We work with founders of growth-stage businesses (£2M–£50M revenue) on the hard decisions: where to focus, what to kill, and how to ship the next chapter — without losing the team that got you here.
Three principles that shape every engagement — whether it's a one-week intensive or a six-month advisory retainer.
A 60-page deck is a sign nobody made the hard decisions. We deliver one page and the four moves that matter — the rest is noise.
We sit in your weekly leadership meetings. We argue with you. We pressure-test decisions in real time, not in quarterly memos.
Engagements are scoped by outcome (a strategy, a re-org, a market entry) — not by billable hours. You know the price up front. No surprises.
Three recent engagements. Names anonymized at client request — full details available on a discovery call.
Eight features, three personas, and no clear winner. We ran a 4-week sprint to pick the wedge, kill two product lines, and re-write the entire go-to-market.
Founder was running on instinct. We modeled per-location P&L, identified the loss-makers, and built the case for a painful consolidation.
Flat structure was working at £5M and breaking at £9M. We designed a three-pod model, picked the leads, and ran the rollout in 90 days.
Most engagements follow this rhythm. We adapt the duration and depth to what you actually need — never to fill the calendar.
You tell us the problem in your own words. We tell you honestly whether we're the right shop. About a third of these calls end with us pointing you somewhere else.
We interview your leadership, top customers, and ex-employees. We read your data. We compress what you already know — and surface what you've been avoiding.
We deliver a single-page strategy with the moves that matter. We don't leave you with a 60-page deck. We leave you with decisions you'll actually make.
Most clients keep us on for two quarters after the strategy is shipped. Weekly leadership reviews, pressure-testing, course-corrections. The expensive bit is usually the doing.
Before North Compass, I spent twelve years building, scaling, and selling growth-stage companies. I've sat in the seat you're in — the one where everything is on fire and you can't tell which fire is the one to put out first.
I started North Compass because too many advisors had never operated. Too many strategy decks had never survived contact with a real customer. There had to be a better way to help founders without spending their next six months in PowerPoint.
I work with four clients at a time. No associates, no juniors, no leverage model. If we agree to work together, it's me in the room. Always.
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