Building businesses to successful exit
Backing business owners with a strategic plan to multiply their asset value and unlock the wealth, freedom and impact from their business
What matters to you now?
You probably started your business to create more wealth, freedom and impact for yourself - and those who matter to you. Isn’t it easy to lose sight of that?
Many business owners - perhaps you? - find themselves running a successful, profitable business - yet are unsure how to scale or sell.
So, the question we always begin with is: What do you really want?
Together, we answer this. Then we build a practical, robust, yet flexible strategic plan and implementation structure that works.
How I create value
When you’ve built a business from the ground up, it’s impossible to see it from an outside perspective. You know your business better than anyone else. But do you know how to maximise its value?
Your business is likely your most valuable asset, representing years of hard work. The harsh reality is less than 1 in 1000 private businesses in the UK have scaled to exit in the UK in the past decade. How will you beat the odds?
As a Private Investor, I can help. My approach is flexible, and tailored to your needs. Along with my experience and expertise, we leverage my team and network of other investors, operators and trusted suppliers.
Together we can build the value of your business, and enable you to unlock the wealth, freedom and impact you deserve from it.
About me
I am passionate about building better businesses. Because I know first-hand how this can transform our lives, and the lives of those who matter around us.
I founded my first ‘proper’ business, a product innovation agency, in my mid-twenties. I had no capital, no clients and, honestly, no clue. We grew slowly at first, then suddenly through partnerships with larger marketing agencies (Ogilvy / WPP) and technology consultancies (CapGemini / PwC) looking to expand service lines.
A partnership became an acquisition. And I found myself on the management team of a digital transformation specialist. We grew that business from £5M to £20M through organic growth and M&A over 18 months.
I moved on to support a number of privately-owned companies as an Operating Partner - including a business services company we grew via 120+ acquisitions and sold into private equity, a software business we grew organically and sold for a 9-figure sum to a US tech giant, and a number of digital and design agencies sold via trade sale.
Next, I got a call to build the Middle East / GCC business with an Estonian-based software development company. We scaled a new business unit from £0 to 25M within 12 months, sustaining and expanding over the next 2 years. And I directed on the wider company growth, which left revenues and profits doubled at around £200M and £40M respectively.
It was during this time I began receiving more and more enquiries from business owners who wanted help building to a successful exit. And that’s now how I spend my time today building partnerships privately and with my firm, Open Equity.
Contact me today to continue the conversation
If you would like to have a friendly, confidential discussion on how to grow your business to successful exit, please email me directly to arrange an introductory chat.