CEO masterclass 14 Nov 2018 Communication, communication, communication (worth repeating). There’s a hunger for people to connect to the mission and vision, culture and values. “Repeat them over and over and over. When... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 1 Nov 2018 Who Wants to be a CEO? Jeff Miller cut straight to the point: “Money’s a terrible reason to be a CEO”. Why? Because it’s short term. Jeff knows all about the... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 4 Oct 2018 Day 3: Powerful messages, simply delivered Company first Both Melissa Taunton of NEA (a giant of the VC world with $20bn under management) and Barry Eggers (Lightspeed founding partner)... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 3 Oct 2018 Day 2: Two Jeffs a Joni and a Tom. The day began with Jeff Miller (Jamm Ventures) who knows all about the origin of the title “Silicon” in this particular Valley. As CEO of... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 2 Oct 2018 Day 1: Tapping into decades of Silicon Valley history and experience It’s a humbling fact to realize that the combined value created by our line-up of guest speakers over the next few days is in the region of... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 26 Sep 2018 Why are 16 UK CEOs travelling 5000 miles? This will be our fourth US CEO trip. In previous years we’ve taken a group of our portfolio CEOs out to California, initially with an emphasis... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
ScalingCEO masterclass 12 Jul 2018 The Missing “Magic Metric” for Customer Success Despite considerable fanfare around the concept of customer success (CS), in most tech companies CS is still in its infancy as a strategy and... Written by Philip Lay Read more
How to guidesCEO masterclass 5 Jul 2018 Tomorrow’s Rolls Royce: The UK entrepreneur community is thriving. Talent, ambition, inspiration and sticking-power is coming through more than ever. Investors are more... Written by Howard Bell Read more
Building teamsScalingCEO masterclass 12 Sep 2017 Employee Options: an exclusive Q&A with Stephen Morana Prior to joining Octopus as a Venture Partner, Stephen was the CFO of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) the UK digital media business. Whilst there... Written by Zoe Chambers Read more