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
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
Quarterly In-Person Meetings
The weekly online meetings provide members with a regular stream of technology expertise, knowledge and opinion. This is a great enabler to build momentum in tech based growth, but sometimes meeting in-person is just better.
Members of the cohort are invited to join in-person sessions once per quarter to share experience and knowledge among their highly motivated, growth focussed cohort of SME execs. The purpose of these in-person meetings is two-fold:
- Facilitate indepth discussions based on members' opportunities and challenges
- Provide an opportunity for growth focussed SME execs to exchange ideas, experiences, pain points and successes and encourage one another to keep striving for success
These meetings will be informal, held at some of our favourite pubs around Wokingham and London.
Private Online Meetings
Joining the SME Growth Cohort also unlocks access to private online meetings, bookable on-demand. No ongoing commitment, just access to the technical expertise you need, when you need it, charged in 30 minute increments.
24/7 Group Chat
The final piece in our interaction jigsaw is a members only group chat, moderated by our technologists and designed to give you access to information, opinions and recommendations as and when you need it.
Priced at just £100/month with no ongoing commitment, SME Growth Cohort membership is a low risk, high ROI investment that removes the key obstacles faced by SMEs looking to grow through technology adoption and digital transformation.
Grahams expertise cannot be overstated! He was incredibly valuable in guiding us through a new technical project and ensuring the project was to be delivered to our spec and in budget. He's a very rare case of top technical knowledge, commercial accumen and crafting 'laymen explanations' to complex issues.
-- Matthew Walsh, IMRG
Learn
The tech landscape does not stay still for long and our job is to keep you informed of the latest trends and opportunities. To do this we will share reports via email providing you with our unique analysis of the opportunities new technologies present as well as the things you ought be considering to get ready for those technologies.
From time to time we will share playbooks with you that provide practical steps for SMEs to overcome common challenges. For example:
- How does an SME get ready for AI adoption?
- Integrating your IT systems and automating your processes
Our weekly cohort meetings give you the perfect opportunity to follow up on these reports and playbooks to ask how to exploit opportunities in your market as well as hearing from your peers how they might apply them in their market.
Graham has been an invaluable asset from the word go. He has helped us to build and implement a strategy to make a big technological leap as a business to work more efficiently and improve our offering to clients.
-- Matthew Houliston, Serve Legal Ltd
Connect
Having on-demand access to our knowledge and experience helps you to make decisions that can drive growth.
Connecting with our network enables you to accelerate your growth further.
As an SME Growth Cohort member you will have access to our network of:
- Fractional CxOs
- Approved suppliers
- Investors
We have collaborated with fractional execs across past SME engagements. We are likely to know or be connected with a fractional exec who is tailor made for your business. We have worked with CFOs who can take you to an exit or acquisition. We can call on CMOs to bring new, digital products to market. Of course, the area we know best is tech, if you need a specialist CTO, we've got you covered.
Over the years we have also been through countless vendor selection processes to identify the best tools, teams and freelancers. We can save you £x000's by matching your needs to vendors we already trust to deliver.
Finally, whether you are looking for investment or an exit, we have connections from angel investors through to private equity houses and we can make appropriate introductions.
I have worked with Graham on a number of system integration projects over the last 3 years, Graham has always been extremely knowledgeable, diligent and excellent at producing and interpreting detailed specifications. I know I can rely on Graham to help out if and when issues arise.
-- Denis Jenkins, The Scouts Association
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