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Welcome to Issue 3 of Curated
Next week we have a lot going on. Apart from our usual Wednesday Business Breakfast TV show, we're hosting the inaugural Great British Business Expo online.
The GBBE features 20 speakers, 12 Workshops delivering actionable advice to business owners, and a range of Expo Booths showcasing some of the best in British business. It's free to attend and if you want to showcase your business the Expo Booths are only £99+vat. Email us here if you'd like to take part.
Hopin Raises $125m in Series A
We run our events on the Hopin platform and we'd just like to say congratulations to Founder Johnny Boufarhat who announced that it has closed a $125 million Series B round of capital. The new funds come mere months after Hopin raised a $40 million Series A this summer.
When the startup announced its preceding funding round, Hopin said that the number "monthly attendees of events" on its platform had expanded from 16,000 in March to 175,000 in June. Now, according to the company, it has more than 3.5 million users and over 50,000 groups hosting events use its software.
Boufarhat also said that Hopin is profitable today -- the company was nearly profitable when it raised its February round worth $6.5 million -- an impressive feat for a startup growing as quickly as it is.
Event
Nov 18th: Peak Performance Expert & CEO Coach, Eric Partaker.
Our Guest on Episode 18 of Business Breakfast TV is Peak Performance Expert & CEO Coach, Eric Partaker on "Become a Peak Performer with IPA: Identity, Productivity & Anti-fragility".
Eric is certified as a peak performance coach and has also completed a coaching certification and apprenticeship with Professor BJ Fogg, who leads Stanford University’s Behavior Design Lab. He continues to research evidence-based studies in psychology, neuroscience, habit change, leadership, and peak performance.
He has been named "CEO of the Year" at the 2019 Business Excellence Awards, one of the "Top 30 Entrepreneurs in the UK", 35 and under, by Startups Magazine, and among "Britain's Most Disruptive Entrepreneurs" by The Telegraph.
He has advised Fortune 50 CEOs while at McKinsey, helped build Skype's multi-billion dollar success story, and has founded several businesses. His work has been featured on over 7 major TV stations, in the Wall Street Journal, and The Economist. He has also appeared as a guest judge on The Apprentice with Lord Alan Sugar.
Nov 18th: The Great British Business Expo.
In 2020 the world pressed “RESET” and everything we ever knew about the way things were done was turned upside down overnight. The way we do business has changed and with it the way we do expos, conferences and networking.
That’s why we’re bringing you the Great British Business Expo, a jam packed day with global and local, expert speakers, seminars and workshops with an exhibition featuring the best in British business to help you grow and scale your business.
With the added benefit of a virtual setting on an innovative exhibition platform, the Great British Business Expo is a truly international affair enabling small business owners and entrepreneurs to connect right across the world