Entrepreneurship

The Wisdom of the West Coast: Why are 16 UK CEOs, travelling 5000 miles?

Jo Oliver is a partner at Octopus Ventures. This year it’s his turn to shepherd 16 portfolio CEOs through an intensive three day…

How to Maximize Your ROI at an Industry Conference

Conferences are a fantastic way to promote your company and products and to build valuable connections… if you leverage them properly. Too often…

Building Teams: The Art of Change

Until recently, Alan was Chief People Officer at MOO, he is also a mentor at ALT and an advisor at Happy Work. Prior to MOO he was Group HR Director at MoneySuperMarket.

Rewarding Entrepreneurship: a US Perspective

The world over, founders are always rather exceptional people. After all, the word entrepreneur comes from the combination of two Latin words: entre (to swim out), and prendes (to grasp, understand or capture). Governments, by contrast, are big, slow…

Bayesian methods for Neural Networks, as discussed on the Piccadilly Line.

Chris Wade, Co-Founder and Partner at Isomer Capital, gives his view of the European VC ecosystem.

How do I get the biggest bang for my new investment buck?

You’ve just raised your first investment round from your favourite VC fund. You have a disruptive technology set to take the market by storm. The…

Question the Questions: Applying some Socrates to your US Expansion Plans

Could your ideas of U.S. expansion benefit from some brutally simple questioning? Socrates built his reputation as the Ancient…

Seed and Series A Deals: Nailing Due Diligence

An entrepreneur pitching for investment is in a sales process. Due diligence, diligence or DD involves the investor making sure that they are actually…