Insights for growth-stage tech companies

Practical thinking on go-to-market strategy, PR, growth, and partnerships — from 20 years of doing it, not writing about it.

AI ROI

Why 95% of AI projects fail to deliver ROI — and what the 5% do differently

MIT found that 95% of generative AI pilots fail to scale. The root cause isn't technology. It's scoping, workflow design, and where human judgement sits in the process.

April 2026 · 8 min read Read →
Fractional Leadership

When should a Series B tech company hire a fractional CMO?

The five signals that tell you it's time.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Growth Marketing

Your pipeline isn't converting because your positioning is wrong

When sales blames marketing for bad leads, the real problem is usually upstream. Here's how to diagnose and fix it.

March 2026 · 8 min read Read →
Growth Marketing

Ten positioning frameworks that actually work for B2B tech

From April Dunford to Play Bigger — what each framework does well, where it falls short, and which one to start with.

March 2026 · 9 min read Read →
Fractional Leadership

Ten playbooks from the fastest-growing UK tech companies — and what they actually did

Named companies, specific GTM moves, what's replicable. From Monzo to Darktrace — the patterns behind the growth.

March 2026 · 9 min read Read →
Partnerships & BD

Seven growth playbooks from cybersecurity, fintech, and AI

Sector-specific GTM moves — who did what, how they grew, and what's replicable for companies at your stage.

March 2026 · 9 min read Read →
Partnerships & BD

How to build strategic partnerships that actually generate pipeline

Most partnership programmes produce press releases, not revenue. The ones that work share three characteristics.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
Partnerships & BD

Eight partnership programmes that generated real revenue — and what they did differently

Real examples including our own Dell & Atos work — with the pattern that made each one produce pipeline, not press releases.

March 2026 · 8 min read Read →
Fractional Leadership

These are the ten resources I recommend to every first-time marketing leader at a Series B company

Books, newsletters, podcasts, and communities — curated and annotated from 20 years of doing this work.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

Your Series A PR strategy is probably backwards

Most funded startups announce the round and move on. The companies that win do something different in the 90 days after closing.

March 2026 · 6 min read Read →
Growth Marketing

Eight ways to get noticed on LinkedIn as a B2B tech founder

What works now, posting cadence, formats, engagement patterns. No growth hacks — just what actually builds an audience.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

Six ways to capture a story worth telling — before you write a word

Interview techniques, customer story extraction, founder narrative mining, and the "so what" test.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

The eight UK tech journalists every growth-stage company should know

Named journalists, their beats, what they care about, and how to reach them — from someone who's pitched all of them.

March 2026 · 8 min read Read →
Growth Marketing

Five insights on building an audience on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube as a tech company

Platform-specific tactics with examples of B2B companies doing it well. Not every platform is right for every company.

March 2026 · 8 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

How to turn one story into a blog, a LinkedIn post, a pitch, and a press release

The content multiplication framework — one story, five formats. How to get maximum mileage from every narrative.

March 2026 · 8 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

Seven mental models behind every press release that gets picked up

Not templates — frameworks for thinking about newsworthiness, angle, and timing. The difference between coverage and silence.

March 2026 · 7 min read Read →
PR & Reputation

Ten prompts I use to produce genuinely useful press release drafts

Actual prompts with context-setting, structure, and tone guidance. Honest about what AI can and can't do here.

March 2026 · 6 min read Read →