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Scale To Win with Dominic Monkhouse
by Monkhouse & Company
Wide awake at 3am, wondering how your business turned from a 15-person rocket into an 80-person rollercoaster? Hit play. This show is for founder CEOs who want practical wins, not platitudes.Every fortnight, Dominic Monkhouse - who scaled two UK tech firms to £30m+ in five years (twice) - grills people who’ve actually done it: operators, battle-scarred founders, and experts who cut through noise. You’ll learn techniques that stop fires, speed up decisions, and give you time back.What you’ll get: field-tested methods that will all contribute to one of three vital goals – freeing up your time, building a leadership team that can lead without you, and installing systems that you can be sure will work. No recycled LinkedIn fluff. No crappy ‘inspiration’. Just clear actions you can run this week.Why listen now? Because growth shouldn’t mean chaos. Twelve of Dom’s clients have exited. His 2-Day-a-Week CEO Blueprint shows leaders how to make sure they spend their time doing things that ONL
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Being Average Used To Be Enough | Alex MH Smith, Basic Arts | E373
For a hundred years, the average business was a profitable business. Alex MH Smith's view? That's changing, and average businesses are now starting to fail. Alex, of Basic Arts, wrote No Bullshit Strategy, for people who have to do strategy day to day and have zero interest in getting an MBA. He...
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£5M to £35M in 3 Years | Steve Sharp, NUVO | E373
Steve Sharp has bought 45 accountancy firms in 17 years. His view? The day the deal completes, you're 10% of the way there. Steve is founder and CEO of Nuvo, the fastest growing firm in the UK accountancy top 100. £35m revenue, just over 400 people, 149% growth in a single year. It took him 20...
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E370 | James Ashford, 8-Figure Founder: The Person You’re Protecting Is Destroying Your Business
In this episode, James shares his challenging beliefs about sales (selling is service, not commission-driven), hiring (fire high performers who are dickheads), business problems (everything is connected—you might think you have a sales problem when it's really a marketing problem), and alignment...
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$40M/Tech Founder Reveals the Smart Way to Run & Grow Your Company With AI in 2026 | E369
In this episode, Nikola reveals his contrarian belief that AI can be better than humans at customer service (not instead of humans, they'll do very different work), why he spent two hours on the phone with Vodafone when he got their confirmation email with someone else's name on it (and why…
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Here's Why Your Agency Will Never Scale (The Real Problem) | E368
Setting up a business is a major life decision that should not be taken lightly—it is incredibly painful. The ups definitely outweigh the downs, but the downs can be dark. Having a co-founder makes all the difference. Matthew Duhig, CEO and co-founder of FX Digital, started the business at...
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From Broke at 48 to Yo! Sushi Founder, Here's What I Learned | E367
We will soon trust AI more than people with their own agendas. In 50 years, we'll realise 50%+ tax was madness when 20% could have worked. Digital voting will let people vote on issues, not political parties, and we'll have an executive of 40 people (like Singapore) instead of 1,000 MPs arguing...
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Former Hostage Negotiator Reveals Business Secrets & Negotiation Tactics | E366
Conflict is not a dirty word. You don't need a trigger warning; you need to know the trigger better. Don't rush to solve the problem. And when you're negotiating, remember it's not about you. Scott Walker is a kidnap-for-ransom and extortion negotiator who's spent 20 years with a ringside seat…
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How to Spot Leaders Who Will Scale (Look for This, Not Confidence) | E365
Failure is a better business school than an MBA. Most agencies will never scale because their founder is the product. Minority investment beats full acquisition. And self-doubt isn't a weakness to overcome—it's the edge that separates high performers from those who are growing. Luke Tobin,...
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Most People Overcomplicate Leadership (Here's What Actually Works) | E364
Most people overcomplicate leadership. They're looking for the next framework, trying to do technical leadership that just doesn't work. Paul Adamson spent 25 years sailing yachts around the world—including two years circumnavigating with Eddie Jordan on an Oyster 885—and he learned that…
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The 80/20 Deal Structure: Why I Never Buy Businesses Outright | E363
Council estate South London to 30 mergers and acquisitions. No capital, no plan, but always knew wealth was what he wanted. Lee Smith went from DJ to jewellers to law firms to web design and IT—then discovered mergers and acquisitions in 2014 and everything changed. Now he's building two sector...
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Think Big, Get Big: The Goal-Setting Strategy That Changes Everything | E362
Work-life balance is a complete myth for founders and CEOs. The experience myth keeps people pigeonholed. Goals should force your identity change, not the other way around. Eric Partaker—McKinsey consultant turned Skype early team member turned restaurant chain founder turned CEO coach with 1.2M...
