My name is Daniel
I am obsessed by founder-led businesses.
My mission:
I believe in the extraordinary potential of founders to transform industries and lives.
Drawing from my journey founding 13 businesses over 22 years, I partner with ambitious leaders to unlock possibilities they haven't yet imagined.
My approach combines strategic insight with transformational coaching to help you build systems that scale while preserving what matters most—your vision, wellbeing, and fulfillment.
I create space for you to step fully into your potential, turning your boldest ideas into reality and making your founder journey as rewarding as the destination.
My values:
Authenticity – Be your whole self. True leaders don't wear masks.
Curiosity – Stay open to new perspectives. Breakthroughs often come from unexpected places.
Empathy – Recognise each journey is unique. Great founders bridge different worldviews.
Accountability – Own your choices. Growth happens at the edge of responsibility.
Possibility – See beyond limitations. The future is created, not predicted.
Facts about me:
- I am a happily married extremely proud father.
- I have been sober since Jan 2022.
- My first business, a marketing agency took 13 years to build before we exited in 2017. We grew the team from 2 to 45.
- We were part of a failed buy-back of the business having secured £2million of debt financing from a bank.
- Experienced a public implosion of my parent company and subsequently managed the transition through 3 separate owners (1 private, 1 AIM listed, 1 London Stock Exchange listed) in 2 years.
- My first venture in retail, a pub was sold for a 6 x ROI in 2015 after doubling turnover across a 4-year period.
- I have been part of the founding team for 12 other businesses and an active investor in 5 more including: festivals, events, a burger bar, a pub, a gym, a tech business, a venture fund, a whisky, a non-alc spirit, a non-alc wine alternative and a couple beer businesses.
- From 2017 to date I have helped generate £60million of investment over 7 separate raises, from friends and family, HNW’s, Private Equity, Venture Funds and Family Offices in both the UK and the US.
- Helped set up the worlds first independent accelerator in the drinks industry. My title was Head of Fuel.
- I have been on all sides of the board room table both in the UK and the US managing high level stakeholders and investors as well as holding non-exec and exec positions.
- Employed 100’s of people at all levels from Chairman to Kitchen Porter.
- My hobbies include: mycology, surfing, snowboarding, Spanish and keeping as fit and healthy as a I can for as long as I can.
