Scale Your Startup with Strong Leadership
I’ve mentored over 100 startup founders and operators in the past decade. I’ve also got my hands dirty working with more than 50 startups, invested in 5, and started 2.
Time and again, I see the same problems stop startups becoming scaleups:
- 1. Lack of funds – whether you raise from investors or bootstrap, revenue generation and cost control are crucial because running out of cash is the biggest startup killer.
- 2. Product-market fit – by not continuously validating assumptions, you risk building the wrong features or not delivering consistent enough customer experience to grow.
- 3. Team performance – due to unfit people strategy, inexperienced leadership or imposter syndrome, with symptoms like self-doubt, decision paralysis and burnout.
These problems are often related: an underperforming team fails to find and maintain product-market fit, so the business runs out of money before it achieves its potential.
Sound familiar?
Whether you want to achieve financial success, have a positive impact on the world, or leave a legacy, you won’t realise your startup vision with ideas and money alone.
In order to scale a startup, you need more than just a product, a team and cash – you need a solid foundation of robust processes and a healthy high-performance culture.
Once you have that foundation in place, you’ll find your growth journey becomes easier, and achieving your business and career goals feels more within your control.
The additional benefit is you’ll make more time and headspace to eat and sleep well, keep fit, and build stronger professional and personal relationships. By becoming physically and mentally healthier, you’ll feel happier and perform better as a leader.
I’ll ask the tough questions you need to answer, and give you the invaluable honest feedback others are too afraid to share, so you can get the results you deserve.
If you’re curious to learn more, feel free to book a call.
Startups I’ve Worked with
Founders Who Trust Me
Paul has become an integral part of the development of my business. His pragmatic problem-solving approach, combined with his experience in military and technology leadership, and his empathetic coaching style, make him an invaluable resource.
Paul is a wizard at what he does… he has a great way of asking questions that really make me think and get to the answer a lot faster than I ever could on my own.
Paul is one of our best rated leadership coaches at Uhubs and we have partnered over several years to deliver leadership programs for clients across the globe… [including] a publicly listed US tech business.
Startup to Scaleup in 3 Months
I offer a tailored 1:1 mentoring programme, identifying problems and implementing solutions to get your people and operations from startup to scaleup-ready.
My guidance and the actions you’ll take depend on your unique goals, covering core themes like strategic decision-making, process optimisation and team dynamics.
By developing self-awareness, you’ll learn to leverage strengths, bridge skills gaps, and overcome mental blockers. What you feel least comfortable doing is typically where you’ll unlock the most leadership potential. I’ll give you the invaluable honest feedback others are afraid to share, so you can get the results you deserve.
You'll get leadership lessons from my military service, tools and processes from my startup and scaleup experience, and management strategies tailored to your business.
With packages including on demand support in between sessions, you’ll see faster results. I also work as a talent partner, by leveraging my network of >5000 operators.
My mission is to make myself redundant, so you can sustain momentum after I’m gone.
Scale Up without Burning Out
With actionable mentoring, I help founders get the best out of people and operations:
- Healthtech B2C – launched Covid testing product, generating £Ms of revenue. ✅
- Cleantech B2B – hired & trained senior operators to maximise production efficiency. ✅
- Last mile B2C – incentivised courier community to optimise operational profitability. ✅
- Proptech B2C – restructured field team management to boost sales conversion. ✅
- Fintech B2B – redesigned onboarding process to increase retention. ✅
He has been instrumental in some of the decisions we have made… which have been a huge success! If you are looking for coaching or mentoring, Paul is the very best you could hope for!
Paul was a brilliant mentor. His operational experience, especially one rooted from business which has undergone extreme growth, was incredibly valuable. He’s also a top bloke!
Paul excels at breaking down complex operational projects and was an incredible support… I would highly recommend Paul to anyone looking for support in building or scaling their operations.
My Services
Startup Mentor
Founders and operators at over 100 startups and scaleups trust me as a mentor.
Why Startup Founders & Operators Trust Me
I’m not your typical tech bro. I was born in Salford, went to school in Manchester, studied in France and Russia, led soldiers in Afghanistan, then moved to London as the 2nd ops hire and employee 15 at Deliveroo. Having scaled the business 500x in 5 years, I went freelance, moved to Antigua for 4 years, and am now a digital nomad supporting businesses and individuals globally.
I’m passionate about helping founders take a people-centric approach to realising their vision.
Paul has added an unbelievable amount of value. He has a huge amount of industry and operational knowledge. A catalogue of first hand experiences has made Paul a ‘go-to’ on numerous occasions.
His personal drive to make the venture work seeps through into every meeting… This is only the beginning but, due to Paul’s personal input, we have made incredible connections and are set to scale.
He’s been very helpful to start this new adventure… I gain self-confidence to take the risk and get started. I recommend anyone that wants to make a career change to get some guidance from Paul.
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