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YouTube Reporter am DLD 2008 - Lars Hinrichs

681 views · Published 27 January 2008 · 2:45 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Lars Hinrichs is co-founder and Managing Director of Xing, formally known as OpenBC. Lars

started his career as an entrepreneur in 1998 at the age of 22 after working as a consultant at

different new media firms.

In 1998 Lars initiated "politics digital" a well received and award winning platform in the

area of politics and new media. In 2000 Lars established Boettcher Hinrichs AG, a consulting

company and development house for enterprise communication.

Since 2001 Lars has concentrated on being an investment and funding advisor as he has

accomplished several successful financing rounds for various enterprises. Lars advises

portfolio companies with business development and business building strategies.

With his broad spectrum of activities and high level memberships in various organizations, e.g.

the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), Lars has an excellent network of contacts worldwide. The

idea of enabling networking between his contacts has inspired him to build up openBC.

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