Brian Hoffman is the co-founder and CEO of OB1, a company focused on building software for OpenBazaar, a decentralized peer to peer marketplace for global free trade using Bitcoin. OB1 has raised $10.5M from Andressen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, OMERS Ventures. Brian spent over 10 years working with clients like US Department of Defense, classified agencies as well as many Fortune 500 companies like Neiman Marcus, FedEx, Boeing and Hilton Hotels providing cybersecurity consulting services.
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Brian Hoffman is the co-founder and CEO of OB1, a company focused on building software for OpenBazaar, a decentralized peer to peer marketplace for global free trade using Bitcoin. OB1 has raised $10.5M from Andressen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, OMERS Ventures. Brian spent over 10 years working with clients like US Department of Defense, classified agencies as well as many Fortune 5…
Brian Hoffman is the co-founder and CEO of OB1, a company focused on building software for OpenBazaar, a decentralized peer to peer marketplace for global free trade using Bitcoin. OB1 has raised $10.5M from Andressen Horowitz, Union Square Ventures, OMERS Ventures. Brian spent over 10 years working with clients like US Department of Defense, classified agencies as well as many Fortune 500 companies like Neiman Marcus, FedEx, Boeing and Hilton Hotels providing cybersecurity consulting services.
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Brian is a startup evangelist, advisor, and angel investor. He is currently the Director of Product at Real Time Cases, an EdTech startup based in DC. He is also the director for Startup Grind DC and Executive-In- Residence at the AOL Fishbowl Labs. He was also formerly the global COO of Startup Grind and has started three previous startups.
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