{"id":24497,"date":"2023-11-17T09:27:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T09:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/?page_id=24497"},"modified":"2024-01-10T17:58:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:58:54","slug":"ian-hawkins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/about-swoop\/team\/ian-hawkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Ian Hawkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"24497\" class=\"elementor elementor-24497\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de1c38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6de1c38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecbc53 e-con-full elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cecbc53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ab494 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56ab494\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/elementor\/thumbs\/Ian-Hawkins-qvlj04z392c2666rp7c03i2hpj34k4m6eng3nl4re4.png\" title=\"Ian Hawkins\" alt=\"Ian Hawkins\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68d0cd4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"68d0cd4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298d0b8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"298d0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/11\/Ian-Hawkins-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-24498\" alt=\"Ian Hawkins\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d1e094 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d1e094\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ian Hawkins<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94ad6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d94ad6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">News &amp; Investigations Editor<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d07d945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d07d945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ian Hawkins has made films for BBC World, CNN and Handelsblatt. His career started as a comedy writer for BBC and Channel 4, before shifting into telling stories for businesses in events and digital media.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11baa84 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"11baa84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ianrhawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"33\" height=\"32\" src=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/01\/linkedin-1-1-1-1-1.svg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-26149\" alt=\"\" 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data-id=\"744b178\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be95e0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_author_content\" data-id=\"be95e0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_author_content.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<div id=\"list-posts-author\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"header-list-posts-author\">\n <h2>Latest articles by Ian Hawkins<\/h2>\n <p>\n 32 articles written by this author <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <main class=\"main-content\">\n <div class=\"list-news-author\">\n <div class=\"container\">\n <div class=\"blog-pots-list\">\n <div class=\"others-posts posts-from-author\" id=\"author-post-results\">\n\n <div class=\"post-blog\">\n <div class=\"img-post\">\n <a href=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/us\/blog\/the-q1-funding-playbook\/\">\n \n <img loading=\"lazy\" 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