Work with me
Start with the evidence. Then fix what matters most.
Most businesses I meet don't need more of everything. They need to know which part is slowing them down: the marketing, the pricing, the numbers or the way the work gets done. So every engagement starts with the evidence, before anyone spends another pound.
Ways to work together
Who this is for: businesses that already have customers and a product that sells, whether owner-run or part of a larger group.
Start here
The Growth Score
Sixteen questions across the four areas where growth usually stalls. You get your score straight away and a full written report by email. It's free.
Take the Growth ScoreGrowth and marketing
Growth audit
A detailed review of where your customers come from, what they cost to win, what they're worth over time and where you lose people along the way.
- Channel by channel review of acquisition cost and return
- Customer lifetime value and repeat business
- Sales process and conversion
- A prioritised 90-day plan
Growth and marketing
Fractional CMO
Senior marketing leadership on a part-time basis. I work with your team and agencies, put the plan in place and report on it the way a board would want to see it.
- Marketing strategy and budget
- Agency selection and direction
- Reporting that shows cost and return
- Training and handover, so it keeps working after I've gone
Finance director
Fractional or interim finance director
A few days a month, or full time for a set period. I'll get your management accounts into a shape you can run the business from, keep an eye on cash and help with pricing, budgets and funding conversations. If you're preparing for investment, an acquisition or a sale, I'll help you get ready for the questions a buyer or investor will ask.
Talk about finance director supportExit
Getting ready to exit
Planning to sell in the next few years? I help owners raise profit, tidy the numbers and reduce how much the business depends on them, so it's worth more to a buyer. I also help owners buying a smaller business to check the numbers and plan the integration.
Getting ready to exitProcesses first, then AI
AI systems
AI tools and agents built around a specific job, from content and research to admin and reporting. I'll tell you honestly when a simpler fix would do.
- Mapping the process and cutting what isn't needed
- Finding the jobs worth automating
- Building and testing the system
- Training your team to run it
Board and NED
Board, NED and advisory roles
Independent challenge on growth plans, marketing spend, acquisitions and technology investment. I currently serve as trustee and Treasurer of The Stationers' Foundation.
Board and NEDHow it usually goes
Four steps
1
Growth Score
Three minutes online. You'll see which of the four areas is weakest.
2
A conversation
We talk through your score and what's going on in the business.
3
Audit and plan
I look at the real numbers and give you a prioritised plan.
4
Put it in place
Together, or with your team, depending on what suits you.
What clients say
In their words
'Quentin led us through his time-tested step-by-step framework for growing our business. It was eye-opening as he uncovered basic planning and implementation steps missing in our business plan.'
'I recommend Quentin for his solid strategy for executing growth in set stages, so you are doing the right thing at the right time. His understanding of the strategy behind the framework is in-depth and will save you so much time and money as you scale.'
'Quentin is really good and helped us to focus on a clear sales management system. His method organises our marketing plan and can be suited for any type of company. He knows his stuff and I recommend him.'
Not sure which of these you need?
Start with the Growth Score. It takes about three minutes and gives us something concrete to talk about.