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Oli Barrett

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Oli Barrett

@OliBarrett

Presenter, host, and serial founder @TOTScampaign @CleanandCool @StartUpBritain @10xFiverYE @VIYproject buildabetter.network

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Joined December 2006

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Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Oct 3, 2025
☕You have lost touch with hundreds if not thousands of people over the years and that's fine. But within that group are a smaller group of people you didn't really mean to lose touch with. Life got in the way. Things got busy. ✒️My latest post;
🌳 When we think about "networking", it's easy to think about meeting new people. In reality, the...
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Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Jan 11, 2016
David Bowie's wedding. "Can we get one with Bono, Ono, and Eno?" #legend
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Jun 15, 2023
If you are at a Venture Capital firm and you're not supporting @INCLUDED_VC (the Fellowship for individuals from diverse communities, providing access, opportunity and knowledge into the world of VC) then you either haven't heard of them or ought to reconsider and step up 🇬🇧 🌎
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Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Oct 7, 2020
The Dyson Institute will offer its own degrees from next year, reports the Times. No tuition fees, a salary of £18,000 and an engineering degree apprenticeship after four years. If critics aren't impressed, they'll just have to suck it up.
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Mar 13, 2019
Idea: Hire a cruise ship and organise a Parliamentary Conclave (lock-in). The ship can only return to shore when the 650 guests have reached a consensus on Brexit.
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Jun 9, 2021
So he HAS been putting chips into us.
april glaser
@aprilaser
Jun 9, 2021
Through a tangled web of more than 22 shell companies, Bill and Melinda Gates quietly became the largest owners of farmland in America. Their farmland grows potatoes for McDonald’s fries and carrots and onions that end up in grocery stores. My latest nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news…
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Nov 5, 2019
Dear Boys and Girls... Isaac Asimov congratulates a class on their new library.
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Aug 30, 2020
"Face masks fuel eye makeup boom" reports the Telegraph. But is this a story without foundation? Or part of a wider cover-up?
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Jul 17, 2021
Social distancing in today's Times
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
May 11, 2020
Who is Tweeting positively, constructively, thoughtfully and hopefully at the moment? I think I may have had my fill of negativity, thoughtlessness and despair for today. Recommendations gratefully received.
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Dec 11, 2014
Love these... 51 beautiful sentences from literature. buzzfeed.com/jenniferschaff…
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Aug 8, 2018
Reminded today of this letter from @happyhenry
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Apr 16, 2020
Hearing exciting rumours that some of the world's largest companies are exploring a way to fund schools and hospitals through a clever link to their own success. Can't say more at this time, however word has it that there may even be a simple, three-letter-word for this idea...
Oli Barrett
@OliBarrett
Aug 3, 2021
Biggest insight of the past year? Rest cures fatigue, but not depletion. To conquer depletion we need restoration. So next time your battery is at a low, ask if you're fatigued, or depleted. And if it's the latter, then reconnect with whatever it is that restores you.