Murray is an entrepreneur and venture capital investor in Silicon Valley. He is a Partner at IA Seed Ventures, where he invests in early-stage Silicon Valley companies, a Partner at Tilden Capital, and the founder of Open Future Forum, a Silicon Valley executive community he started in 2019 that runs private invitation-only dinners for C-suite leaders and open events for the AI and tech community, including a dedicated CFO Executive Forum. The Huffington Post named him one of its Top 10 People to Know. His earlier work includes a key strategic role at Turing.com, where he helped with a fundraising round ahead of the company’s $4 billion valuation. He also advised the Draper Nexus Network of Things Fund, and was previously a partner at OnePiece Labs, the web3 division of Uphonest Capital. As a contributing writer, Murray has shared his expertise in publications such as Forbes, The Guardian, Inc Magazine, Time, Business Insider, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Mashable. He graduated from London Metropolitan University with a BA in Laws. He gained his Green Card after the US government recognized him as an “alien of extraordinary ability.” Newlands is the author of “Online Marketing: A User’s Manual” published by John Wiley & Sons. He has also published “How to Get PR for your Startup: Traction” and “Content Marketing Strategies for Professionals”.
Meta description: CEO loneliness is becoming a serious leadership issue. Here is why private executive communities, CEO peer groups, and trusted rooms like Open Future Forum matter more in the AI era. CEO loneliness is not just a personal issue. It is becoming a leadership issue. A recent Yahoo Finance article, syndicated from Fortune, captured …
< How trusted executive rooms are becoming one of Silicon Valley’s most important sources of leadership insight and business storytelling. Open Future Forum was recently included in a Medium article by Sylvia Gorajek titled “Why Private Executive Communities Are Becoming the New Storytelling Engine of Silicon Valley.” The article makes an important point: some of …
Excerpt: CFOs are no longer asking abstract questions about AI. They are asking practical questions about return, risk, governance, forecasting, board communication, AI agents, and which projects deserve funding. These are the questions coming up inside the CFO Executive Forum at Open Future Forum. AI has moved from a technology conversation to a finance conversation. …
"British Digital Marketing Guru"
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"The Top 10 People to Know in Silicon Valley"
