The short answer
Lee Hackett explains the mindset and structural shifts required to move from startup to scalable enterprise, including how global expansion changes the demands placed on a founder.
Key takeaways
- Shifting businesses from Start-up to Scale-up mindsets
- Learn Lee’s recipe for supercharging the growth of businesses
- Tips and tricks for every stage of the buy, grow, sell journey
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What do elite sports, the military, and the buy, grow, sell cycle all have in common?
Structure. And structure is something our latest guest, Lee Hackett specialises in. Starting out as a professional footballer for Wigan Athletic FC, Lee pivoted to the corporate world before entering his brother’s business, CMS, where he helped grow the business 4-5x in the four years he was there.
Since then, he has successfully grown 3 companies to $10M+ in sales and engineered trade sales to FTSE200 listed corporations. From professional footballer to professional businessman, learn about Lee Hackett’s journey from setting up plays to setting up management teams, developing start-ups, and growing through acquisitions.
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About Lee Hackett
Lee Hackett is a professional footballer turned entrepreneur and investor. He has successfully grown 3 companies to $10M+ in sales and engineered trade sales to FTSE200 listed corporations.
Lee advises global CMOs on B2B sales, marketing, and advertising strategy using his 7-Step C-Suite Framework to build thought leadership, effective funnels, and revenue attribution.
Lee has invested in SalesTech, MarTech, and AdTech start-ups in the UK, Middle East, Australia, and Singapore.
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Buy Grow Sell is hosted by Simon Bedard, founder and managing director of Exit Advisory Group, a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm that helps Australian business owners value, prepare for and navigate a sale. Every conversation draws on real deals and the patterns behind them.
