£5M to £35M in 3 Years | Steve Sharp, NUVO | E372 | Steve started on his own business at 21. There’s 400 of them now
I was chatting to Steve Sharp , CEO and founder of Nuvo, on the pod this week. An accountancy firm in Derby, 400 people, built by buying up the practices whose partners wanted to retire. He left school at 16, qualified at 20, the youngest in the country that year, and set the firm up […]
How to coach managers into leaders. (Without doing their job for them)
Coaching is not redoing the work. It is telling people the standard, then letting them meet it. Here is how to coach managers into leaders without taking the job back.
E372 | Oliver Cummings: left Goldman Sachs for a 4-person startup. built a 60,000 expert network
Oliver Cummings left Goldman Sachs for a four-person startup and built a 60,000-expert board network. The test he uses on leaders is the one many hiring processes skip.
Prices up 50%. One customer left.
Raise prices before chasing growth: charging properly can improve margin without adding customers, people or delivery.
Plan on a page: how to turn strategy into one page your leadership team will actually use
Turn strategy into one memorable page with clear choices, numbers, owners and three to five quarterly priorities.
Why founders are miserable running their own companies
See why constant checking, laptop holidays and founder dependence make running your own company miserable.
The 4% Rule that doubled revenue
Reallocate attention towards your highest-paying customers instead of letting low-value accounts consume your team's time.
E371| Hamish Grierson The Hire We Made 10 Years Too Late
Thriva's decade-late hire reveals why brilliant products stall when nobody can explain why they matter.
The 4 jobs you know you should do and never do
Stop hiding in £200 tasks and make time for the four jobs only you can do.
Your Calendar Is Killing Your Strategy
Your strategy dies when your calendar leaves no time, money or ownership for execution.
