20/20 Vision with Robin Klein

Robin Klein

20/20 Vision is a new podcast series hosted by LocalGlobe and Latitude co-founder and veteran investor, Robin Klein. As a septuagenarian working in the tech sector, Robin has been founding companies, investing in startups and helping businesses to scale for more than two decades. Some of the global tech businesses he has invested in include LoveFilm, Graze, Zoopla, Robinhood, Cazoo and Wise. Robin will talk to experts from the world of business, tech and science about what they have learned in their own long careers and what excites them for the future about working or investing in tech and innovation. The podcast’s title and theme - 20/20 Vision - nods to Klein’s 40 years’ of experience - 20 years in this century and 20 years in the last one backing innovative founders. It is also a reference to the phrase 20:20 hindsight - the full knowledge and complete understanding that one has about an event only after it has happened.

Episodes

Author, consultant, retail visionary and former head of Debenhams and the Arcadia Group, John Hoerner, joins LocalGlobe founder Robin in today's episode. The two industry veterans compare notes on how business has changed over the last four decades and what they think the future holds. For more information on John Hoerner's book go to www.howtosell.expert Look for #2020visionpod to carry on the conversation.

Dec 6, 2021

30 min

Gail Rebuck

Robin meets Gail Rebuck, once named in the top 10 most powerful women in the UK. Baroness Rebuck discusses her career as a leading British publisher, being a female leader and role-model, her peerage, and the importance of education and the arts in making the UK a global force to be reckoned with. Share your thoughts on the conversation by searching #2020visionpod.

Nov 1, 2021

37 min

Peter Piot

In this first episode of the new series, tech investor veteran, Robin Klein, is joined by eminent virologist, Peter Piot, the co-discoverer of Ebola and founding director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Peter is also the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and talks to Robin about his role in the fight against Covid-19, which includes working as Special Advisor to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. If you've enjoyed the episode, use #2020visionpod on social media to join the conversation.

Oct 8, 2021

41 min

Introducing 20/20 Vision

Join veteran European tech investor and LocalGlobe partner, Robin Klein, as he shares the stories of entrepreneurs and innovators whose careers have spanned twenty years in this century and twenty years in the last. 20/20 Vision is not only about seeing things clearly but also about applying hindsight and drawing conclusions from the past. In this new series of conversations, Robin meets some of the people he has known and worked with over the last forty years; experts in business, science, politics, and academia. Each week, Robin and his guests talk over their long careers, their love for what they do and discuss what keeps them motivated, along with their visions for the future.

Jun 3, 2021

1 min