About our Mentors

Your Startup Partner

Lee Lam

Lee has a depth of experience and knowledge in financial services technology due to the COO / Chief of Staff roles across a career that spans over 24 years and has also run a successful coaching practice alongside this for over 16 years. She is the right blend of risk-taking, change-making creativity, with the security, safety and logic of a COO who can implement change and growth without any dramas

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Corfe Wealth Management

Chris Webb

Corfe Wealth Management is a leading Financial Adviser that shares knowledge with business owners to bring an understanding of Financial Wellbeing and how this opens doors to realising business and personal dreams.

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Your Marketing Team

Sue Land

Sue is the Founder & Director of Your Marketing Team, a local Marketing Consultancy offering start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs an alternative way of accessing a multi-talented Marketing Department to help reach their full growth potential.

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The Good Consulting Compan

Heike Jord Knip

Heike founded the Good Consulting Company in 2023, aiming to make a difference for Neurodivergent (ND) individuals in society by offering ADHD/ND coaching, training, public speaking, ND workshops, and audits for individuals and businesses.

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Sprint For Growth

Chris Thomason

After completing an MBA I bought and turned around an insolvent manufacturing business to become the third largest in its sector. I did this through applying good business sense and a healthy level of applied business creativity to address the difficult growth issues we faced. I learned some fascinating things during this time, and from these experiences I subsequently developed approaches that have since been scaled up and used by a number of listed companies.

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Hoolock Consulting Ltd

Tim Gibbons

Tim has over 20 years of sales and commercial experience gained with three major technology companies. He provides sales training and consulting services to sales teams and individuals, tailored to the specific needs of the team and the specific products that they were selling

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Attractive Marketing

Nicola Macdonald

Helping small business owners develop their niche and implement their marketing plan.

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Hicom

John Sanderson

John is a tech entrepreneur with over 35 years’ experience in the development, growth, acquisition and sale of software businesses.

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Rockpool Recruitment

Sarah Merry

Founder of Rockpool Recruitment; helping businesses hire the very best people in all disciplines for office roles across all sectors. Also working with employers to deliver a bespoke Redundancy Support Program.

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Nigel Grayston

Nigel has over 40 years experience gained in small to medium businesses as well as larger multinational corporations across a number of different sectors including consumer electronics and technology. His main area of expertise has been sales related focusing on team building, performance improvement, personal development and business planning.

Clear ERP Consulting

Julian Griffiths

Founder & Director of rbinspire. Julian has 30 years of Business experience and is now a Mentor, Non-Executive Director and Investor

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Moore Kingston Smith

Amy Marshall

Amy Marshall is a Senior Manager at Moore Kingston Smith

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nTrust

Russ McKenzie

Helping businesses be more productive, better informed and more profitable by providing 1st class IT Support & Services.

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Hurst Smith Consulting

Niki Hurst Smith

Niki works with leaders of small businesses who understand the importance of a highly motivated, engaged, effective and happy team but don’t have the time or specific expertise to deliver this.

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My Social Secretary

Emma Turner

Emma has worked in digital marketing for over 10 years. She is a Client Director at a London based digital marketing agency. I oversee the digital marketing strategic direction of large UK retailers and Lead generation activity for large Broadband providers as well as a global Education provider

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Carpenter Box

Alastair Watkinson

Founder & Director of rbinspire. Alastair has a 35-year banking career and with accountants, Carpenter Box, maintains and grows strong links with the local and regional business communities.

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