Want to make your company sellable? Start here
Read time: 4.5 mins Welcome to this week’s edition of Growth Mindset. What keeps surfacing for me lately isn’t a single theme, but a pattern: people quiet…
What fine wine can teach us about pricing power
I’ve learned the hard way that the fastest way to lose focus is to chase shiny things – whether it’s a hyped app, a new SaaS tool or the ‘bold pivot’ that…
The surprising salary data every founder should see
Read time : 4.5 mins Welcome back to The Growth Mindset – where we unpack what’s shaping founders, markets and ideas right now. This week’s edition looks…
18 reasons the future is bright
This week’s stories share a sense of optimism – not the wishful kind, but the kind that comes from data, design and doing the work. From the return of sma…
How a $440k report became a cautionary tale
This week’s stories made me smile for the same reason they made me wince – they all show how easily good intentions trip over themselves. AI meant to save…
Innovation gone wrong: lessons from 80,000 launches
In business, it’s easy to get distracted by the latest shiny thing – new AI tools, fresh formats, the itch to launch one more product. But momentum withou…
AI’s winners and losers revealed
Markets may be lurching between extremes – from OpenAI’s half-trillion valuation pitch to mid-market founders betting on people and tech – but the through…
Why your B2B content isn’t working (and how to fix it)
From stress-induced “sanity days” to Reddit quickly becoming the oracle of AI answers, business life has rarely been so strange. This week’s round-up look…
The secrets to scaling your company
Scaling a business is only progress if it doesn’t come at the expense of discipline and resilience. That’s the focus of the second book in my Three Secret…
Discover the secrets to a seven-figure exit
Building a company brings plenty of milestones but turning it into an asset that others want to buy is another challenge entirely. That’s the focus of my…
Spreadsheets don’t raise capital, stories do
In business, drama usually means bad news. But the right kind of drama – a story with emotion, surprise and bite – is exactly what persuades customers, in…
Do family firms have a secret sauce for success?
As the summer winds down, the tempo shifts. September brings back structure – school runs, board meetings, investor updates – and with it a reminder that…