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Pete Daffern, serial CEO, outlines what makes a good company great

If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one?

Pete Daffern, serial CEO, highlights 5 simple pitfalls common to all leaders

Luke Hakes, Octopus Venture partner brings mental health out of the shadows

Pete Daffern, a CEO three times over, tells the 8 Truths that Tech CEOs need to know.

Alastair Paterson continues to explore his individual strengths and challenges and how these influenced the success of his company, Digital Shadows.

Tania Bower’s company, Elvie, just completed the largest Femtech fundraise ever. Lessons learned along the way could help other founders.

How a top Silicon Valley coach helps CEOs get better faster | Octopus Ventures

As Larry Sonsini, our visiting Silicon Valley ‘founding father’ pointed out, going public is no longer the endgame for startups. It’s a...

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

In the second of our themed reports from our CEO’s Silicon Valley Summit, we take a look at your most limited resource: time. Staying open,...

There’s a hunger for people to connect to the mission and vision, culture and values.   “Repeat them over and over and over. When...

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...

Company first Both Melissa Taunton of NEA (a giant of the VC world with $20bn under management) and Barry Eggers (Lightspeed founding partner)...

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...

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...

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...

Remember when Customer Success (CS) sounded new? Like data science, it wasn’t taken too seriously at first. Most companies have now adopted...