
Three Remarkable Women and One Honest Reckoning
Fifteen women answered. I spoke with every one of them. Three rose to the top, and they are extraordinary. One is a director at a

Is Your Business Growing, or Just Getting Bigger?
There’s is a BIG difference between the two. Most founders do not realise it until the cost of confusing the two has already arrived. Growing

Two Books. One Mission. Why Every Founder Needs Both.
Are you reading the right book for the right problem? Most founders read business books looking for the answer to a specific problem. A cash

What Happened When I Went Public
Two weeks ago, I sent you a newsletter that I’d been putting off writing for months. I told you I was stepping back as CEO

Is Your Business Growing Too Fast?
Running on Instinct and a Bank Balance There is a moment nearly every founder I work with can describe precisely. Revenue is growing. The team

Are you the next CEO of Add then Multiply?
Do you know someone who might be? I know exactly what the next CEO of Add then Multiply looks like. The question is, does she?

Are You Funding-Ready?
Most Founders Think They Are. Most Funders Disagree. Between £1M and £10M, most founder-led businesses reach a point where capital becomes the lever that determines

Scaling beyond £10M? Read this first.
Between £1M and £10M, most businesses hit the same wall. Not a sales wall. A financial infrastructure wall. Revenue keeps climbing. Cash gets tighter. Reporting

Are you building a business worth buying?
Is your business building towards an exit, or just building? Most founders spend years scaling their business without ever asking the most important question of

Three Routes to Fund Your Next Stage of Growth
Grants, debt, equity. Which one funds your next move? Growth plans do not usually stall because founders lose ambition. They stall because founders run out

Why do Most Founders get Turned Down by Investors?
I have sat in hundreds of investor meetings across 40 years. The businesses that get turned down are rarely the bad ones. They are turned

Why Acquisitions Beat a Decade of Organic Growth
Acquisitions Aren’t Just for Big Business Most founders think acquisitions are for big corporates with deep pockets and fancy advisors. They’re not. And the longer