The topic du jour on everyone’s mind is the impact A.I. will have on our lives over the coming years. As an investor, I can tell you that every single deal we are looking at right now has a component of artificial intelligence incorporated within it. A while back, I…

I was having a chat with a friend recently about what makes some companies truly great while others are commercially successful but don’t define a category. It’s a tough question to answer and unpack with a single root cause, but in an effort to identify one, and as a thought…

When founders receive funding, there is a huge amount of work to be done to get the business up and running, and it can be easy to forget to spend time setting up controls on how money is authorized within a company, at what levels, and on what devices. Sadly…

Properly onboarding new team members not only increases morale in new hires and increases team fit, but also yields better productivity in the team more quickly than an unstructured process. Careful planning and thought, as well as company size- and stage-tailored methods, are prerequisites, and adaptation and constant evolution in…

Over the past 6 months, I’ve witnessed several founder relationships and several inter-company relationships fall apart for one reason: delaying a possibly adversarial conversation that needed to happen. …

There are many great books and courses on leadership, self-development, managing small teams, but they all revolve around one key point of evolution: You. For any progress you expect your organisation or division to make, it begins with you. You have to be willing to change. You have to be…

Blog post written by Seedcamp Venture Partner, Andy Budd, with support from Carlos Espinal, and edited by several guest editors. Tech founders generally start a company because they have a vision for a new product; a product that will solve some meaningful problem at scale. They’ll set that vision, assemble…

With growth being such an important metric for a company post-fundraise, it is of no surprise that one of the very first questions that arises after raising money is how to spend it, both in terms of people but also in customer acquisition. As most small companies have the founding…

Working with External Recruiters and Firms One of the biggest challenges founders are facing more and more is hiring fast and hiring well. To achieve this it isn’t uncommon to both bring a talent function in house, but also, in tandem, to work with external recruitment firms. Working with these…