“As a start-up, what you want in a consultant is someone who has the experience to get under the skin of your specific context, and the relationships within their network to make a real difference to you. James has both in abundance, and he’s able to constantly draw the dots between things he becomes aware of and the potential opportunity for the businesses he’s worked with.
For us, the connection he made to a large potential client and would-be investor was huge. And the insightful way he reflected on our management styles helped us adapt our behaviour as individuals and a team so we could operate more effectively.
He’s remained a positive source of ideas through the Covid crisis and ScaleUp Focus will remain a key resource for us that we will draw on as we continue our own scale-up journey.″