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Written by people who have done it
Growth, innovation, governance and exit, argued by five founders who have built, scaled and sold their own companies. You do not know what you do not know until something teaches you. These are the things that taught us.
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No. 07EvolveThought leadership
The Moment the Company Outgrows the Founder
Why the founder traits that start a business are the ones that limit it, how to spot the ceiling, and what the change from founder to leader actually requires in practice.
Vikas Shah MBE15 September 20268 min
No. 06ExitThought leadership
What Is Exit Readiness? A Plain-English Definition and a Forty-Point Checklist
A clear definition of exit readiness, the four domains it covers, and a forty-point checklist a founder can run against their own business this week.
Giles Harridge11 September 20266 min
No. 05ExplorePractical guide
Ten Signs Your Growth Stalled Long Before the Numbers Showed It
Revenue is a lagging indicator. Ten early warning signs that growth has stalled, the mechanism behind each one, and the check that confirms it.
Nick Richardson9 September 20267 min
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- No. 04
EvolveThought leadership
The Founder Bottleneck: Getting Out of the Critical Path Without Losing Control
Delegation fails in most growing businesses for one reason. Founders hand over the task and keep the judgement, then wonder why nothing comes back the way they wanted.
- Author
- Naomi Timperley
- Published
- 7 September 2026
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- 6 min
- No. 03
ExitThought leadership
Valuation Is a Story With Numbers Attached
Somebody at a conference told you businesses like yours go for six times. They were describing an output as though it were an input, and the difference is worth several million pounds.
- Author
- Giles Harridge
- Published
- 4 September 2026
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- 5 min
- No. 02
EvolveThought leadership
What Scaling Breaks First
Growth does not stress a business evenly. It loads the parts that were never designed to carry load, and they fail in a predictable order. Knowing the order is most of the advantage.
- Author
- Nick Richardson
- Published
- 3 September 2026
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- 6 min
- No. 01
ExplorePractical guide
How to Audit Your Own Business the Way a Buyer Would
A buyer's eye is the most useful diagnostic available to a founder, and it costs nothing. You just have to be willing to ask their questions of yourself, in their order, and answer honestly.
- Author
- Giles Harridge
- Published
- 1 September 2026
- Read
- 6 min
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