Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future
An exciting partnership
Octopus and Jimmy
Octopus has been partnering with Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future since its inception during the depths of the global pandemic.
With three seasons under its belt and an exciting fourth season now underway, we continue to support Jimmy McLoughlin, a former Downing Street business adviser, as he interviews top entrepreneurs.
The origin of the podcast
Having met many of our nation’s best entrepreneurs during his time advising the Prime Minister, Jimmy was keen to democratise the ideas they spoke about. He started his podcast – while being a stay-at-home Dad – to help people with their careers and entrepreneurial ideas.
We share a common passion with Jimmy: celebrating and investing in the ideas, industries and people that will change the world.
What you'll get from listening
In every episode, Jimmy sits down with entrepreneurs to ask them where they think jobs of the future are coming from and the skills they will need to build their businesses over the next five years. You’ll find a number of familiar faces have already appeared to share their ideas and insights, with more to come.
Our episodes
Tessa Clarke – OLIO
Tessa is the CEO & co-founder of food sharing-app, OLIO – a company Octopus Ventures is proudly investing in.
Tessa speaks to Jimmy about her business, which was initially created to reduce food waste by allowing unwanted food to be shared with neighbours near you, and how it has grown into something far greater.
Pooja Singh – Octopus Ventures
Pooja is a founder, practicing GP and former partner at Octopus Ventures.
During her interview with Jimmy, Pooja discusses her role building a healthcare technology investment platform and Octopus’s report on the emerging FemTech – technology designed to improve women’s health – market.
Simon Rogerson – Octopus Group (Part II)
Simon is the co-founder and CEO of Octopus Group.
During this second part of Simon’s interview, he speaks about Octopus’s impressive growth and maintaining an entrepreneurial culture as a business grows from 0 employees to over 750, particularly through a global pandemic.
Simon Rogerson – Octopus Group (Part I)
Simon is the co-founder and CEO of Octopus Group.
In the first part of his two-stage interview with Jimmy, Simon discusses the role of business in society, the shifts we’ve seen from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century and Octopus’s journey to becoming a B Corp.
Chris Hulatt – Octopus Group
Chris is the co-founder of Octopus Group.
In his episode, Chris explains how he and Simon started Octopus from his bedroom in 2000 with a couple of copies of the Yellow Pages, and what he’s learnt along the way.
Ruth Handcock – Octopus Investments
Investing can often seem an opaque world but in this episode, Ruth talks us through what Octopus Investments does and dismantles the long-held beliefs about what you need to start investing.
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