Christian Owens
@christianbowens
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Founder, CEO @CloveFi • Founder @PaddleHQ
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Joined September 2019
Anyone else find it weird that the TfL website (a .gov.uk site), is 70% advert for the Land Rover Defender? 🤔
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Why is Netflix better at knowing what you want to watch than schools are at knowing what and how you want to learn? The algorithms for motivation and retention already exist – we just haven't applied them to education. This week, we spoke with entrepreneur @christianbowens ,
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paddle.com
We're the merchant of record powering recurring billing for n8n, Letterboxd & AdGuard. Grow global conversions, reduce churn, stay compliant, and scale fast, all in one platform.
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Maybe I’ll just post this every year.
Here’s a shocking budget idea: Perhaps we spend less.
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Delighted to tour @IsembardGroup Exeter and speak to Shaun Rowcliffe and @andrewmkramer A new wave of factory owners reinventing manufacturing & bringing it home Full episode in the replies below!
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overwhelmingly positive response to what we're building at @clovefi – we knew building a financial institution for this generation was needed, but based on the response we've received so far... it's really needed.
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my bad wifi is everyone’s gain, tune in tomorrow!
Christian Owens (@christianbowens) has bad WIFI so his cofounder and the CPO of Clove (@clovefi), Alex Loizou is tagging in to join the etn. boys tomorrow at 11:30am BST
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We’re over at https://t.co/9yDgmCM47X if you’d like to learn more!
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Today, I’m delighted to announce @CloveFi, and our $14m pre-seed led by @Accel, with @Kindred_VC and @airstreet. It’s been 2 years since I left Paddle, and in that time, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what’s next. Over the last 10+ years, I’ve always tried to imagine
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Introducing Basis Points, where we go behind the scenes with the companies building our destiny. It's these guys that'll get us to the 22nd century, with aplomb. Changing the narrative in the direction of exceptionalism is really important to me – as is making a content
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After six successful months of backing founders building where the state is failing, @BasisCapitalLtd has started setting up SPVs to allow others to invest alongside us. From on-demand policing for communities, to turning landlords into energy suppliers (revenue for them,
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Congratulations to our @lfg_uk x @BasisCapitalLtd hackathon winners: Planet Grammar, Puck AI and AI Vikings 💥⬇️
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We've started building. We've got longevity plays to reinventing the Domesday Book. Some teams need more frontend support; if you're in London and want to come and build, DM me!
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This weekend, the UK's most driven founders and engineers are uniting to build solutions that surpass the state. Very proud to have @griffitha, @ZiaYusufUK and @RajeshAgrawal launching our demos and supporting our builders. LFG 🚀
🚨 ANNOUNCING OUR SPEAKERS FOR @lfg_uk x @BasisCapitalLtd Hackathon 🚨 @RajeshAgrawal, @ZiaYusufUK & @griffitha will be speaking at our demo day on Sunday. Join us on Sunday, see what amazing projects have been built over the weekend, and hear from our speakers -
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The closer you are to the state, the more miserable you are. I wrote about why that is – how we've gutted our social contract, and who we are as people. I also suggest what we do about it, and Basis’ small part in that. Abundant Feudalism ⬇️ https://t.co/WrdLVyWT44
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We just released our first podcast episode! Join James @NwprtNarrative and @Bexwray in welcoming Harriet Green @harrietsgreen - founder of Basis Capital @BasisCapitalLtd to discuss the issues with the government procurement system and how to improve things. links👇
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So happy to see this partnership come to fruition. We've been pushing alongside others for a more open App Store for a long time, and so glad we get to deliver for developers.
techcrunch.com
The companies announced a new integration that allows users to make purchases from developers' apps, whether on web or mobile devices.
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join the builders • break the cycle LFG x Basis HACKATHON london 28-29 june limited spaces • @BasisCapitalLtd • sign up below 👇
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