WhatComesNext.Live: Oli Barrett

March 15, 2022

I met Oli via Twitter pre-covid and have found him, both online and in-person, to be warm and generous and highly curious about people. Suffice to say we hit it off when we met! Look forward to our conversation.

Described by WIRED magazine as “the most connected man in Britain”, Oli Barrett MBE is a serial co-founder who enjoys connecting people and ideas. He is a shareholder in several companies including Calm.com and Troubadour Theatres and co-founded the UK’s largest schools enterprise competition, Tenner. He co-founded StartUp Britain with support from the British Prime Minister and the Clean and Cool Mission, supporting cleantech scaleups to connect with global investors and markets. He is a regular event host, including for the Great British Entrepreneur Awards and sits on the advisory boards of Tech London Advocates, One Million Mentors and Founders4Schools. His latest audio course, Build a Better Network, has been taken by people around the world and his latest charity campaign (TOTS) encourages broadcasters and tech companies to turn on the subtitles, improving children’s literacy.