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We are a Growth Studio with a mantra of 🚀. We help businesses achieve holistic Achieving sustainable growth is challenging.

That’s why, at NBT, we’re committed to helping businesses build, accelerate and sustain growth to thrive in the future. Kick Start Your Growth Transformation with NBT Growth Services

We help enterprises, scale-ups and accelerators on their growth transformation journey. We provide Growth Marketing as a Service (GMaaS) and Growth Consultancy Services, leveraged with our Marketing Machine Platform.

Step into the future of growth marketing with NBT Growth Academy

We reinforce businesses to transform their workforce, accelerators to leverage their ventures' growth, and individuals to boost their careers via a blend of substantial assets, products and learning methods in Growth and Digital Marketing. NBT Ventures: Relentlessly Seeking The Next Big Thing

We support initiatives on all levels that exhibit high growth potential to be the Next Big Thing, with our growth methodology and NextBigThinkers.

05/08/2026

🎙️ New Growth Spotlight episode is live!

This time we have James Newell, sales messaging expert and one of our go-to mentors in our UK Growth Navigator community for clarity in messaging.

If you’re a B2B founder struggling to explain what you do clearly, this one’s for you

Full episode youtube.com/nbtdigital

30/07/2026

AI hasn't just changed how startups are built. It's changed what founders have to prove.

Investors are asking different questions, pre-seed expectations have shifted, and defensibility matters more than ever. Meanwhile, for founders expanding internationally, building the right network remains one of the hardest parts of the journey.

In our Growth Spotlight episode, David Gilgur, Founding Partner at Blue Lake VC, shares practical perspectives on:
• why AI has created two very different fundraising realities
• how the defensibility question has evolved
• why lower development costs have raised investor expectations
• why access to the right people matters more than the size of your network

Whether you're fundraising, building an AI startup, or entering a new market, the technology may be changing, but the questions that matter most are changing with it.

➡️ Read the full episode:
https://hubs.ly/Q04rjzbr0

22/07/2026

Landing a corporate deal takes more than a strong pitch.

Founders need to understand how large organisations evaluate startups, how trust is built throughout the process, and why the first meeting is usually only the beginning.

In our latest Growth Spotlight, Ken Valledy shares practical lessons from more than a decade of working across the startup and corporate worlds.

We explore:
• how corporate briefs, procurement, and pilot processes work
• why clarity, honesty, timing, and pricing shape enterprise decisions
• how to approach networking without turning every conversation into a pitch
• how corporate professionals can take the first steps towards building their own business

➡️ Explore the full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04qglFX0

15/07/2026

📈 Growth often looks like an external challenge.
New markets. New hires. More customers. More revenue.

In reality, scaling usually exposes what already exists inside the business.

In this Growth Playbook, we brought together insights from:
• Ali Pirbhai on operational maturity, leadership, and structuring businesses for scale
• Ben Mekie on financial visibility, forecasting, and strategic finance during growth
• Patricia Wing & Nilsu Derici on legal readiness and reducing friction when expanding internationally
• Tomm Adams on international hiring, compliance, and building globally scalable teams

👉 A practical guide for founders preparing to scale sustainably, not just quickly: https://hubs.ly/Q04pBJPD0

07/07/2026

AI has made content creation easier than ever. But easier content does not automatically create trust.

In our latest Growth Spotlight, Kirsty Jarvis, Founder and CEO of Luminous PR, explores how startups can build credibility, authority, and visibility in the age of AI-generated content.

We cover:
• why AI is creating a “sea of sameness”
• why trust is becoming the core currency in communication
• how case studies and real evidence points build credibility
• why thought leadership needs a real point of view
• how founders can use AI for research and refinement, not replacement
• and why posting for posting’s sake can harm your brand

Read the full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04nJD4v0

01/07/2026

Building the product is only one part of finding PMF.

Growth often depends on what sits around the product:
• the problem you're solving
• the path to adoption
• the trust needed to change behaviour
• the channel that reaches the customer
• the conversations that challenge your assumptions

In our Growth Spotlight episode, Sheena Pirbhai, Founder and CEO of Stress Point Health, shares practical insights on problem-product fit, B2B2C growth, channel partnerships, founder-led sales, and market entry.

Swipe through for key takeaways.

➡️ Full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04ncVVH0

24/06/2026

Raising capital starts long before the first investor meeting. 📈

By the time a founder enters the room, investors are already looking for signals that the company is prepared to turn capital into progress.

In this Growth Playbook, we brought together insights from:
• Daniel Sawko on investor fit, founder-investor alignment, and fundraising as a long-term relationship
• Sam Simpson on fundraising readiness, traction signals, and what investors expect before funding
• Akash Maharaj on how investors evaluate risk, frameworks, and founder decision-making
• Ben Bell on investor-ready IP strategy and protecting long-term value
• Ali Pirbhai on operational maturity, scaling readiness, and the systems investors look for behind growth

👉 A practical guide for founders preparing to raise capital and build stronger investor confidence: https://hubs.ly/Q04mqQwm0

18/06/2026

Many founders believe AI is making startup building easier. They're right.

Products can be built faster. Experiments can be run more cheaply. Teams can achieve more with fewer resources.

But easier building creates a new challenge: What makes a business defensible when everyone has access to the same tools?

In our latest Growth Spotlight, David Gilgur shares perspectives on:
• how AI is changing startup fundraising
• why investors still care about fundamentals
• the growing importance of defensibility
• building the right network when entering a new market
• what international founders often underestimate about expansion

➡️ Read the full episode: https://hubs.ly/Q04lSfbG0

16/06/2026

AI is making it easier to generate more outreach, more content, and more sales activity. That doesn't automatically mean better sales outcomes.

In our Growth Spotlight, Vinit Shah shares why the companies benefiting most from AI are not necessarily the ones using the most tools. They're the ones with the strongest foundations.

From qualification and coaching to buyer behaviour and trust, we explore what AI is really changing in modern sales.

https://hubs.ly/Q04lxq3H0

11/06/2026

Many startups think enterprise sales is about getting attention.

In reality, attention is usually the easy part. The harder challenge is understanding how large organisations make decisions.

→ Why opportunities move slowly.
→ Why internal champions matter.
→ Why a great product can still lose.
→ Why trust often matters more than enthusiasm.

Enterprise partnerships are rarely won through a single pitch. They are built through credibility, patience, operational maturity, and the ability to make life easier for the people buying from you.

In this Growth Playbook, we brought together insights from:
• Ken Valledy on working with large corporates
• John Doran on building partnerships for global growth
• Colin Griffith on how enterprises evaluate startups and decide who to work with

A practical guide for founders navigating enterprise sales and corporate partnerships.
🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q04l1x3n0

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