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Liam Corcoran

Liam Corcoran is the founder of ClarityOS, an organisational capability advisory for CEOs, MDs and founders of £1M to £20M B2B businesses. He built and scaled commercial divisions at ByteDance and Dynata to eight-figure revenue, and founded and exited his own research business. He sits on the Finance and Audit Committee at IMPRESS.

Business Consulting for £1M to £10M Founders

Business Consulting for Founders Scaling from £1M to £10M

Most business consulting fails founders at this stage because it applies the wrong answers to the wrong problem. Here is what a stage-aligned approach actually looks like.

26 August 2026
Business Model Canvas: A Founder's Guide

The Business Model Canvas: A Founder's Guide to Using It Right

The Business Model Canvas is one of the most widely used tools in business. But for founders past £1M, it may be answering the wrong question. Here's what it does well, and where it stops.

14 August 2026
Business Ideas That Scale Past £1M

Business Ideas That Actually Scale Past £1M

The ideas market is saturated. What separates a business idea that works at £500K from one that still works at £5M is not the idea — it is the operating model underneath it.

12 August 2026
The Business Plan Scaling Founders Actually Need

The Business Plan Is the Wrong Document for Scaling Founders

Most founders write a business plan twice: once to start the company, once when the bank asks. Neither version is the document that governs how you scale from £1M to £10M. Here is what does.

10 August 2026
Small Business Ideas Worth Building in the UK

Small Business Ideas Worth Building and What Comes Next

Most 'small business ideas' content stops at the idea. This piece goes further — covering the B2B and technology models with real scaling potential, and what actually stalls growth once you have one.

8 August 2026
Decision Support for Founders at £1M–£10M

The Decision Bottleneck: Why Founders at £1M–£10M Need Structure, Not Software

Four documented failure modes are costing scaling founders velocity right now. This is not a software problem or a mindset problem — it is a structural one, and it has a different shape at every revenue stage.

6 August 2026
Decision Support Service for £1M–£10M Founders

What Is a Decision Support Service? Why Founders at £1M–£10M Need One

Most founders scaling from £1M to £10M aren't short of decisions. They're short of architecture. Here is what a decision support service actually is, and what it does.

5 August 2026
When to Hire a COO: A Stage-by-Stage Guide

When to Hire a COO (And When You're Asking the Wrong Question)

Most founders reach for a COO hire when the real problem is something else entirely. This analysis breaks down the decision by revenue stage, names the failure modes, and gives you a practical test to apply this week.

4 August 2026
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