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    Christian Braun

    Christian Braun

    CEO @hobbydb; formerly Europe's largest @ebay vendor, VC @ge-capital , consulted @bain-company & MBA @london-business-school-2

    Entrepreneur Boulder London Business Schoo...
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    Experience
    hobbyDB
    hobbyDB
    Founder, CEO
    Ge Capital
    Ge Capital
    VP 1996 - 2000 (almost 4 years)
    EurActv
    EurActv
    Board Member
    Bain & Company
    Bain & Company
    Employee
    Founder
    hobbyDB, Intrepid Ventures, Auctioning4u
    Employee
    Bain & Company, hobbyDB, General Electric, Ge Capital, Auctioning4u
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    EO41
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    hobbyDB, Dione PLC., Intrinsic, SoftPro, EurActv
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Projects
    hobbyDB to power marketplaces on Blogs, Club Websites and Forums
    Personalized pop-up marketplaces that offer guest check-outs
    Any non-transaction based collector related website.
    hobbyDB launched its first specialized marketplaces outside the US in Brazil and the UK
    Collector Marketplaces for any collector website
    PopUp Marketplaces are easily customizable to any collector blog, club, forum or other website and offer convenient trading and an income source for the host-site
    hobbyDB's Product Roadmap
    Our plans to work with the other 300,000 collector websites
    hobbyDB now managing The Toy Peddler
    Marketplace
    hobbyDB has just merged with the largest model car marketplace after eBay.
    Kidrobot Archive
    A complete catalog of all Kidrobot products since their laun
    Founded in 2002, Kidrobot is acknowledged worldwide as the premier creator and dealer of limited edition art toys, signature apparel and lifestyle… · More accessories. An innovative cross between sculpture and conceptual art, Kidrobot offers not only a powerful medium for today's international fashion designers, illustrators and graffiti artists, but also the creative canvas for emerging street trends and pop art.
    Alex Lindsay
    With Alex Lindsay
    scOOmer and hobbyDB partner to make it easier buy and sell collectibles
    Scoomer.com joined hobbyDB
    Some exciting changes have been going on in the world of collectibles. Two industry players are coming together to provide a super powered marketplace that… · More caters specifically to collectors. A well-established member of this area, scOOmer is primarily known as a place where enthusiasts, hobbyists, and collectors can meet to buy and sell.
    Alex Lindsay
    With Alex Lindsay
    How we document museums and thus build our database
    How hobbyDB is working with museums
    Museums play an important part in promoting collecting and hobbyDB can add enormous value to them as part of the collecting ecosystem, by allowing easy… · More cataloging and, more importantly, showcasing and sharing their collections.
    Every Minichamps Ever - All in One Place!
    Our largest Official Archive launch to date
    We're excited to announce that top diecast makers Minichamps have partnered with us to build a one-of-a-kind archive of every model they've ever… · More made! Now only on hobbyDB you'll find detailed information on thousands of their cars dating back to the company's origins in the early 1990s.
    Andrew Adamides
    With Andrew Adamides
    hobbyDB acquired content assets of the now closed Rareburg
    hobbyDB acquired content assets of the now closed Rareburg
    Exciting Changes are in Store for the Diecast Hall of Fame - The hobbyDB Blog
    hobbyDB now the organizer of the Diecast Hall of Fame
    The Diecast Hall of Fame (DHOF) is roaring into action! A staple of the diecast world, the DHOF is best known for honoring pioneers of the model vehicle… · More industry for their efforts to promote and enhance the hobby. From designers to entrepreneurs, there is no shortage of talented folks on the inductee list.
     
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    About
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    Conceived and organised a Pan-European business case competition at LBS (together with Guy Barnes) with 40,000 students from 36 countries participating while studying for my MBA. Regional competitions where held in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands with finals taking place in the UK. We got support from a Pan-European student organisation (AEGEE), the European Community, Unilever, McKinsey and others

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    Boulder London Broomfield Westminster Longmont Golden Denver
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