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E370 | James Ashford, 8-Figure Founder: The Person You’re Protecting Is Destroying Your Business

Updated 30 September 2026

James Ashford explains why weak founder beliefs, principles and standards make every visible business layer wobble.

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Why You Don’t Need More Customers

Published 25 June 2026

Stop chasing every prospect. Define your ideal customer and target more of the few accounts driving revenue.

E369 | PolyAI’s Nikola Mrkšić: The Companies Ignoring AI Are About to Be Wiped Out. Is Yours One of Them?

E369 | PolyAI’s Nikola Mrkšić: The Companies Ignoring AI Are About to Be Wiped Out. Is Yours One of Them?

Published 18 June 2026

Nikola Mrkšić explains where AI improves customer service, where rushed agents fail and why inaction leaves companies exposed.

Effective business consulting to eliminate bottlenecks and improve workflow efficiency.

You didn’t hire the wrong people. If every decision still lands on your desk. This is for you.

Updated 9 July 2026

Stop training good people to return every decision by changing the rules that make asking you safest.

E368 | 60% of Revenue Gone Overnight.                                  From £1.5m to £10 million.

E368 | 60% of Revenue Gone Overnight. From £1.5m to £10 million.

Published 4 June 2026

Matthew Duhig - CEO & co-founder of FX Digital.

Dominic Monkhouse CEO coach to 1% founders

The rules changed at 100 people. Nobody told you. This is how you fix it.

Published 28 May 2026

Beyond 100 people, build cross-team pathways so the business moves faster than your limited attention.

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EOS vs Scaling Up: which operating system should you choose?

Updated 22 August 2026

Compare EOS simplicity with Scaling Up's wider disciplines for people, strategy, execution and cash.

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Five reasons your senior team still can’t run the business without you

Published 14 May 2026

Find the five systems that reward senior people for waiting, returning unfinished work and routing decisions back to you.

Scott Walker - Kidnap Negotiator - Scale To Win with Dominic Monkhouse

E366 | 300 hostages. 100% back alive. Here’s what he learned.

Published 7 May 2026

Apply hostage negotiator Scott Walker's lessons on conflict, emotional control, careful listening and solving the right problem.

Dominic Monkhouse - CEO coach and mentor to 1% of Founders

The hire that stops every decision landing on you.

Published 30 April 2026

Hire a peer-level operator who can run the week, make calls and challenge you without flinching.

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Pricing strategy: how to raise prices and transform scale-up margin

Updated 9 July 2026

Build pricing rules that raise margin through regular, value-led increases instead of discounted customer acquisition.

Founder coaching conversation working through what changes when a scale-up passes 100 employees.

What happens when you scale past 100 employees?

Updated 9 July 2026

Past 100 employees, replace informal trust and founder instinct with stronger management layers, larger deals and deliberate business design.

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