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Recruitment demands that you know your own business to the core. Your recruitment briefs should be blueprints of your corporate DNA. Know yourself – your values, your mission, your objectives – inside out and you’ll k

1. Retain advisers: Above all else, tax and legal advisers should be engaged early on to help you think this through and to understand how to establish and maintain a stock option plan for your US employees. 2. Employee ex

The US job market is normally cited as setting salary levels above those for similar roles in different geographies. However, it is hard to generalize as there are significant variances within the US depending on the city,

By definition, any fast-growing enterprise will effectively be a different company every twelve, if not six months. From an investment point of view, Melissa Taunton of NEA advised our CEOs, “you need to look like a diffe

First the bad news. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, stated, “most things you can’t control”. “However,” he added, “there’s one thing you can control — how you treat people.”

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It’s worth mentioning that every single one of our guest speakers — collectively responsible for creating $200bn of shareholder value — arrived on time. No rushed late entries, no buzzing phones, no bag-carry

Question the Questions is a new report from Octopus Ventures that provides a stress-tested guide to international expansion, powered by insights from over 100 European VC-backed businesses that expanded to the US. It trac

Should you expand abroad? 15: Hello Fresh link: https://www.hellofresh.com Should you enter the US? Is the timing right? 18: Y-Plan Link: https://checkout.timeout.com What milestones and timel

We are a team that backs entrepreneurs. We like to be in early and follow through from one defining moment to the next. We aim to be helpful and straightforward and we value boldness - qualities we seek in our entrepreneurs a

Every company starts from nothing. David only got famous by giving Goliath a really sore head. So how does a tiny unknown reach giant status? Here Malcolm Ferguson, Octopus Ventures Principal, and Ian Perry, Octopus Venture P

Setting salaries, bonus levels and equity grants can be a hard task. Getting it right, avoiding misperceptions and keeping motivation and retention where they need to be, are the art and science of good HR. Compensation is

AR wearables, such as smart glasses, allow users to see computer-generated images overlaid on top of the real world. There are two key elements that allow these images to be seen; a light source such as a minute projector

In the US, a single patent covers the whole of the US. A US patent is granted by the federal US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) but enforced by any district court which considers its use across the whole of the US. Sinc

American culture is direct and emotionally expressive. Even if you’ve spoken English your whole life, its style might not come naturally. To close deals, you need to say what you want and what you offer clearly and persua

Another way to promote your company is to attend conferences and tradeshows. The scale and caliber of the chosen events can help you meet a lot of key people in your sector in a condensed amount of time. Look at conferences a