Bio

I'm a serial co-founder who can often be found hosting and presenting. My love in life is making impactful introductions. My audio course, Build a Better Network contains everything I've learned about building effective networks; www.BuildABetter.Network My presenting and hosting showreel is here; https://vimeo.com/513349695 I host Ambition Nation, helping teams to raise money, list their business or sell their company. My most recent campaign TOTS (turn on the subtitles), urges broadcasters and tech companies to turn on subtitles (captions) by default, to improve children's literacy. www.TurnOnTheSubtitles.org/ You can often find me chairing and hosting events including the flagship events for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards, The ScaleUp Institute, London Tech week and Silicon Valley Comes to the UK. I am also a regular interviewer (filmed and audio) for a range of clients. I hosted The Lens podcast for Business in the Community for three years, connecting global CEOs with future leaders, talking about responsible business. https://shows.acast.com/the-lens I'm on the Advisory Board of One Million Mentors, Founders 4 Schools and Tech London Advocates and I'm a shareholder in a number of companies, including Calm.com, Troubadour Theatres and Better Space. Before that, I co-founded Tenner (the UK's largest schools enterprise competition), StartUp Britain (with Number 10), Volunteer It Yourself (VIY) helping kids fix community buildings and Clean and Cool (connecting cleantech scaleups with global corporates and investors). There's more about me and my work on my personal site (www.olibarrett.com) and in the meantime, I look forward to connecting here on LinkedIn.