TEMPLE CYCLES LTD

Working with a great team to build a sustainable, profitable and timeless bike brand.

Finance & Business Manager

Open House Community Church

Managing Finances & Operations | Join the Community 👉🏽 openhousecc.com

Built financial process from the ground up. 
Manage bookkeeping, payment runs, cashflow, gift aid claims, event & facilities management.

Treasurer

Good Fruit Ventures

Free discipleship resources for young Christians & church leaders, with a primary focus on financial education.

Company Director

Cut hedges, mowed lawns, painted houses, renovated bathrooms.
Paid the bills whilst (attempting) to build an e-commerce business.

Painter, Gardener, Labourer

Little Kids Room UK

It was a good learning experience building this first online business from scratch. 
Failed a bunch, learned more than 4 years study a business degree.

Built an ecommerce retail business selling children's bedroom furniture to parents based in the UK. 
Built a Shopify store, negotiated contracts with product suppliers, built out organic & paid marketing channels (Google & Meta Ads, Social Media Pages, SEO, Content Creation) and the customer service experience.

Co-Founder

Crowdcube

Helped entrepreneurs with great ideas fundraise investment from retail investors.
Scripted, Directed and Produced a series of Founder Interviews.

Equity Fundraising Advisor

Equity Campaigns Manager

Equity Campaigns Executive

Investor Operations Executive

Completion Operations Executive

Arrowtown Drinks

Supporting founder friends with their start-up drinks company.

Sales and Events Support

Business Manager within Regulatory Management, for a team spread across UK, Europe, Asia & Americas.

Asset Management Industrial Placement

Hollister Co.

Retail Associate

Carwow

Intern

Building a Church & a Startup Business | 🧵 Sharing Stories about the Process

I am a business operator and I enjoy bringing order & systems to startup businesses and churches.

Currently working with an awesome team to grow Temple Cycles into a sustainable, profitable and timeless bike brand.

I also help run Open House Community Church, in Bristol, UK.

If not at my desk, probably gone surfing.

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P.S.

I also create free video content for young Christians & church leaders on money management.

See more -> https://www.goodfruitfinance.com

Henry Baines

Jonathan Keeling

edge.

Equity crowdfunding for the world’s best brands.

Clients include: Social Tip, Tallow & Ash, WatchHouse Coffee, BEAR, Naked Sprout, Disco, Northern Monk and more…

Founder

WineFi 🍷

The world has changed. It's time wine investing changed with it.

Fine wine is a fascinating asset class, but investing in wine has remained opaque, expensive and inaccessible. WineFi makes it easy to gain diversified exposure to the wine market, without the cost of using a traditional broker.

Non Executive Director

I led a team or marketers and portfolio managers, taking Crowdcube through its next phase of evolution as a leading private investment platform.

I Ideated and led industry first partnerships with James Watt, Octopus Investments, Tax Scouts, Haatch & Fuel Ventures.

It was an incredible year working with a hardworking and dedicated team.

Chief Growth Officer

Responsible for campaign execution & Crowdcubes portfolio.

VP Commercial

Responsible for partnerships & the business case to hire a team to monetise interactions with Crowdcube’s portfolio.

Partnerships & Portfolio Director

Ideated, implemented and scaled our partnerships programme responsible for 30% of company revenue.

Head of Partnerships

WorkClub

I have known the WorkClub founder, Nick since school and we have worked on multiple ideas together. WorkClub was the idea that stuck and I thoroughly enjoyed supporting the business up until it’s acquisition by Upflex in Dec 2021.

Advisor

Pavegen

I was part of Pavegens founding team, originally joining as an intern. I led the commercial side from pre-revenue to £3M in annual sales. I closed contracts with some of worlds largest brands including Shell, Adidas, Westfield’s and Google. I also led a £2M crowdfund on Crowdcube.

Founding team, Intern to MD

Centrica

Summer graduate scheme, providing strategy recommnedations for the roll-out of SMART metering for a £1.5bn business unit within British Gas Business.

Graduate Associate

Research grant in partnership with the FAO, United Nations as part of my MSc thesis. I spent time in Italy, Rome at FAO HQ, and 3 months in Kabale, Uganda. The experience was nothing short of life-changing and Uganda is no doubt one of the most beautiful places on earth.

Research Grant

I'm the ex-CGO of Crowdcube, where I spent nearly a decade supporting some of Europes best founders and executing the biggest equity crowdfunding rounds of all time raising £1bn+ for 1000+ companies.

I'm now the founder of edge working with clients to deliver world class crowdfunding rounds. I started edge to channel my passion for working with amazing founders and helping them create category-defining brands.

I am a 2x TEDx speaker, a featured guest on various podcasts, and a regular panelist and speaker at global events on topics such as growth, innovation, and crowdfunding.

Get in touch: http://www.get-edge.co.uk/

Responsible for marketing, campaigns and Crowdcube’s portfolio.

Why CLG is a Core Business Necessity

Community-Led Growth (CLG) shouldn’t be an afterthought. Done well, it is a strategic business model defined by a brand narrative that intentionally treats its communities as co-creators. The benefits of doing this early is great customer intimacy, referrals like a tap and brand value built on a buzz of excitement.

This structure initiates a self-reinforcing flywheel where genuine, cultivated relationships translate directly into scalable growth.

The CLG Flywheel:

The essential, distinguishing feature of the CLG flywheel is its foundational emphasis on listening. This focus empowers superfans and drives growth through organic advocacy:

- Co-creation, Not Consumption: CLG prioritises engagement-driven algorithms, fostering loyal, self-sustaining groups that actively contribute to the product roadmap and brand story.

- Strategic Listening: Growth strategies must actively utilize Public Relations (PR) tactics that empower superfans and prioritise organic advocacy.

- Expansion Engine: This approach is particularly valuable for smaller enterprises seeking to expand, engage, and establish trust in a market dominated by skeptical audiences.

For an organisation to succeed, the cultivation of this community must transition from being treated as a luxury to being managed as a strategic imperative. CLG is rapidly emerging as the "next big growth strategy."

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Partner at Haatch | Top 1% crowdfunding at edge | Board Director at WineFi🍷

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