Startups, Digital, Retail, and Beyond | Brent Hoberman | Talks at Google
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Brent Hoberman visited Google London's HQ to talk startups, digital, Retail, and beyond. Where: Google London When: 27 Feb, 2013 Host: Rick Jones (Google UK) Speaker: Brent Hoberman, co-founder of lastminute.com, Mydeco, Made.com and Founders Forum. As CEO of lastminute.com from its inception, Brent took the company to profit and gross bookings of over $2bn. In 2009, he co-founded PROfounders Capital -- an early stage fund backed. And in addition to founding Mydeco and Made.com, more recently Brent joined the board of easyCar.com to help with its launch of person-to-person car sharing. Brent is on the ICA Council and a Non- Executive Board Director of Guardian Media Group, TalkTalk PLC, Time Out Group & Shazam. He also sits on the UK Government Digital Advisory Board, and is co-founder of Founders Forum, a series of intimate annual global events for the leading entrepreneurs of today and the rising stars of tomorrow which currently take place in Rio, London, NYC & Mumbai.
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