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Why Hiring for Skills Is Dead (Look for This Instead) | Alex Cooper | E361
Formal education is becoming irrelevant. The UK is a great place to build a business. These aren't platitudes—they're battle-tested beliefs from someone who spent 20 years in the military, led the UK's COVID testing programme, and is now co-founding Electric Twin with Ben Warner (the PM's former...
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Founder Bottlenecks, Leadership Lessons, & Scaling Without Chaos | E360
Market research used to take four weeks and cost $20,000. Steve Phillips built Zappi to turn that into four hours and $2,000—and he started 12 years ago, long before generative AI made this vision sound obvious. Now, with nearly 300 people and $80 million in revenue, he's challenging his...
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Why Leadership Teams Fail To Change (And How To Fix It) | E359
Companies claim they're too busy for AI, and leadership teams are bloated and ineffective. The UK's productivity crisis won't be solved by working harder. These aren't controversial opinions, they're the reality Gerry Tombs is seeing as he helps businesses navigate the AI transformation after...
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You’re Not Behind: My System For Leveraging AI In 2026 | E358
Most people think AI is overhyped. Nick Holzherr thinks it's drastically undervalued. After selling Whisk to Samsung and scaling it from zero to 120 people across eight time zones, he's now building Gitlaw—an AI agent that creates and reviews legal documents for free, making legal services...
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If You're A Founder, You Can't Ignore This Shift In 2026 | E357
From global finance to eco-cleaning, regenerative farming, and rethinking entire systems — Mark Jankovich doesn’t do incremental change. He believes we’re living through a full-scale reset — and entrepreneurs have a responsibility to lead it. In this episode, Mark shares why climate change isn’t…
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$100M Exit at 37: What They Don't Tell You About Selling Your Business | E356
From a council estate in Oxford to a £100 million exit by age 37. Andrew Hulbert's journey isn't a polished Silicon Valley success story—it's raw, real, and packed with hard-won lessons about what actually matters when you're building something from nothing. In this episode, Andrew breaks down…
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From 75% to World's Best: The Legacy System Behind 125 Years of Dominance | E355
As 2025 draws to a close, we're replaying some of the show's standout conversations from this year. This episode with James Kerr remains one of the most thought-provoking discussions. Whether you're hearing it for the first time or revisiting the insights, there's plenty here to fuel your...
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Stop Wasting Time: My 3-Step Framework To Master AI In 2026 | E354
Most service businesses drown in the chaos between what customers ask for and what they actually need. Kit Cox has spent over a decade building Enate to solve exactly that, an orchestration platform that helps B2B service providers cut through vagueness, assemble data, and deliver consistently...
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Scaling a startup when every customer is high-risk | Shelley Copsey | E353
Some industries are easy to disrupt. Infrastructure isn’t one of them. But by focusing on adoption over features, clarity over complexity, and tempo over comfort, Shelley Copsey has built FYLD into a company reshaping how frontline operations work. In this episode, she breaks down the real levers...
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"Every founder becomes the bottleneck - until they fix the system" with Steve Salvin from Aiimi | E352
Most enterprise AI projects crash long before take-off. Hype, bad data, cultural resistance, and “enterprise chaos” stop even the biggest organisations from getting value. In this episode, Dominic speaks with Steve Salvin, founder & CEO of Aiimi, a data and AI company helping large organisations...
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Dan Williams: How Optimism, Grit and Vulnerability Built a £30M Business | E351
Can optimism really scale a company? In this episode, Dominic chats to Dan Williams, CEO of Orean Personal Care, to explore what it really takes to lead through chaos - from doubling revenue in tough markets to leading with vulnerability, optimism, and Ironman-level discipline. Under Dan’s...
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How to Stop Wasting Money on AI (and Start Mining Gold) with WPP's Daniel Hulme | E350
AI hype is everywhere - but most of it is just noise. This episode cuts through it. Dominic digs into what real artificial intelligence actually looks like with Daniel Hulme, Chief AI Officer at WPP and founder of Satalia and Conscium. They explore why most so-called “AI projects” are really just...
