Dominic Monkhouse

When did you last actually decide what this business is? Not what it does, what it's for, who it's for, and what you're choosing to be the obvious choice for. If you can't remember, it's because you never did. You backed into something that worked, and you've been too busy ever since to stop and choose. Now the revenue you're chasing has outgrown the idea underneath it....

You didn't hire the wrong people. You taught the right ones to bring every decision to you. Every refund, every supplier switch, every holiday request, every hire below your senior team. You answered, so you became the answer. Now, a call that used to take a day takes 3 weeks because it's stuck in a queue behind everything else in your head. You're working harder than you've ever w...

After coaching more than 200 founder-CEOs, I can usually tell in 10 minutes if you're the bottleneck. Not because you're bad at CEO work, but because you've become the place where every decision, every standard, and every bit of context lands. I've scaled two companies to a £30 million run rate. I've lived this stage myself. In this video, I'm showing you five ways you'...

After more than 10,000 hours coaching founder-CEOs, I've seen what works and what breaks in that 15-250 employee range, especially in no man's land (70-100 people), where every decision bottlenecks with you. In this video, I'm showing you seven books and one principle from each that you can use this week to stop being the bottleneck. WARNING: Don't try to read all seven books this...

You've just interviewed another strong head of ops. Great CV, good energy. Three months in, every hard decision still lands on your desk. There's one hire that changes that—and it isn't them. The one hire is the difference between you working 7 days a week and the business actually running without you in every room. If this is you, it doesn't mean you're failing. It means you&#...

After coaching more than 100 founder-CEOs, I've learned this isn't a firing problem—it's a guilt problem. Guilt makes you wait, and the team pays the price in missed deadlines and late nights. In this video, I'm showing you five fairness checks to fire somebody fairly without the guilt and move on cleanly. I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I've scaled two of my own businesses past £30...

Your worst customers aren't just hurting your margins—they're stealing your best people's time. At IT Lab, we were losing £65,000 a month. In 90 days, we got to break even by making one hard change: we stopped treating every customer the same. If you treat everyone the same, your best customers leave first. They don't complain—they just go. I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I've scale...

Are you the referee for your leadership team? If every issue between your leaders lands on your desk, you're not leading—you're mediating. And that's costing you time and momentum. If you enforce peer-to-peer feedback every week, I can give you a day a week back in 90 days. I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I've scaled two tech companies past £30 million and coached founder-CEOs for a dec...

There's a hidden pattern every founder hits on the way up. Too small to be big and too big to be small. Around 70 or 80 employees, profit drops, growth stalls, and founders burn out. The game changes—you were playing basketball, and suddenly you're coaching football. I'm Dominic Monkhouse. I've scaled two firms to £30 million in 5 years, written a couple of books, and coached over...

Why do so many CEOs follow “smart” advice and still end up wrecking their companies? I've scaled two tech businesses to £30M ARR and coached over 100 founder-CEOs. I’ve seen the same mistakes sabotage great companies again and again. This episode lays out the 10 hard lessons every founder needs to hear before they blow it all up. 00:00 Why CEOs Follow Smart Advice and Still Wreck Their Compani...

Are you still waiting for AI to “arrive”? My clients are hiring execs faster than ever using AI tools I helped them build. If you're still waiting — you're already behind. The gap between companies  playing with AI  and those  strategically adopting it  is already a chasm. And it’s about to get much, much wider. In this episode, I’m going to show you the  AI Adoption Flywheel  — the exact...

If you think you've built a successful business but can’t take three weeks off... You haven’t built a business — you’ve just got a job with shit holidays. 📧 I’ve broken down 33 myths that keep founders stuck in 33 daily emails: https://join.monkhouseandcompany.com/33-days-of-no-bollocks-business-insights Most founder-CEOs are stuck playing basketball when they should be playing football. The...

Think you can hire your way out of sales? Think again. Most founders try to hand off sales too early, and it kills their momentum. There’s a proven six-phase system that successful founders follow to build a sales machine that scales, and it starts with you staying in the game longer than you'd like. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Introduction: The Six Phases of Founder-Led Sales 00:17 - Phase 1: Findi...

This founder CEO guide covers the 5 mistakes that kill momentum — clarity of vision, delegation failure, skills gaps, micromanagement, and self-awareness. Essential viewing for UK business leaders scaling their companies. Scaling from 50 to 100 people is where most founders come unstuck. You go from a cosy, know-everyone operation to something bigger, messier, and far less forgiving. The business...

I’ve scaled two UK tech companies to £30M ARR in just five years. Not through luck, and not by copying my competitors. I managed it by using simple systems that most founders completely overlook. In this video, I break down the four critical principles that determine whether you scale or stall — and how you can apply them to your business. Customer obsession Why offering brilliant service is the c...

Two-thirds of founders who sell their business never see all the money they were promised. They get trapped in earn-out hell, working for someone else, in a business they used to own. They die a little every day until eventually, bored and frustrated, they walk away early and lose a fortune. In this episode, I break down why that happens — and how to avoid it. We’ll talk about: • Why chasing a sli...