Building teams 27 Oct 2020 Moving mental health from âproblemâ to reality. Is it time to stop thinking of this as a problem and embrace the realities of workplace stress? Written by Laura Willming Read more
Scaling 25 Feb 2020 Hiring: the metrics that matter How often is a startupâs success measured by its speed of growth? âFrom 10 to 100 people in 3 monthsâ makes a good headline. Sometimes,... Written by Laura Willming Read more
Building teams 23 Aug 2019 Unbiased hiring: we know why, but how? Karan Mehta speaks from experience on how to do unbiased hiring and why everyone wins. Written by Karan Mehta Read more
Building teams 26 Jun 2019 Culture and hiring are everyoneâs business: Octopus Venturesâ new Talent Manager... A recent recruit to Octopus Ventures brings her experience of building teams and company cultures Written by Laura Willming Read more
Building teams 31 Jan 2019 Creating a Winning Talent Pipeline for your Startup Your company has three basic choices when it comes to creating a winning Talent pipeline: your own in-house recruiter, an embedded 3rd party... Written by Alan Cairns Read more
Building teams 29 Nov 2018 Getting That First Sales Hire Right: Focus In my last blog we covered the importance of focus: how by following a structured process we can understand business impact,... Written by Ian Perry Read more
Building teams 15 Nov 2018 Conducting a foolproof interview process Tips on conducting a foolproof interview process from remote roles to Benchmarking against competing offers Written by Tosin Agbabiaka Read more
Building teams 24 Jun 2018 Building Teams: The Art of Change Octopus Ventures blog explores change in teams. As businesses grow, teams must change. the question must be âwhatâs the next iteration of this team going to be?â. Written by Alan Cairns Read more
Building teams 10 Jan 2018 Generalist to Specialist: An interview with Brian Mitchell Zihao Xu spoke to Brian Mitchell about hiring, growing and when to start hiring specialists rather than generalists. Hereâs what he learned.... Written by Zihao Xu Read more