Expertise
- Business Coaching
- Business Coaching for Women
- Business Strategy & Operation
- Marketing Strategy & Planning
- Business Success Strategy
- Business Confidence
- Busines Development
- Operational Management
- Mentor
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Lean Startup
- Sales Funnel Management
- Operational Planning/Control
- Time Management
- Brand & positioning strategies
Summary
My first job was in a technologically advanced UK company, but through their lack of vision the company remained small. My second job was working for a US company with a grand vision, and exactly the same products. This company was successful and was sold for $1.5bn. I was part of that team and I learnt that it takes more than a good product to create success.
Next I worked in other peoples’ startups, learning about attracting investment, creating marketing that worked and selling products and services that people and businesses loved. Eventually I created my own company. This was going great, we had a great range of products that had begun to sell around the world, we had a team of 7 and a turnover of £1m. I was a first time CEO and I was naïve. A disaster struck with a government policy we hadn’t seen coming, then another problem with our international manufacturing and in a short space of time the business collapsed and I had personal debt. I was broken.
I wish I hadn’t been so busy building the business that I missed the impending disasters, I wish that I had a wise counsel to challenge me and help me grow. So I became the coach that I wished I had found for my own company.
Experience
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Mark Elliott Coaching
Business Coach
- Current
Education History
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MBA
Imperial College
2000 - 2001My MBA was centred on Customer Focussed Strategy & Implementation and Entrepreneurship
Clubs and Associations
I host the London Lean Startup Night: 4.8k Meetup centred on best Lean Startup methodology and practice. see us on Meetup.com and LeanStartup.co
Interests and Hobbies
Running and baking sourdough bread. That and thinking about how I can make money from making sourdough bread.
