Business Startup Services
Startup Circle is Your Business Partner
Depending on what phase the startup is in, at any one time what you're working on with us might include:
• Market and competitive research
• Business and/or technical analysis
• Customer discovery and interviews
• Designing, building, execute, manage, and attribution for social media campaigns
• Designing, building your website and landing pages
- Designing, creating, and managing customer funnels
• CRM & email automation, drip emails, onboarding, marketing campaigns
Our program follows a proprietary 'Customer Development' methodology with three stages: (1) Ideation, (2) Launch, and (3)Traction.
For each stage we provide all the appropriate tools, techniques, & know-how to help you, as a solopreneur, to succeed at great 'customer development' - whether you are just starting out or consider yourself a serial entrepreneur.
Your goal with us will be to create a 'Startup Growth Engine' for your business, based on an evolving and iterative business model that we'll be helping you develop.
A Startup Growth Engine is the systematic process for acquiring, converting, and retaining customers (i.e. to achieve traction). All investors and Accelerators look for this type of traction - it is often the primary criterion in accepting companies to their cohort.
The Startup Circle Program Difference
Our philosophy: "Whatever You Need, Whenever You Need It"
- Unlimited access to consultancy / coaching time
- All the marketing, analysis, and design tools you need - included!
- We'll show you how to do it, do it with you, and even do it for you!
So much more than just mentoring!
1. For Ideation Stage Startups
Do you have a business idea?
Knowing where to start is tough. We help Solopreneurs take that burning idea and formulate it into the foundations of a startup. We use Lean Canvas tools and techniques to push the boundaries to get ready for the launch phase.
Client Testimonial
"We had a business idea we had researched and felt confident was credible but had reached an impasse in getting down to the detail. We asked Startup Circle to help us to develop our idea into a much more solid proposition and plan, working online with us, using disciplined techniques to solidify the idea, and to consider new stakeholder interests and potential funding and branding approaches. We also built clarity on the technical integration with our platform partner. Throughout there was an inspirational, collaborative and a comfortable dynamic. For two co-founders with other day-jobs, Paul’s content and energy was key to delivering our outcomes to a tight deadline, and we have a “take away” of all the valuable collateral we built together to enable us to take our idea forward to prospective clients."
Margery McConnell, Co-founder
@ Custus
2. For Launch Stage Startups
Are you ready to launch your business?
Congratulations. You've finally incorporated and are open for business. We'll help you validate your business model with your first few customers. We use targeted community-building techniques such as email automation to nurture your first few customers.
Client Testimonial
"Just a few month after launching Thankbox, I attended the brand clinic event with Paul and Richard and had a great experience! I got a lot of value out of it - it made me think deeply about my product & how branding fits into it. With their questions both Paul and Richard were able to tease out ideas and new approaches about my product. I've subsequently used this to develop and grow it further. From a few dozen users, we now have hundreds. Definitely recommend it to other founders!"
Val Hinov, CEO & Founder
@ Thankbox
3. For Traction Stage Startups
Are you ready to grow your business?
As you scale you constantly have to adjust your business model. What worked with one customer probably won't work with ten, a hundred...or a thousand. We use targeted ad campaigns and event tracking to optimize your customer funnels and tune your product.
Client Testimonial
"They have a wealth of experience in the start-up space & are basically trying to help start-ups avoid common pitfalls related to the growth phase. I was a bit sceptical initially but after some one-on-one sessions I released that I needed a more structured approach to acquiring, on-boarding & retaining customers. Easy to work with, hands-on & pragmatic. I'm happy with the progress we are making. I can't afford to waste any money - it’s critical to retain acquired customers. Startup Circle are helping me to optimise the acquisition funnel & maximise my marketing spend"
Alan Loughrey, CEO & Founder
@ Bookbreakrs
Pricing
We don't take equity, and nor do we charge you every time you need help. We charge a monthly flat fee based on the stage that your startup is in, and for that you get unlimited everything - tools, techniques, and know-how to help you get your first 100 customers. All contracts are month-to-month, with a money-back guarantee if you don't feel you are getting what you need, or what you expected.
Ideation
All the tools and support you need to take your startup idea to early launch. Taking your idea from inception to validation, ensuring you have the foundations in place.
£500
Launch
Access to our Customer Growth Engine tailored to your acquisition strategy. This will give you the launch pad to gaining your first customers.
£750
Traction
Our Advanced Customer Growth Engine taking full advantage of our CRM, Email and Social Media systems. Grow and deepen your customer relationships, accelerating your market traction.