How I mentor
No theory for the sake of it. These are the frameworks I use in my own businesses, and the ones we'll work through together over 12 months.
We start by narrowing: one product, one lane, clear weekly numbers. Then we build the systems so it keeps working without you doing everything.
What's your product?
One sentence, with numbers in it, that an investor can say yes or no to. If they have to stop and think, it isn't a product yet. This is where every mentoring year starts.
Book the call, don't sell the deal
Deals are the advert; the relationship is the business. When a deal's gone, the right move is still a call: "that one's gone, but let's talk, I've more coming." We'll build the follow-up that turns enquiries into investors.
Profit per hour
Track your week in 30-minute blocks and you'll see where the time really goes. If it takes more than 30 minutes and doesn't move money, stop, delegate it or automate it.
Two words for the year
Pick two words for the year. Every new idea has to match one of them, or it's a shiny object and it goes in the bin. It's the simplest way I know to stop running five strategies at once.
Delegate in three steps
Write the task list, teach it, then check it weekly. Most people aren't bad at things; they just don't like doing them. Hand those over so your hours go on deals and investors.
What I'll tell you to stop doing
Chasing national "BMV" lists. Treating conversations as clients. Forcing a deal to work on the spreadsheet. Running more than one strategy at once.