Once the business is off the ground with a proven business model, going through the next stage of scaling up can be challenging.
We can provide moral support and a regular mentoring service – listening, reflecting and challenging, contextualised with anecdotes from our many years of successful business incubation, to help the founder fulfil their own potential.
This will often blend with coaching in why, how and when to build a board.

Monthly fee based on minimum hours advice pcm, up to 1 day per week.

Regular days include reasonable ad-hoc support for those time-critical issues.

The classic NED role, providing objective challenge to executives and the board, to strike the balance of performance and conformance.
A broad business experience base, together with a strong understanding of good governance and business ethics will help deliver a high performing board.

The role of chair of the board can also be taken on, bringing a mixed skillset of coaching, mentoring, facilitating and translating, and values-driven leadership to help the organisation achieve greatest success.

Annual fee, based on 1 to 2 days pcm
Extra days paid as consultancy

Founders or founding teams are often completely embedded in the business, with its success dependent on them, which can make leaving the business very difficult and put a cap on its value.

With significant experience of co-founding a business, scaling up, downsizing and then exiting, plus having worked with hundreds of tech entrepreneurs, we have a structured exit support programme. We can help the founder to exit the business positively – financially, emotionally, ethically and carefully – balancing the company needs with those of the employees, shareholders and other stakeholders.

Schedule of between four and eight 2-3 hour sessions, either as a 1:1 or group

Providing challenge, review and critique of strategies, plans and behaviours, where there is a team in place to document or implement it. We can offer creative thinking around ecosystems, programmes and business models, and stakeholder engagement strategies.

Using our deep and broad understanding in these areas, we can help you develop a rationale, concepts, values and principles that will help the team take their plan to final report.

Monthly fee based on minimum hours advice pcm, up to 1 day per week.
Regular days include reasonable ad-hoc support for those time-critical issues.

For organisations of any size, at any stage, we can deliver training on a range of topics, to help the business grow and flourish. These can be a good alternative to our retainer support, providing takeaway direction and guidance.

An example of a workshop is ‘Building an Effective Board’. Helping founding entrepreneurs to understand their roles and how an effective board can help them achieve their potential.

Charged per hour, including preparation time.