Who we help
Founder-led businesses
You built it, you still hold most of it, and the business now moves at the speed of your attention. The constraint is rarely demand — it is that too many decisions still route through one person.
What usually breaks first
The constraints we see most at this stage
Leadership & Governance
Decision rights are unwritten, so nothing significant moves without the founder in the room.
Growth caps at the founder's calendar, and holidays become a business risk.
Commercial & Growth
Revenue comes from referral and repeat work that nobody actively manages.
Pipeline is invisible until it is empty, and pricing drifts below the value delivered.
Operations & Delivery
Process lives in people's heads, so quality depends on who happens to be doing the work.
Rework, missed dates and a delivery team that cannot absorb a step up in volume.
These are three of the six dimensions scored in the Constraint Assessment. The assessment tells you which one is actually costing you the most.
The route we would expect to take
Three steps, in order, with nothing bought before it is evidenced
- 01
Nuub Constraint Assessment
FreeTwelve minutes to get an honest baseline across all six dimensions before anyone quotes you.
About Nuub Constraint Assessment - 02
Executive Business Review
£3,950Names and sizes the single constraint, with a costed 90-day plan you can act on with or without us.
About Executive Business Review - 03
Fractional Executive Leadership
£1,250–£1,850 per dayTwo to three days a week of senior operating capability to take the running of the business off the founder.
About Fractional Executive Leadership
Who we usually match
- Fractional COO
- Fractional FD
- Non-Executive Director
The aim is not to add another adviser. It is to make the business run without you in every meeting.
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- Scale-ups
Businesses turning over roughly £5m–£25m growing 20%+ a year, with a leadership team in place but stretched.
- Investor and PE-backed businesses
Portfolio businesses and investor-backed groups working to a value creation plan with defined reporting obligations.
Next step
Start your free Constraint Assessment
The Nuub Constraint Assessment takes about twelve minutes and gives you a scored view of all six dimensions — Commercial & Growth, Operations & Delivery, Cash & Profitability, People & Capability, Leadership & Governance and Technology & AI. It is free, and there is no obligation to speak to us afterwards.
Already know the conversation you need? Book an Executive Review with a senior operator instead.