OxFounders Global

Driving UNIVERSITY INNOVATION - 5 mins with Dr Mairi Gibbs

We had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Mairi Gibbs [https://www.linkedin.com/company/99485807/admin/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_people%3BE%2FKQrzSySHOn%2BTgzxE3mkA%3D%3D#], Chief Executive Officer at Oxford University Innovation [https://www.linkedin.com/company/99485807/admin/?lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_people%3BE%2FKQrzSySHOn%2BTgzxE3mkA%3D%3D#], 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

India = Tech POWERHOUSE | Deep Dive with Alok Mittal

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.

Quick Fire | HOW TO IPO

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. 👀

QuickFire | Oxford Professor Thomas Hellmann

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! 🚀

Quick Fire | Brent Hoberman

"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 🚀