Interview

September 27, 2019

“Building teams is actually about quickly breaking up with potential cofounders” - Bookclub with EF’s Alice Bentinck

Building teams, trading off between speed and efficiency and coming of age with Entrepreneur First cofounder Alice Bentinck


Chris Sisserian

3 min read

Alice Bentinck EF

Cofounded by Alice Bentinck in 2011, Entrepreneur First has been a pioneer in Europe of a new model of investing in startups, taking talented wannabe founders and putting them on a programme where they can meet partners and form a company.

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