Your Business Bestie
1-1 Support To Get Clarity Solve Problems Share the Stress Brainstorm Smash It Get Clarity
Get a Strategical Fractional Director in your pocket.
Running a Business can be lonely
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DECISION FATIGUE
Every choice relies on you. Even for stuff you aren’t an expert in.
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SHINY OBJECT
You keep buying software. You have thought of 10 new business ideas this month.
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OVERWORKED
You’re busy all the time. Like a hamster on a wheel.
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ISOLATED
You have clients and contractors. You don’t have a peer to brain dump on at 3am.
You can’t Read the Label From Inside the Bottle
Even when you are a super top tier genius, it can be tough to reflect on your own business. You can’t see it through other peoples eyes. You can’t forget what you know. You can’t detach your emotions.
About
I’m james. I can’t wait to meet you.
I’ve been the MD of a small business (we did £500k a year). I’ve started my own companies, with what I will call ‘mixed results’. I’ve taught Business and Economics, and held leadership roles in schools.
But my North Star is helping passionate business owners achieve amazing things. I started Figby because I got sick of watching people promise exaggerated super results with made up systems. Figby is the home of nuanced, bespoke, human support for businesses.
Yes, I do the doodles myself. Yes, I know they are rubbish.
How it Works: The 10 Week Quest
100% human. 1:1 support. No pre-recorded videos. Let’s Solve Your Biggest Issues Together.
Step 1 - Free Intro Call
We chat about you, your business and your goals and your problems. We start to investigate what is preventing you from reaching your goals and look at some initial solutions. No pitch or awkward close.
Step 2 - Strategy Day
The real start of our quest. A day to go through everything properly together... without rose-tinted glasses. Where you are, where you want to get to, and exactly what to focus on to get there. You walk away with a plan we will action over the next 10 weeks.
Step 3 - Quest support
Fortnightly calls to give you the support and accountability you need with 24/7 direct line to me on WhatsApp. You can use me for the 3am brain dumps, the quick sense-checks, the decisions that can't wait. I won't be tracking time or counting messages. I’ll even chase you to make sure you are on it.
Step 4 - Quest Completion
At the end of 10 weeks, we will have completed our quest! For some people this is the end of our journey together, for some we take on another quest and for others we have bespoke services for niche problems.
Guarantee
Take the risk entirely off your stress list.
The first call is free and has no strings attached.
If you join the quest and by the end of our workshop day, you don't believe this can work for you, or the vibe is off: I will refund your investment in full. No questions asked.
Pricing
That is for everything: the Strategy day, the calls, the WhatsApps. No add ons. No extras. No counting hours.
£3000
Frequently Asked Questions
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The common thread is that you get confidence, systems and get unstuck from problems that have been hanging over you. We want to make sure that for 10 weeks you know exactly what you should be working on to get your biggest challenges sorted.
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AI is great…..at some stuff. What AI is not great at is giving you genuinely candid feedback and personalised plan. It is a prediction machine that uses probability to make you happy, not to give you the right answer.
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You know your business better than anyone. This isn’t an expensive done for you service or where you give over control to someone. We will do the thinking together and then you will execute while I hold you to account.
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Yep. I might not reply instantly every single time but it is like messaging a good friend. You can even voice-note me.
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That’s awesome. That doesn’t mean I can’t help balance your skills, help settle disagreements or provide clarity on things you are stuck on. I will happily work with just the founder or the senior team.
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I work virtually to help keep costs down and make it convenient for you. I live in London though so if you would prefer in person in London this can be arranged.
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It is long enough we can meaningfully accomplish things. It is short enough we can really focus. The idea is to ‘work’ on it for 10 weeks. That sometimes might mean you want to space it out over 12 weeks.
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No. I’m not promising get rich quick schemes or a multi million dollar exit. I have been the MD of a small company. My goal is to support people who are passionate about what they do to achieve their goals.
Testimonials
“Without James, I could not have run Future Doc. He is my consigliere. Always there when I need him, his unique analysis of issues and problems has helped solve countless problems for me”
Dr Ashley Hilton - Future Doc
“He is just so f*&cking good at this”
Andy Gibb - The Comedy Ladder
“James is amazing. I appreciate the clarity and perspective he gave me so much. I have the confidence to conquer my issues now”
Zoë Hitchen - Get Your Kits Out
“The festival could not have happened without James. Running this has been like going to war but you made it a winnable one”
James Leay - Solstice Festival