James Hyde
Non-exec, Advisor and Coach
Achieving fast growth in Tech Enabled Business Services and SaaS businesses from £1m to £25m+
Between 2010 and 2021, I founded and built a multimillion-pound business, experienced fast growth, learnt many lessons, and exited (almost) unscathed. Since then, I’ve worked with a number of other scale-ups and I now use my knowledge, experience and skills to add value to businesses embarking on their own unique growth journeys.
“He’s been there and done it. He’s brilliant at making things simple, at cutting through the clutter”
The story so far:
In 2010, I launched James and James Fulfilment. My co-founder and I built an office in the dusty corner of a Cambridgeshire warehouse. Four years later, we’d built a multi-million pound business and hit the top quarter of The Sunday Times Fast Track 100 in 2018, 2020 and two other top 100 growth lists in 2021 and 2022.
In 2020 I secured £11m of private equity funding, hired some more senior talent and, another year on, I stepped back as CEO. Along the way, I was proud to win industry recognition, including two Queen's Awards for Enterprise, a Finalist spot in the Lloyds Bank National Business of the Year, and a Finalist spot in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
Today, I'm still on the non-exec board at James and James and chair the Technology Steering Group as well as working with other exciting fast-growth businesses.
“James’s unique strength is observing the market strategically from 10,000 feet up, determining exactly what it wants and delivering it through tech or a unique service proposition”
“James’s clarity and originality of thinking are outstanding. He develops unique angles that help us create more value”
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