You built something real. Now you need someone who will be honest with you, challenge your assumptions and help you make the next twelve months count. That is what we do at Smart Biz Mentoring.
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Most coaching programmes bury you in frameworks. Ours strips things back so you spend time on the decisions that actually move revenue.
We listen. You describe where the business is today, what keeps you awake and what you have already tried. No sales pitch, no pressure. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and point you somewhere better.
Over a focused two-hour session we map your revenue streams, cost structure, team dynamics and pipeline. You leave with a written report that names the three constraints holding you back, ranked by impact.
Every two weeks we meet for 75 minutes. Each session has one agenda item chosen by you and one chosen by us. We track commitments in a shared doc so nothing slips through the cracks.
Every 90 days we compare progress against the targets set in your diagnostic. If a goal no longer makes sense, we change it. Stubbornness is not a strategy.
We offer three core programmes. Each one can run on its own or combine with the others.
Fortnightly 75-minute sessions over video or in person at our Scotland office. We work on pricing, hiring, delegation, sales conversations, product focus and anything else that is blocking your next stage of growth. Minimum commitment is three months because real change takes repetition.
A one-off engagement for founders who want a clear picture before committing to ongoing coaching. We review your financials, customer acquisition costs, churn data and team capacity over two sessions. You receive a written action plan within five working days. Most clients recoup the fee within their first quarter by cutting one underperforming channel.
Some founders do not need more strategy. They need someone to hold them to what they already know they should do. This lighter-touch programme gives you a weekly 20-minute check-in call plus async messaging support. We track five key metrics you choose and flag drift before it becomes a problem.
A full-day workshop for founding teams of two to five people. We facilitate structured conversations about roles, equity expectations, decision rights and conflict resolution. These sessions are especially useful before a funding round or a major pivot when alignment matters most.
Real outcomes from real founders. Names used with permission.
When Fiona came to us she was closing deals but haemorrhaging cash on a support team that had doubled in a year. After the growth audit we restructured her onboarding flow, which cut support tickets by 38% in ten weeks. Her monthly burn dropped by £4,200 without losing a single customer.
Ravi and his co-founder disagreed on whether to expand into wholesale. Our leadership intensive surfaced the actual concern: control over brand positioning. Once that was named, they designed a wholesale pilot with clear guardrails. Six months later wholesale accounted for 22% of revenue with no brand dilution.
Claire was earning well but working 60-hour weeks with no capacity to take on bigger contracts. Through fortnightly coaching we helped her productise two of her services, hire a part-time associate and raise her day rate by 40%. She now works four days a week and earns more than before.
Marcus wanted to open a fourth location but could not get a clear read on whether his existing sites were truly profitable. The growth audit revealed that one studio was subsidising the other two. We helped him renegotiate a lease, restructure class scheduling and within five months all three were individually profitable. The fourth studio opened the following year.
Courses teach theory to hundreds of people at once. We work with your numbers, your team and your market. Every session is built around decisions you need to make this week or this month. There is no curriculum to get through; the agenda is driven by whatever is most urgent for your business right now.
Most of our clients are founders or small leadership teams running businesses with annual revenue between £150k and £5m. If you are pre-revenue and still validating an idea, we are probably not the right fit yet. If you are above £5m and need a full advisory board, we can recommend partners who specialise at that scale.
Both. Our office is in Scotland and we welcome local clients for face-to-face sessions. For everyone else, we use video calls. The quality of conversation is the same either way. Leadership intensives, however, work best in person because body language matters when co-founders are navigating difficult topics.
The growth audit starts at £750. Ongoing 1-to-1 coaching is priced per quarter and depends on session frequency; most clients pay between £1,800 and £3,200 per quarter. The accountability partner programme is £480 per quarter. We share exact pricing on the clarity call once we understand what you need.
Yes, with 14 days written notice. We pro-rate the remaining sessions and refund the difference. We would rather part on good terms than hold someone to a contract that is not working for them.
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