Scale Without the Pain
Hello! I’m Nick, a deep tech founder and chief product officer based in London. My journey began in 2007 when I co-founded CloudMade, an automotive AI platform that grew from a mere idea to a scale-up, culminating in a successful acquisition by global car maker Stellantis.
Today, I use my experience to help visionary deep-tech founders, guiding them through the complexities of scaling their startups.
My Impact
- Assisted Rain, an earned wage access startup, in assembling a robust product and engineering team, leading to a $116M Series A funding.
- Guided AgencyAnalytics through a significant expansion, surpassing 100 employees and 5,000 customers.
- Provided strategic advice to some of Nordic Capital’s fastest-growing portfolio companies.
Scaling is Hard
The initial scrappiness and innovation that launch a product need to evolve. Strategy, leadership, and communication become paramount for founders as their startup grows. The common pitfalls include:
- Disappointment in high-stake hires not fully aligning with their vision.
- Frustration over communicating their vision to expanding teams.
- Overwhelm from a flood of priorities, meetings, and messages.
How I Help Founders
I join as an advisor or interim/fractional chief product officer. I catalyse the founders’ efforts around:
- Product-Market Fit from securing the first repeatable customers through customer interviews, product experiments, and positioning.
- Team Building practical advice and implementation help structuring teams and making key hires that set the foundation for growth.
- Product Strategy helping founders build an ambitious plan that achieves their vision, delights customers and makes it hard for competitors to follow.
Partnering Together
I collaborate exclusively with a select group of ambitious, product-first B2B founders, from Seed to Series B stages.
If you’re on this journey and seeking guidance to elevate your startup, let’s connect. Together, we can achieve remarkable growth.