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John Bradbury

Founder & Strategic Advisor

“Advising founders demands more than just experience and a strategic mind. It requires patience, empathy, imagination and the ability to keep them energised and focused on growth.”

John Bradbury

Experience

I love helping founders grow.

It can be lonely at the top. I know. I’ve been there.

I have stayed awake at night, worrying about the pitch; about paying the bills; about making the right hire; wondering if we’re getting it right for clients, if we’re actually even doing the right stuff at all and ultimately, if it will all be worth it in the end.

I have learned most of what I know from the school of hard knocks. I have worked in the worlds largest agency and built my own from the ground up.

Doing it all myself. Doing it badly. Then doing it better.

Now I apply all of that hard-won wisdom to advising the owners and leaders of budding agencies, consultancies and other creative businesses.

Helping them to hatch a proper growth plan, by providing actionable advice, mentoring and crucially, holding their feet to the fire.

I keep my clients focused, energised and on-track.

Trust is everything.

If you would like to have an exploratory chat with John about growing your agency, get in touch with us via the form below.

Sweetspots

Areas of focus:

  • Growth planning

  • Leadership & team development

  • Brand & positioning

  • Marketing & New Business strategy

  • Team configuration & hiring


Serving a broad range of agencies including:

  • Industrial Product Design

  • Experience design

  • Branding

  • PR | Comms

  • Retail design

  • Strategic planning

  • Consumer Insights | Research

  • Website | App | Software development

  • Employee engagement

What John’s clients say

“John has been an invaluable part of COMMUNION’s development as a business…he has set us up for success on our own terms”

Andy Harvey
Co-founder & Creative Director, Communion

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“…moving forward with the short- and medium-term plans developed with BLINK and our partnership continues to stay on this strategic path. I couldn’t recommend them enough!”

Daniel Dagher
Founder, Bray Street

“Involving BLINK in Studio Elk's early days has accelerated our trajectory beyond what I could have imagined - probably the best business investment I've made to date”

Tony Elkington
Founder, Elk Studio

“John is intO’s strategic adviser. Since working with him, we have doubled our turnover and I have become a better leader”

Joanna Brassett
Founding Director, Studio intO

“John has been an invaluable part of COMMUNION’s development as a business…he has set us up for success on our own terms”

Andy Harvey
Co-founder & Creative Director, Communion

“John is very knowledgeable about the marketplace, insightful in his analysis, and enjoyable to work with”

Sam Kennedy
Director, Commissioned by You

“The team was very engaged and changed their outlook in many ways. We became a more open and optimistic business due to the energy John brought”

Julian Thurbin
Managing Director, Wallbarn