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E349 | Fundraising Playbook: Process, Pitfalls & Power Plays with Paul Archer (Duel), Jo Saxby (Spruce) & John Readman (ASK BOSCO®)
Fundraising playbooks often skip the messy middle. This one doesn’t. In this panel episode, three founder–CEOs who actually closed rounds in the last year unpack how fundraising in the UK really works - from brutal pre‑seed rejections to Series A droughts, and everything in between. They break…
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E348 | “We’re going to replace our own business with AI”: Aytekin Tank on Scaling to 700 Employees & 35M+ Users
Aytekin Tank - founder & CEO of Jotform, host of the AI Agents Podcast, and bestselling author of Automate Your Busywork - shares how he grew Jotform from a developer’s pain point into a 700‑person automation company serving 35M+ users. He explains why Jotform chose to replace itself with AI…
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E347 | "It's about solving problems": James Peach on scaling culture, brand marketing & customer obsession
What if the secret to skyrocketing your business lies not just in sales, but in understanding your customers on a deeper level? In this episode of Curious Leadership, Dominic Monkhouse chats with James Peach, award winning speaker, investor and brand marketing expert whose portfolio includes…
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E346 | Scaling Culture, Velocity & AI in HR Tech with Phil Coxon
What happens when you lead three HR tech brands through growth, acquisition, and the AI revolution? Phil Coxon is in the thick of it. In this episode, Dominic is joined by Phil Coxon, Managing Director of Breathe, Elmo UK, and RotorGeek - three HR and workforce management platforms tackling...
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E345 | From CPO to Chief Venture Officer: Building AI-First Products That Actually Work with Ivo Dimitrov
Ivo Dimitrov is co-founder and Chief Venture Officer at Finum, a neobank and financial solutions provider for SMEs and freelancers across Europe. Previously serving as CPO for five years, Ivo transformed his role to focus on high-risk, high-reward products, particularly AI accounting solutions....
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E344 | Achieving Peak Performance Through Mindset and AI with Dr. Jon Finn
Dr. Jon Finn wrote his best-selling book ‘The Habit Mechanic’ (which took him over 20 years) because his life’s mission is to help people to be their best in the challenging modern world. He founded the award-winning Tougher Minds consultancy and has three psychology-related degrees, including a...
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E343 | Hacking Your Way to Success : Lessons from “Scrappy Organisations” with Paulo Savaget
Paulo Savaget is Associate Professor at University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science and Saïd Business School. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and has a background working as a researcher, consultant, and entrepreneur, finding innovative solutions…
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E342 | Curious Leadership Live @ the CEO Summit 2025
Can AI revolutionise the way your business operates, or even redefine entire industries? This special episode of Curious Leadership was recorded as a live panel at the CEO Summit 2025, where Dominic was joined on stage by guests Neil Marley, Kevin Bradley, Pedro Arriaga, and John Readman to…
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E341 | Achieving Global Success Through Employee Happiness with Elaine Jobson, CEO of Jetts Fitness
Elaine Jobson is a dynamic CEO, board director, and culture strategist with over 30 years of experience scaling fitness and wellness brands across Australia, Africa, Asia, and Europe. As CEO of Jetts Fitness, she spearheaded the Management Buyout (MBO), restoring the brand to private ownership…
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E340 | Integrating AI & Automation Without Sacrificing Personal Customer Service with Joseph Michelli
Joseph Michelli is an internationally sought-after speaker, author, and organisational consultant who transfers his knowledge of exceptional business practices in ways that develop joyful and productive workplaces with a focus on customer experience. His insights encourage leaders and frontline...
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E339 | From Founder-Led to Scalable: Sales Lessons with James Dawson & Richard Doherty
James Dawson and Richard Doherty are seasoned professionals from the fintech and financial services industries, each bringing decades of expertise to their respective fields. James Dawson, founder of Humble Technology, has over 21 years of experience in fintech. His career has been dedicated to...
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E338 | Private Equity Exposed: Myths, Realities, and Winning Strategies with Mike Hicks from Catalysis
Mike Hicks' connection to investing in mid-market companies dates back to 1994, when he worked at the EBRD, contributing to the creation of the first private equity fund in Romania. After overseeing a joint venture between Creditanstalt Investment Bank and Advent International, he developed a…
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E337 | Health, Habits & High Performance: Redefining Work Life Balance with Kat Thorne
Kat Thorne is a positive habits international keynote speaker, teacher and consultant. Her life story of workaholism, breakdown and burnout inspires global audiences to make one small habit change. Former Global Commercial Director & CEO, after losing everything in 2016 due to a health scare, she...
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E336 | Transforming Leadership: The Shift to Teamship with Keith Ferrazzi
Keith Ferrazzi, founder of Ferrazzi Greenlight, is a pioneering executive coach, thought leader, and New York Times #1 bestselling author. For over two decades, he’s transformed Fortune 500 companies, unicorn startups, and governments by challenging teams to break silos and embrace "teamship"…
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E335 | Turning up the Saas: How productising helped David Hart create an 8 figure business
It was a daily grind of ‘win the work, do the work, get paid for the work, only to have to find more work to replace the work’ that led David Hart (known as the ‘Agency to SaaS guy’) to sell his agency and embark on a new SaaS business. After founding digital agency Codegent in 2004, by 2014…
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E334 | Respond, don't react! Empathy: a strategic advantage for leaders with Maria Ross
Maria Ross, a keynote speaker, author, strategist, and empathy advocate, believes cash flow, creativity, and compassion can coexist. Founder of Red Slice, she advises organisations on leveraging empathy for better engagement. She authored ‘The Empathy Dilemma: How Successful Leaders Balance...
