Robin Klein is the founding partner of UK seed venture fund, Local Globe. He was previously a partner at the venture capital firm, Index Ventures. Sum up what you do in a sentence. I help great founders build great companies. Why did you decide to get into this? It was a natural evolution for me, from being an entrepreneur and building …
Getting to know Airbnb and Uber: Q&A with Brad Stone
The Upstarts is an illuminating new book documenting the culture, practices and impact of Airbnb and Uber. Author and Bloomberg journalist Brad Stone speaks to Courier. You wrote about about Amazon in your last book. To what extent did that experience influence Upstarts? Oh, significantly. I’ve been circling tech for about 20 years, and been building this mosaic of Silicon …
Q&A: Alex Hely-Hutchinson – ‘I want to try sulphurised eggs’
Two years ago Hely-Hutchinson started selling porridge out of a temporary space in Old Street station. She was soon catering for events and businesses and opened a cafe in Neal’s Yard, Covent Garden, in June 2015. She has recently brought porridge to movie night, Sunday morning post-yoga breakfasts and fed London marathon runners oaty carbs after the finish line. What …