London is the Financial centre of the World – no question. Events like the Innovate Finance Global Summit provide a great opportunity for the best of British ingenuity to showcase what they can do for the Financial Services sector. This year it's being held on Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th April. You can find out more at https://www.innovatefinance.com/ifgs2024/ . FinTech founders, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, regulators, policy-makers, politicians, academics and media from around...

Here’s a great piece from Paul Foster at Skylan Consulting (edited). It focuses on when to hire a CRO and what to expect when you do. MBCS specialise in working with tech companies currently with an ARR of $20m or less. According to Paul and others this is probably too early for a CRO and yet many companies are looking for the experience they could bring to scale the business. This is where we come in - we provide that experience on an interim/contract basis giving you all the benefit at a...

MBConsulting Services is pleased to announce they have recently agreed a partnership with Field Eagle to be the company's representative in the UK & Europe. With previous experience of delivering Inspection solutions in mission critical environments spanning, amongst others, the Oil & Gas and Renewable energy sectors, MBCS is well aware of the importance of ensuring timely and effective inspection procedures. The Field Eagle team has a track record of providing compelling propositions...

In recent months we’ve been engaged to provide services to founders as they look to exit the business. It’s an exciting time - but is it necessarily the right time? Part of our work focuses on the “why now?”. Realising the maximum valuation is the main driver, but could you be getting more? As you’d expect from a sales orientated business we’re keen to make sure the revenue, profitability and growth trajectory are at their peak with a clear path to greater success. But sometimes not everything...

Due to increasing requests from our customers, MBConsulting is pleased to announce that with effect from January 2022 we have launched two new service lines to our portfolio of offerings: MBSalesManagement (MBSM) and MBSalesPartnerships (MBSP). Our work typically involves engaging with early stage technology companies looking to scale. We advise on developing the proposition to move from “early adopter” stage through “growth” to “scale”. In the past these engagements have concluded with the...

As more of the world’s population is vaccinated against COVID so we start to see the green shots of recovery. But in a world anxious for a return to normality and companies eager to get themselves on a growth curve again where do you look to find the next big opportunity?  In the UK with 90% of the adult population now having had their 1st vaccination and over 75% having had two jabs the country is poised to emerge as the first to be on the road to recovery. With this comes the potential...

Are you finding it harder to attract the best talent for your senior sales roles? Ever wondered why that might be? The fact is that really good sales people don’t buy the promises any more.  I can point you to plenty of people who made the move from a secure management position in an established company to a leadership position in a start-up. Sadly, for most of them, the dream they were sold failed to materialise. They quickly found that the aggressive sales targets were impossible...

London is the Financial centre of the World – no question. However, it’s position has been under scrutiny following Brexit. Events like the Innovate Finance Global Summit, as part of UK FinTech week, provide a great opportunity for the best of British ingenuity to showcase what they can do for the Financial Services sector.  This year, as you’d expect, it’s a virtual event being held over 5 days from Monday 19th April. You can find out more at...