CEO masterclass 2 Jan 2020 What makes a good company great? The Tech CEO Success model, Part 3. Pete Daffern, serial CEO, outlines what makes a good company great Written by Pete Daffern Read more
How to guides 11 Dec 2019 If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one? If everyone needs a coach, how do you pick the right one? Written by Laura Willming Read more
Fintech 6 Sep 2019 The Tech CEO Success Model (Pt.2): The Top 5 Leadership Pitfalls Pete Daffern, serial CEO, highlights 5 simple pitfalls common to all leaders Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 30 Jul 2019 Opening up: putting mental well-being front and centre Luke Hakes, Octopus Venture partner brings mental health out of the shadows Written by Luke Hakes Read more
CEO masterclass 26 Jun 2019 The Tech CEO Success Model: 8 Truths from Silicon Valley Pete Daffern, a CEO three times over, tells the 8 Truths that Tech CEOs need to know. Written by Pete Daffern Read more
Scaling 20 Jun 2019 Interview with Digital Shadows’ Alastair Paterson: a CEOâs Strengths and Chal... Alastair Paterson continues to explore his individual strengths and challenges and how these influenced the success of his company, Digital Shadows. Written by Tosin Agbabiaka Read more
Health 29 May 2019 Fundraising lessons from a world-leading femtech pioneer Tania Bowerâs company, Elvie, just completed the largest Femtech fundraise ever. Lessons learned along the way could help other founders. Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 29 May 2019 Standing on the shoulders of experience: how a top Silicon Valley coach helps CEOs ge... How a top Silicon Valley coach helps CEOs get better faster | Octopus Ventures Written by John Hamm Read more
CEO masterclass 12 Dec 2018 Whatâs best for the company? The life-cycle of a Founder CEO. As Larry Sonsini, our visiting Silicon Valley âfounding fatherâ pointed out, going public is no longer the endgame for startups. Itâs a... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 29 Nov 2018 Wisdom from the West Coast: Personal Lessons in Leadership. First the bad news. Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, stated, âmost things you canât controlâ. âHowever,â he added, âthereâs one thing... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
CEO masterclass 14 Nov 2018 Keeping it Real, from Some of the Busiest (and Calmest) People on the Planet In the second of our themed reports from our CEOâs Silicon Valley Summit, we take a look at your most limited resource: time. Staying open,... Written by wpengine Read more
CEO masterclass 14 Nov 2018 Communication, communication, communication (worth repeating). Thereâs a hunger for people to connect to the mission and vision, culture and values. âRepeat 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: âMoneyâs a terrible reason to be a CEOâ. Why? Because itâs 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 âSiliconâ 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 Itâs 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 weâve taken a group of our portfolio CEOs out to California, initially with an emphasis... Written by Octopus Ventures Read more
Scaling 9 Aug 2018 Customer Success is no longer a choice Remember when Customer Success (CS) sounded new? Like data science, it wasnât taken too seriously at first. Most companies have now adopted... Written by Will Gibbs Read more