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Archie Hollingsworth

One year ago, we had $1M ARR, three staff, and a part-time SDR in Harry Stebbings.

Since then, we’ve grown by over 3000% and very deliberately hired a world-class founding team.

Why?

Building AI-native products requires obsession and deep care for the user experience.

It is not about layering AI on top or adding more buttons. It is about showing up quietly and exactly when a user needs help.

That team gives the three of us the space to focus on what we do best. 

Obsessing over building the most thoughtful product experience possible.

If you live in your inbox, we would love to meet you, whether you use Fyxer or not.

Matthew, Richard, and I are doing interviews every week. 

If you are in London, we can meet in person. Otherwise, we can jump on a call. 

Comment if you would like to chat and we will reach out.

[Me, Matt and Rich 1 year ago]

One of the disadvantages of founding in the UK is the negative mindset wired into most people.

When you’re ambitious, you’re often met with skeptical questioning. Playing it safe and being considered right is celebrated over being bold. We have a culture of people looking to find the hole in your plan.

Very rarely do people challenge you to be more ambitious. I can count on one hand the number of people who did this before we launched. It feels amazing when someone does. 

You’re taught that if something good goes your way, it means something bad is just around the corner. This is so unhelpful. You don’t have a finite number of wins.

People will often reference their own failures or their friends’ failures instead of building you up with positive energy.

There’s an overemphasis on: 

“What if this doesn’t work?” instead of,  “What if it does?”

I want us to change this narrative, as it’s hurting us so much.

Are you being ambitious enough?

Last year, New York was a satellite office. It’s now transitioning into our central hub for the company, alongside our offices in San Francisco and London.

We spent the past week with our founding US team. 

Our cultures won’t be identical, but we share the same values: moving unreasonably fast, doing whatever it takes to win, and challenging conventional thinking.

[Walking with Matt and Rich, Jan 25]

The view from our HQ could be confused for Hogwarts.

We take a moment each day to walk and talk here as we experience growth you see once in a generation. Over 3,000% last year.

We’re hosting a private evening in 2 weeks to share openly with 12 of the most ambitious engineers who want to hear from and speak privately with our team.

DM me if you’re interested.

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Just opened my Secret Santa.

The Cowboy is wise.

Don’t dwell.

Focus on what you can control.

Execution solves everything.

London COO Roundtable

Member

LegalEdge

LegalEdge provides flexible in-house legal counsel services to fast growth companies. 

Using people, processes and technology, we:
•	Manage legal budgets, work and strategy 
•	Simplify contracts and processes and provide training to bring in customers and revenue faster
•	Protect brand and other key assets
•	Make hiring, retaining and incentivising staff easy and efficient
•	Identify, monitor and reduce legal and compliance risks to prevent firefighting 
•	Prioritise what’s important and get on with it

We are not a law firm. We are in-house lawyers who work as part of your operations team to keep control of risk, workflow and priorities. We don’t over-lawyer, we don’t do long complex contracts/ explanations, and we don’t put the clock on and leave it on. We get deals done and help you achieve your business goals.

Co-Founder and COO

Ops Stories

Freelancer

On maternity leave

Global

Headed up International legal team (everything outside US) for CBS/Viacom Outdoor (as was then). Managed and negotiated complex deals, acquisitions and joint ventures. As well as risk management, corporate governance (SOx, FCPA, business continuity, etc), international data protection compliance and running training programmes. Also managed dispute resolution, HR matters including downsizing and restructurings, intellectual property portfolios, etc. Commercial expertise in running procurement and tender processes. Set-up and managed: 
- Internal legal team: established department KPIs and service levels, accessibility, turnaround, quality and efficiency, introduced workflow management systems, tracking of revenue saving/ generating work, recruitment, training, appraisals, etc.
- External advisor teams: running beauty parades, managing £m+ legal budgets, implementing reporting and budgeting systems, negotiating fees and using alternative structures to maximise value and align legal spend with business objectives.

International Director of Legal and Business Affairs (CBS Outdoor)

Miva, Inc. 

Sole counsel EMEA for Espotting / Miva working across the EU business, including contract negotiations, risk management, corporate governance (SOx, business continuity, etc), international data protection compliance and running associated training programmes. Also managing dispute resolution, HR matters including downsizing and restructurings, intellectual property portfolio, etc.

European Legal Director (Espotting)

Baker McKenzie

Specialised in mergers and acquisitions, private equity investment, corporate restructuring, joint ventures.

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