Why Me

I've Played Every Level of the Game You're Trying to Beat.

Most coaches read about scaling. I've done it. Four times across different scale points. I've scaled four revenue milestones: £0 to £5M (bootstrap), £5M to £60M (operating systems), £60M+ (international expansion), and hypergrowth at a unicorn. Every framework I teach, I built from my own scars.

The Journey

20+ Years of Building, Scaling, and Exiting

Chapter 1 — The Founder's Fire

Q Research

Founder & Managing Director

Started with nothing. No funding. No safety net. Built a research technology company from a spare bedroom to £5M ARR in under 4 years. Bootstrapped every pound. Learned every lesson the hard way — pricing, hiring, cash flow, and the loneliness of being the only person in the room who knows how close you are to running out of money.

Achieved acquisition exit.

£0→£5MARR
<4 yrsTo Scale
BootstrappedNo VC
ExitAcquisition
Chapter 2 — Building a Revenue Machine

Dynata

Global VP of Sales

Took a SaaS division from zero revenue to $60M ARR in 5 years. Built an 80-person team across the US, Europe, and Asia. Created the pricing architecture, go-to-market strategy, and operating rhythm from scratch. Scaled operations by 62% while maintaining high capital efficiency — proving that scale and profitability are not mutually exclusive.

This is where the ClarityOS™ framework was born.

$0→$60MARR
62%Efficiency
80Team Size
5 yrsTo Scale
Chapter 3 — Hypergrowth at Scale

ByteDance / BytePlus

Chief Revenue Officer, EMEA

Led EMEA revenue for BytePlus (the enterprise arm of the company behind TikTok), scaling from $0→$21M. Launched 8 products across 4 verticals. Built the entire go-to-market infrastructure for Europe, Middle East, and Africa from nothing. Operated at the velocity of Chinese tech culture whilst building for Western enterprise buyers.

$0→$21MRevenue Scaled
8Products
4Verticals
600%YoY Growth
Now — Giving It Back

ClarityOS™

Operator-Coach, NED, CPO

Everything I learned across 20+ years — the frameworks, the models, the mistakes, the wins — distilled into a coaching operating system for founders. I work with a maximum of 8 CEOs at any time because depth beats breadth. I serve as an NED on a venture-backed SaaS board. I write weekly for 4,000+ founders.

8 maxClients
$100M+Revenue Built
4,000+Newsletter
NEDActive Board
The Difference

I'm Not Like Other Coaches. Here's Why.

Operator, Not Advisor

I've run P&Ls, built teams, managed boards, and made payroll. I don't observe from the sidelines — I know what it feels like when the numbers don't work.

Typical CoachGives frameworks from textbooks. Has never managed a P&L.
ClarityOSBuilds frameworks from experience. Has managed $60M+ P&Ls.

Product + Revenue Lens

As both a CPO and revenue leader, I see both sides of the business: the product that creates value and the commercial engine that captures it.

Typical CoachFocuses on mindset or strategy. Ignores the commercial engine.
ClarityOSConnects product-market fit to pricing, CAC, LTV, and margin.

Tech-Only Focus

I don't work with restaurants, retail, or services. SaaS, AI, Web3, blockchain, and data — exclusively. I speak your language because I've lived in your world.

Typical CoachWorks with "any industry." Diluted expertise.
ClarityOSTech-only. Deep domain expertise in recurring revenue models.

Frameworks + Accountability

Every session uses structured tools. You leave with actions and dashboards, not just motivation. I hold you accountable to the plan we build together.

Typical Coach"How does that make you feel?" Journals and reflection.
ClarityOSKPI dashboards, financial models, pricing matrices, root cause analysis.
The Scars

I've Made the Mistakes You're About to Make

I don't pretend I got everything right. These are the lessons that cost me real money, real sleep, and real relationships. They're now baked into every framework I teach.

Hired Too Late, Fired Too Late

Kept loyal early employees in roles they'd outgrown. Cost 18 months of stagnation and £400k+ in opportunity cost.

→ Now I teach the K.I.S.E. assessment to prevent this trap

Burned Out Twice

Worked 80-hour weeks scaling Dynata. Travelling constantly. Health deteriorated. Relationships suffered. The hustle ceiling is real and it nearly broke me.

→ Now wellbeing is Layer 1 of the ClarityOS™ framework

Underpriced for 3 Years

At Q Research, I set pricing based on competitors and left millions on the table. Didn't understand value-based pricing until it was nearly too late.

→ Now pricing optimisation is the first thing I audit with every client

No Financial Visibility Until Year 3

Ran a £3M business without a proper financial model. Gut feel worked until it didn't. Nearly missed payroll twice.

→ Now the CEO Dashboard is installed in Week 1 of every engagement
My Beliefs

What I Believe About Coaching Founders

01

Systems Beat Hustle

Working harder won't scale your business. Building systems that match your stage will. This applies whether you're at £2M or £20M. The CEO's job is to design the machine, not be the machine.

02

Data Beats Gut Feel

Gut instinct is valuable. Gut instinct backed by data is unstoppable. Every decision should be informed by metrics, not just intuition.

03

The Founder Is the Asset

If you burn out, the company dies. Wellbeing isn't a nice-to-have — it's the foundation everything else is built on. I protect the founder.

04

Accountability Creates Freedom

Structure doesn't constrain creativity — it enables it. When you know the numbers, the team, and the plan, you're free to focus on what matters.

05

Depth Beats Breadth

I work with 8 clients maximum. Not 80. Not 800. Each founder gets deep, focused partnership. Quality over scale, always.

06

Execution Over Planning

A decent plan executed brilliantly beats a perfect plan that never leaves the slide deck. We bias toward action, always.

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