Pre-seed founders, pushed for time, may be tempted to make hiring short-cuts – but they shouldn’t. In this blog, pre-seed People + Talent expert, Vicky Booth, makes the case for structured recruitment.
US expansion isn’t a pre-requisite for start-up success, but for founders with the states in their sights Laura Wilming offers this indispensable guide.
In the concluding part of his series on product-market fit, Edward Keelan explains how to tell when PMF is slipping – and what founders can do about it.
It’s always more expensive to acquire new customers than keep existing ones, which is why customer success is more important than ever. Chloe Allan and Rich Bolton offer their guide to doing it right.
The Octopus Ventures blog: sharing experience, knowledge and insights with entrepreneurs in the startup community as well as recent news from the team and portfolio.
In this video guide, Octopus Ventures Legal Counsel, Mary Sullivan and Andy Fahrenheim, break down the process of negotiating and executing a capital raise from a legal perspective, and offer some guidance on the things to bear in mind.
In this video, Octopus Ventures Legal Counsel, Mary Sullivan and Andy Fahrenheim, explain what founders should be looking for in external counsel when thinking about a raise – and what to keep in mind before the fundraising process begins.
Watch the video to hear Octopus Ventures investor, Edward Keelan, unpack the knotty subject of Total Addressable Market (TAM). It’s important – but founders and investors often get it wrong.