of Beyond Meat • Charles Rosier: Founder/CEO of Augustinus Bader • Rita Ora: Singer, founder of Typebea • Matthew Freud: Founder of Freuds • Herman Narula: Founder of Improbable

Timon Afinsky

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CREATE WHAT YOU WISH EXISTED

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