Insights

Same title, completely different jobs. Here’s what London scaleups are really paying—plus what to expect in equity, scope, and team size.

Key takeaways from a roundtable we co-hosted with Next47, featuring insights from 12 VCs and CTOs in AI.

Struggling to land a job in 2025? Discover 10 expert tips to stand out in the job market, from LinkedIn hacks to networking strategies that actually work.

After speaking to CEOs and investors, there seem to be common themes needed for the UK AI Action Plan to become a reality and spark a hiring boom.

From AI to office culture, here are the top 5 trends I see shaping this space in the year ahead 💥

If you're a founder or CEO who understands the importance of attracting and retaining great talent, tune in to the latest episode (19) of People & Pioneers - The Podcast, featuring ⁠⁠Ellis Seder⁠⁠, Founder of Santa Monica Talent⁠⁠.

Which roles are leading in high salaries this year?💥

Over the years, I’ve spoken with many founders who want to step back but feel unsure about how to transition smoothly, so I thought it might be helpful to share some of Evgeny’s key insights from his experience.

We sat down with Gareth Thomas, CTO at PeakData and Geraldine Butler-Wright, a veteran Chief People and Culture Officer at scaleups, to dig into the key things you need to know when hiring a VP Engineering/CTO/CIO.

AI is the hot topic right now, and is only growing in popularity and potential. Promising to disrupt our relationship with work, how do companies prepare to integrate AI? What skills do they need in their workforce to make this a success? And is AI going to take all of our jobs anyway?

What are the key salary updates for 2024? What should you be paying your key talent? We've crunched the numbers for you.

Why is it that those who are slightly more mature in life and work are being overlooked, despite being highly experienced, talented and a growing proportion of the total workforce?  Let’s examine the situation, and why they should still be considered valuable assets to any company.

Discussion heats up about sales staff going back to the office 5 days a week. But is this working? And will it spread beyond sales?

With AI rapidly becoming an important part of a business’ growth strategy, we examine how installing a Head of AI helps maximize its potential, and what qualities and experiences make a good fit for the role.

A growing trend set to continue in 2024 is relocation to regions like the Middle East, as well as the US, Australia and parts of Europe. We’re also noticing a number of our UK clients opening new Dubai offices. Find out what’s driving this movement

A new book "Going Infinite" is out on Sam Bankman Fried (SBF) by Michael Lewis (author of The Big Short, Moneyball). It exposes how the lack of corporate structure led to one of the biggest startup meltdowns in history, and is a classic example of the market accepting the eccentric genius narrative.

Are you curious about what the forecast hiring/retention trends are for the year? We’ve been attending some really interesting talks and events in Jan, here are our thoughts and highlights.

Ellis appeared on the PreSeed Now podcast "How to hire (and keep) great talent" (specifically for early stage startups) to chat about hiring and retaining the talent you need to ensure growth.

We dig into one of the big questions every Founder asks themselves - “Am I underpaid?” Check out our benchmarked data and critical analysis to find your answer.

Part 2 of our Insights article series with Geraldine Butler-Wright, where we look at the issue of retention, and how to keep your all-star team intact as your grow.

The latest 2023 insights on sales (software) salaries for VC backed scale-ups in London at Late Seed, Series A and B stage. Includes benchmarked average salaries, AND live 2023 examples of recent hires.

Here are the latest insights on Marketing salaries for Late Seed, Series A and B in 2023 - benchmarked average salaries, AND live 2023 examples of recent hires.

In this 2-part series with Chief People Officer Geraldine Butler-Wright, we discuss topics within people, talent and HR that are affecting scale-ups in the tech sector right now:

• Part 1 - Hiring in a challenging market - is interim the answer?

• Part 2 - HR trends scale-ups need to know about.