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Octopus Ventures blog explores change in teams. As businesses grow, teams must change. the question must be “what’s the next iteration of this team going to be?”.

US Healthcare is an entity of two parts: payers (insurance companies) and providers (hospitals and clinics) — alongside a third, formidable...

The companies we back spend a great deal of their time planning their runway and trying not to run out of cash whilst creating big, exciting...

We should start at the bedrock of human motivation, as described by Maslow many decades ago. It describes the tussle between self-interest...

General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) As we edge ever closer to 25 May 2018 when the GDPR becomes enforceable, we have been spending...

Celebrating a Key Driver of UK Economic Growth The 2018 High Growth Small Business Report, produced by Octopus, shines a spotlight on the...

In its latest Industrial Strategy White Paper, the UK Government announced its plans to support UK smaller businesses in their efforts to...

The UK remains a great place to start and grow a business. According to the Industrial Strategy White Paper, a new business starts up every...

In my view, one of the loudest messages coming from the 2018 High Growth Small Business Report is that the businesses and the entrepreneurs...

Often the first one to arrive, not only is their social circle thin to non-existent, so are the domestic basics: home, utilities, travel and...

Chris Wade of Isomer Capital puts the difference succinctly: “In the US, lawyers are part of the competitive dynamic, whereas in Europe they...

“It is always wise to look ahead but difficult to look further than you can see.” -Winston Churchill Singapore’s name has cropped up a...