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E333 | The art of competitive advantage with top 30 global thinker Kaihan Krippendorff
Kaihan Krippendorff is a world-renowned business strategist, innovation authority, and CEO of Outthinker Networks - a powerhouse of chief strategy and innovation leaders shaping the future of business. A former McKinsey consultant, he’s heralded as one of the top 30 global thinkers in strategy…
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E332 | Turning a 75% win rate into 86%: Leadership strategies with James Kerr
James Kerr is a writer, coach, and consultant who specialises in leadership, culture and mindset in high-performing teams. His global bestseller, 'Legacy' has been described by The Daily Telegraph as “the modern version of Vince Lombardi’s guides to coaching”, saying that "for those searching for...
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E331 | Winning Strategies from Sports to Business with Ben Hunt-Davis
In this conversation, Ben Hunt-Davis shares insight into what drives and empowers an Olympic gold-winning team. A Former Olympic rower turned successful entrepreneur, Ben is the author of the acclaimed book Will It Make the Boat Go Faster? Tune in for invaluable insights from Ben’s illustrious...
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E330 | Mastering Efficient Meetings with Chris Fenning
In this conversation, Chris Fenning – communications expert, coach and author – deep dives into transforming workplace communication. Tired of inefficient meetings? Chris suggests empowering all participants to take charge, seeking clarity on agendas, and addressing distractions head-on to boost...
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E329 | Challenging the Traditional Sales Approach with the UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer, Benjamin Dennehy
Today we are re-sharing one of our most controversial episodes so far, with the man who's been called the UK's Most Hated Sales Trainer, Benjamin Dennehy. Benjamin joins Dominic as they discuss the art of selling and the common misconceptions about sales. This is truly a sixty-minute conversation...
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E328 | Mastering RevOps: Insights from Industry Leaders (UPGRADE’24 Panel Discussion)
In this special episode, we hear from Dominic and other industry experts (Michelle Hulse, Director of Revenue Operations at PAX8, Paweł Nicał, a pioneering RevOps expert from Poland) from the UPGRADE'24 conference. Revenue Opertions is at the heart of this panel discussion. Listen in to how...
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E327 | Psychopaths in Business with Kevin Dutton
In this conversation, Kevin Dutton explores the fascinating world of cognitive flexibility and how adaptability in decision-making can pave the way to success in business. Known for his groundbreaking work on psychopathy, Dr Kevin Dutton is a British psychologist now working down at the…
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E326 | The Happiness Index for a Thriving Workplace with Matt Phelan
Summary In this conversation, Matt Phelan, the co-founder of the Happiness Index and author of "The Business Case for Happiness" and "The Happiness Index, " shares valuable insight into measuring emotions in the workplace. Matt challenges the old business adage, "If you can measure it, you can...
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E325 | How Competent Managers Enhance Workplace Efficiency with Farley Thomas
Summary Farley Thomas, the co-founder and CEO of Manageable joins today’s conversation and shares his revolutionary insights on empowering organisations through highly skilled management. Farley highlights the incredible impact of upskilled, confident, and competent managers on organisational...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Wide awake at 3am, wondering how your business turned from a 15-person rocket into an 80-person rollercoaster? Hit play. This show is for founder CEOs who want practical wins, not platitudes.Every fortnight, Dominic Monkhouse - who scaled two UK tech firms to £30m+ in five years (twice) - grills people who’ve actually done it: operators, battle-scarred founders, and experts who cut through noise. You’ll learn techniques that stop fires, speed up decisions, and give you time back.What you’ll get: field-tested methods that will all contribute to one of three vital goals – freeing up your time, building a leadership team that can lead without you, and installing systems that you can be sure will work. No recycled LinkedIn fluff. No crappy ‘inspiration’. Just clear actions you can run this week.Why listen now? Because growth shouldn’t mean chaos. Twelve of Dom’s clients have exited. His 2-Day-a-Week CEO Blueprint shows leaders how to make sure they spend their time doing things that ONL
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Wide awake at 3am, wondering how your business turned from a 15-person rocket into an 80-person rollercoaster? Hit play. This show is for founder CEOs who want practical wins, not platitudes.Every fortnight, Dominic Monkhouse - who scaled two UK tech firms to £30m+ in five years (twice) - grills...
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