Millennial Masters

Build less before you know more 🧪 Sophia Matveeva

You can build a tech company without becoming a developer, as long as you understand enough to work properly with the people building it. Sophia Matveeva, founder of Tec

AI can build it. But should you? 🤖 Konstantin Klyagin

Konstantin Klyagin has spent more than two decades building software for other companies, and lately he’s also been fixing more of what AI helps people build. Through hi

Success can break the business too ☕ Zain Peer

Getting more orders sounds like the answer until the business cannot keep up. Zain Peer found that out when London Nootropics appeared on Dragons’ Den, the UK version of

Every tiny decision is costing you 🔋 Barry Cryan

Tiny decisions rarely feel expensive in the moment. One more email, one quick question from the team, one interruption you deal with before getting back to the work you w

AI built the product. Investors still said no 💸 Vinnie Lauria

Building a startup has never been easier. Convincing someone to invest in it is a different problem. Vinnie Lauria has spent more than 15 years on the other side of that

Build like the buyer is already watching 👀 Luke Tobin

Luke Tobin built Digital Ethos from a startup into an international agency before selling the business in 2022. By the time the offer arrived, the real work had already

The video isn’t your real problem 🎬 Dustin Schultz

Spending more on a video won't make your business easier to understand. That's the mistake Dustin Schultz sees all the time. Companies decide they need a better video, t

The shortcut always costs more 🧼 Kate Assaraf

Kate Assaraf built Dip to seven figures while turning down some of the growth channels most founders chase. She does not sell on Amazon, and she has not relied on Meta or

Revenue can hide a broken business 📉 Nate Littlewood

Nate Littlewood has seen both sides of business growth. He started out in finance, then went on to bootstrap a seven-figure consumer brand, where the theory of growth met

Relevance means presence 🌱 Hugo Pereira

Hugo Pereira thinks a lot of people are struggling with a version of work that no longer feels stable. He has spent the last decade moving through startups, scale-ups, in

Why builders make bad entrepreneurs 🧱 Matt Watson

Matt Watson has spent years building software companies, including Full Scale, where he helps businesses hire and manage software development teams. He is also the author

Don’t hire helpers, hire owners 👑 Gavin Bell

Gavin Bell built and sold a paid media agency by the age of 30. From the start, he wanted the business to become sellable, which forced a different kind of thinking aroun

Investors don’t fund ideas 💸 James Church

James Church sees what most founders miss about raising money. He works closely with companies going through the process, and the pattern is consistent. Founders focus on

Hire your army, don’t rent mercenaries ⚔️ Yannik Schrade

Yannik Schrade thinks a lot of founders are too casual about what they outsource. He is the founder of Arcium, building privacy infrastructure at a time when AI is making

A good business can still trap you 🪤 Melissa Kwan

Melissa Kwan has spent years building, selling, and starting again. By the time she launched eWebinar, she had a much clearer idea of what she wanted this time and what s

Bad setup kills good AI ⚙️ Ben Tasker

Ben Tasker works close to the part most companies would rather skip. He leads AI upskilling and reskilling at scale, helping tens of thousands of employees learn how to u

Proving the sceptics wrong 🌙 Michelle Bell

Michelle Bell did not stumble into this idea by accident. Before founding Cosmic Universe, she worked in journalism and SEO, watching in real time what people searched fo

Why working harder stops working 🔁 Damon Flowers

Damon Flowers has spent more than 20 years building and scaling companies across eCommerce, SaaS, and coaching. He is a four-time CEO with two eight-figure exits, includi

Your business still needs your voice 📣 Jess Jensen

Jess Jensen has spent more than 20 years working across brands including Nestlé, Adidas, Microsoft, and Qualcomm, right as digital marketing and social media started resh

The ego trap behind your £10 tasks 🪤 Gary Das

Gary Das built a seven-figure mortgage business with a team of 15. It still depended on him far more than it should have. Deals, decisions, and day-to-day problems kept