Nick Mills from CircleCI – Developer Tools and Moats

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My guest today is Nicholas Mills. Nick is operator and early-stage investor, currently General Manager for EMEA at CircleCI, where he leads the new London HQ.

Before joining CircleCI, Nick was the Head of Revenue for UK & Ireland at Stripe, and the Head of Sales for EMEA at Facebook so he has an incredible amount of experience to share with us.

Nick is a wonderful guest and in this conversation, we cover absolutely everything:

Nick’s path to leading the CircleCI London HQ
His framework for when to leave a job, idea or project
His work at CircleCI and how they are taking the CI/CD industry by storm
Nick’s framework for hiring and managing a team and why one-on-one are so important
What makes the London tech ecosystem unique
How Nick picks the books he reads and why reading Fiction is important

... and so much more.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

32 episodi

#Tech #Entrepreneur #Business #Gonz Sanchez #European Tech #Technology #Seedtable #European Technology #Eu Tech #Tech Eu

Nick Mills from CircleCI – Developer Tools and Moats

Seedtable Podcast | European Tech, VC & Startups

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MP3•Pagina principale dell'episodio

My guest today is Nicholas Mills. Nick is operator and early-stage investor, currently General Manager for EMEA at CircleCI, where he leads the new London HQ.

Before joining CircleCI, Nick was the Head of Revenue for UK & Ireland at Stripe, and the Head of Sales for EMEA at Facebook so he has an incredible amount of experience to share with us.

Nick is a wonderful guest and in this conversation, we cover absolutely everything:

Nick’s path to leading the CircleCI London HQ
His framework for when to leave a job, idea or project
His work at CircleCI and how they are taking the CI/CD industry by storm
Nick’s framework for hiring and managing a team and why one-on-one are so important
What makes the London tech ecosystem unique
How Nick picks the books he reads and why reading Fiction is important

... and so much more.

I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!

32 episodi

#Tech #Entrepreneur #Business #Gonz Sanchez #European Tech #Technology #Seedtable #European Technology #Eu Tech #Tech Eu

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