What stands out when fundraising in a time of crisis is that the behaviour and mindset of the startup or scaleup founder is more important than ever and especially critical to sourcing...
How do you build teams when everyone works from home? How do you manage / control complex projects with distributed teams? Different people will face different challenges working from home, how do...
Don’t cut costs — be more radical if your market has suddenly stopped. 12 years ago, I was running a international scaleup as our market got wiped out by the credit crunch. Today, many high...
We have a problem. Too many exciting startups get stuck in the ‘growth gap’ and struggle to expand rapidly. From one nation’s cohort of 2019 ‘best in class’ startups, a year later, only one...
Myth no. 1 “You need a great idea before you start” No, you need two things a) to start b) a question Preferably a good question – one that makes people stop and think… Myth...
I’m an optimist – despite the horrible politics of the last few years – Trump to Brexit to Orban in Hungry and Putin in Russia – I’m hopeful that the next decade will be a great one! As the...
…how well can you answer this question: What pain / worry / fear / concern is your startup solving or removing? But why is this such a hard question to answer? For some reason - we humans seem...
If you want to change the world, you could do worse than follow the method of Bill Gates – Microsoft co-founder and now philanthropist who, working with his partner and wife, Melinda Gates, has...
Are you ready to scaleup your startup? Here I’m sharing 11 great coaching questions that our clients have used to transition from the startup to the scaleup phase and speed up and smooth out...
Like many of today’s startup founders, the 15th century architects of Florence began with a vision — an intuition of what was possible and then began the process of trial and error to find out...
How mission led startups are poised to change the world… “The thing that stands out is the thing that is different” Marc Andreessen Silicon Valley investors have changed track and are...
How about we end the struggle of founders creating and building startups? What if we adopt a mission to move from surviving to thriving? No matter what happens to the organisation! Interested? Read...
Here’s a photo of me about to write my Breakthrough Canvas at the start of 2019. Yes, I know, as a team we designed and built The Breakthrough Canvas… …then we tested it –...
…that keeps every entrepreneur awake at night! Whether it is wiser to struggle on in the hope of better fortune Or, to cut your losses and exit now before all capital and Reputation is...
What stops a startup turning into a scaleup and what can you do about it?Since my own fights with fellow business partners back in the noughties, I’ve wondered how I could have done...
What next? Yes, the ‘back to school’ season is upon us and whilst we remember those butterflies in the stomach, this is also a good time for many of us to seek to reconnect with our...
If you are running a startup or scaleup, check out the video above…We’ve worked with new and growing businesses to help them achieve lift-off and magnify growth but also at key points...
If you are running a startup near London, then this British Library event might be right for you if…you are considering a pivot you’re struggling to find customer traction you’re...
Do you really need or want funding? Perhaps the answer to that question is yes, in which case, why do you want that funding? Or perhaps asking the question about funding will help you better...
Come and join me and a select few others for our Bring a Challenge – Get a Breakthrough session in Chester. Designed for leaders of startup and growth social and business enterprises, this...
Last week saw the first Breakthrough Business event using our 2.0 version of the Business Model Canvas on a beautiful evening inside Manchester’s magnificent central library. As always, our...
Many people will tell you that becoming (or remaining) an entrepreneur is all about money – raising money that is, so that you can stay in business. And, if you can’t get the money, you...
The original Business Model Canvas concept gave us a huge step forward for developing business plans for startups and new divisions in existing businesses and organisations. Gone is the 20,000 word...
Are You Ready to Raise Your Leadership Level? Leadership is the difference maker and the deal breaker. It’s how we grow organisations. It’s how we impact lives. But, as you also know...
John C Maxwell has been ranked at the number 1 leadership worldwide expert, author and teacher for the past few years now and we are delighted to say that we have partnered with John’s Team to...
You are a startup or early stage innovation team. Great! You've identified key missing attributes in your team and you've found the right people to join. Even better. Now, what do you offer...
Media Modo is close to agreeing the delivery of a business accelerator for digital and knowledge based startup businesses in the North West of England. Final location is currently under discussion...
We've recently launched the hugely successful Enterprise Freelance Fairs – sponsored by Brookson accountancy services. Manchester, UK on 9th November 2010, and Daresbury/ Cheshire on 19th...
An innovative business fair is being launched by Chester based Entrepreneur Neil Lewis. Neil has had an eventful business career to date. He successfully grew his first business to a point where it...