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Inside the Mind of a Funded Start Up Founder

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Scott Weavers-Wright OBE
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This week we take a trip to the offices of augmented reality marketplace Poplar to speak to its co-founder David Ripert and get the inside line on the decision making process behind the bootstrapping versus fund-raising path. 

In it we also discuss what the wider world of Virtual Reality will mean for the businesses and consumer of the future…and find out his answers to our Quick Fire Nine rapid-fire questions!

Follow David on Twitter here and Poplar on Twitter here!

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Scott Weavers-Wright OBE
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Haatch Ventures LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England with registration number OC421829 and is the manager of the Haatch SEIS Fund, Haatch EIS Fund, Haatch BBB Syndicate Fund, Blue Earth Syndicate & Haatch D2N2 ESAIF. Haatch Ventures LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA registration number 916959).

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