business
Hosted by Garwood Growth · business · EN-GB · 47 episodes
Unlocking Value is designed to give founders and owners of professional services firms more confidence when they're working toward an exit or thinking about taking on investment. Across six episodes, our host John Howard speaks with founders, investors and advisors about the moments that define the transaction journey - how to get ready, what to expect and how to succeed. We cover everything from value drivers and team alignment to investor expectations and life after the deal. You’ll hear from people who’ve sold their firms, taken minority investments, stayed on, exited and started again – and from those who advise or invest in firms like yours every day.
Required Pod Score for this show. PitchCentric checks your profile against host openness, topical fit, and audience signals before you generate a pitch.
Contact path
Public web form
Booking probability
31%
Guest openness
Selective
Sign up to generate a grounded pitch for Unlocking Value.
Signup to Generate a PitchUnlocking Value is designed to give founders and owners of professional services firms more confidence when they're working toward an exit or thinking about taking on investment. Across six episodes, our host John Howard speaks with founders, investors and advisors about the moments that define the transaction journey - how to get ready, what to expect and how to succeed.
Unlocking Value is hosted by Garwood Growth. The show has published 47 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Episode 46: Steve Timms, Rethinking How Consulting Work Gets Done" (29 September 2026, 68 minutes), "Episode 45: Dave Kirby, Assume You’ll Want to Do It Again" (15 September 2026, 59 minutes), and "Episode 44: Svetlana Tarnagurskaja, Hire Great People Before You Need Them" (2 September 2026, 58 minutes).
Unlocking Value publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 47 episodes.
Booking probability for Unlocking Value is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Unlocking Value requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Unlocking Value's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Unlocking Value are Business & Management Consulting. Unlocking Value has a business audience.
Garwood Growth hosts Unlocking Value, a business show with 47 episodes published.
Our AI reads these to draft pitches. Use them as grounding for a pitch that cites a real guest and a specific topic.
Unlocking Value
Steve Timms is CEO of Diabsolut, a consulting firm that helps organisations get more value from Salesforce and Certinia. When Steve joined Diabsolut in 2024, he inherited a business whose historic source of success was...
Unlocking Value
Dave Kirby is the founder of Coppett Hill, a consultancy that helps private equity-backed businesses improve how they find, win, keep and grow customers. When Dave started Coppett Hill just over three years ago, he...
Unlocking Value
Svetlana Tarnagurskaja is co-founder of Dot Collective, a data and engineering consultancy that has grown to around 160 people in just five years. Svetlana and her co-founder Tom bootstrapped Dot, which has been...
Unlocking Value
In this episode – the first in a six-part mini-series on the technology-driven change reshaping professional services – John is joined by Jason Soar, who spent thirty years inside Sainsbury’s before leaving to advise...
Unlocking Value
In this episode – the fifth conversation in our mini-series on technology-driven disruption – John is joined by Deb Ashton, who co-founded Certinia in 2009 and now runs its customer experience. Certinia is a...
Unlocking Value
In this episode – the sixth and final in a mini-series on the technology-driven change reshaping professional services – John is joined by Jonathan Corrie, co-founder and chief executive of Precursive. Precursive makes...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Sri Ganesan, founder of Rocketlane, a professional services automation platform built for customer onboarding and implementation teams. Sri is a serial founder – his first company was...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Sarah Edwards, who leads product and go-to-market at Kantata, a professional services automation platform. Sarah has spent thirty years in and around consulting, and through the...
Unlocking Value
John’s guest this episode is Jon Stead, chief executive of CMap, the software that runs the commercial side of consulting, architecture and engineering firms – quoting work, resourcing it, billing it. He’s the first of...
Unlocking Value
John's guest this episode is Richard Longstreet, the founder of Tarka Talent – a specialist recruitment firm working with consulting businesses across the UK and the US. Tarka places experienced hires across the...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Stephen Johnson, founder and CEO of Roq, a consultancy focused on helping organisations deliver large-scale technology change. Stephen founded Roq in 2009 and has since grown the...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Duncan Ramsay, a Partner in the commercial team at ECI Partners, where he works closely with management teams to help scale and grow businesses across the portfolio. Before moving into...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Jenny Burns, CEO of Magnetic, an innovation consultancy that helps organisations solve complex problems and create new products, services and experiences at pace. Jenny’s career spans...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Andrew Laird, Chief Executive of Mutual Ventures, a specialist consultancy focused on public service reform and local transformation. Andrew co-founded Mutual Ventures over 15 years...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Tamzen Isacsson, Chief Executive of the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), the body representing the UK’s leading consulting firms. Tamzen works closely with firm leaders...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Jeremie Guillerme, Partner at Reputation Inc, a specialist consultancy focused on helping organisations understand, build and protect their reputation with the stakeholders that matter...
Unlocking Value
In this episode, John is joined by Jonathan Peachey, founder of Factory X and former board member at Next 15, where he spent several years leading M&A and transformation across a group of more than 20 businesses...
Episode #29
In this episode, John is joined by Chris Allinson, Managing Partner at Yonder Consulting, a firm that helps organisations rethink how they grow and where they compete as markets evolve. Chris has spent his career...
Episode #28
In this episode, John is joined by Adrian Hands, an experienced sales leader who has spent more than three decades in roles across technology, SaaS, media and e-commerce. Adrian now works as part of Positive Momentum, a...
Episode #27
In this episode, John welcomes back Emma Flin, an investment director at Sovereign Capital Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on backing and growing mid-market tech and professional services businesses. Having...
Recent guests on Unlocking Value. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
PitchCentric classifies Unlocking Value under these industries. Guests from them are the closest fit, and each links to the best podcasts in that industry.
Is this podcast yours and you'd like to remove or correct details? Request removal or email privacy@pitchcentric.com.
Questions about the free trial? See the pricing FAQ