Mark Jankovich runs Delphis Eco, the UK’s leading eco-cleaning brand.

He also runs a regenerative farm in Wiltshire and sits on Treasury panels advising on SME policy.

Here’s what makes this conversation valuable for founder-CEOs: 

Mark’s just survived five years of absolute chaos (COVID, wars, inflation, cost-of-living crisis) and is looking at growth in 2026.

This episode is about what it actually takes to scale a purpose-driven business when everything’s on fire, and the hard lessons he learned about delegation, hiring, and getting your time back.

What you’ll hear:

  • His three-word hiring filter that cuts through all the noise
  • The Richard Branson principle: 60,000 employees or 37?
  • Why you’re going to lose good people on the journey – and how to think about it
  • How he embedded tech and automation from day one to avoid becoming the bottleneck
  • Why asking consumers to fix climate change is pointless (just remove the bad options, like IKEA did with lightbulbs)

One real standout moment was Mark’s view on scale. 

After managing 200 people in banking, he tried to build a business with 10 or fewer. Reality taught him something different – and it’s changed how he thinks about leverage since.

There’s also a conversation about his work with the Treasury that every founder who’s dealt with government procurement will relate to, and a project he’s building that connects excluded schoolkids, struggling farmers, and corporate restaurant clients into something both profitable and restorative.

Worth it for the hiring philosophy alone.