I have worked with Graham since 2016 in what started as a technology advisor role. Our team quickly learned that he brought invaluable business acumen. Whether it has been technical mentorship, establishing processes, hiring freelancers, adopting AI or exploring the intersection of business and technology, Graham's input has been a critical part of unlocking our growth. Joining his Growth Cohort would be time and money well spent.
-- Tim Waxenfelter, Endurance Learning
Who Is This Cohort Perfect For?
The cohort delivers huge value to start-ups, estbalished small businesses and medium sized businesses doing £50M turnover. But it was designed for these businesses in particular:
- Motivated to achieve rapid value creation
- Historic underinvestment in technology
- Trading for 10+ years
- £5-50M Revenue
- Profitable
The cohort delivers maximum value for businesses who:
- Don't know where to start with tech adoption/digital transformation
- Don't know how much to spend on technology and innovation
- Don't have capacity in the team to work on new initiatives
- Don't know what is possible with modern technologies
- Don't have funds to invest even though they want to
- Don't know who to use to deliver a positive outcome
- Don't know how to implement modern technologies
Interact
Our SME Growth Cohorts exist for SMEs who know they should be making better use of technology, but for some reason they do not.
When surveyed by Deloitte, almost 75% of UK SMEs said that digital transformation is:
"the single most important investment now and into the future that organisations can make to drive enterprise value".
Yet, the same report found that:
"almost a third of UK organisations reported that to a large extent they lack a transformation strategy".
Our own experience is that SMEs delay their digital aspirations because:
- They lack technical leadership
- They don't know where to begin
- They don't know who to trust to deliver
- They don't know how to manage change
If that is you, our SME Growth Cohort enables you to unlock growth through technology adoption and digital transformation by giving you the opportunity to frequently interact with tech leaders who know their stuff. Tech leaders who have spent years honing their technical skills and learning how best to apply them to drive business growth and enterprise value.
Weekly Online Meetings
Members of the cohort are invited to join online group meetings that are hosted weekly by an experienced CTO. Members join as often as they please and a typical agenda will include topics such as:
- Q&A sessions driven by members burning questions
- Sense checks, eg does a supplier proposal sound legit
- Tech trend updates such as examples of high value AI adoption
- Addressing key SME concerns such as addressing cybersecurity risks