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Start up & Scale Up

Build the structure, leadership and talent capability to scale well.

Support for ambitious businesses entering their next stage of growth

Growth is exciting until it starts to expose pressure points in the business.

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What once felt agile can quickly become inconsistent. Priorities multiply, decisions slow down, accountability becomes blurred, and hiring turns reactive. Teams work hard, but delivery becomes harder to predict.

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Solomon Cartwright works with founders, scale-up leaders and growth-stage businesses when momentum starts to outpace structure.

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We help you put the right operating rhythm, leadership clarity and talent capability in place so growth becomes more disciplined, more predictable and less dependent on firefighting.

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This is not just about filling roles. It is about helping your business scale in a way that holds.

Where growth usually starts to strain.
 

Most start-ups and scale-ups do not struggle because the ambition is wrong. They struggle because the business has outgrown the way it currently operates.
 

This typically shows up as:

Priorities changing faster than teams can execute

 
Inconsistent management standards

 
Founders becoming the bottleneck for decisions

 
Hiring becoming urgent, expensive and reactive

 
Unclear ownership across functions

 
Growing dependency on agencies without building internal capability

Pressure on culture as the team expands.

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These are operating problems as much as talent problems and they need to be addressed together

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How we support start-ups and scale-ups

 

We help growth-stage businesses strengthen the foundations that allow scale to happen without unnecessary chaos.

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Growth execution and operating rhythm

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We help leadership teams turn strategy into consistent weekly execution.

 

That means clearer priorities, stronger ownership, cleaner decision-making and a practical operating cadence that keeps the business moving.

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Leadership clarity and accountability.

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As businesses grow, ambiguity becomes expensive.

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We help define roles, expectations, decision rights and leadership standards so accountability becomes normal, not political.

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Build your in-house recruitment function.

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Scaling businesses often reach the point where relying on agencies is no longer sustainable.

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We design and implement internal recruitment capability so hiring becomes more predictable, measurable and cost-effective over time.

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Critical hires where the stakes are high.

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Some hires are too important to leave to chance.

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Where required, we deliver retained search for the leadership and specialist appointments that materially affect growth, delivery and culture.

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Recruitment subscription for ongoing growth.

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For businesses with consistent hiring demand, we offer a flat monthly model that creates cost predictability, clearer hiring workflows and a more stable talent pipeline.

Why founders and scale-up leaders work with us

We understand that scaling a business is not just about growth targets. It is about building an organisation that can carry growth without breaking under it.

What makes our approach different is that we do not treat hiring as a standalone transaction.

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We look at the wider system around it:

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  • how decisions are made

  • how leaders operate

  • how accountability is held

  • how hiring is structured

  • how capability is built internally

  • how growth affects culture and performance

 

That means we do more than help you recruit. We help you build a business that is better able to execute, hire and scale.

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What this creates

When the right structure is in place, start-ups and scale-ups

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  • clearer priorities and faster decisions

  • stronger leadership alignment

  • more consistent execution

  • less rework and fewer hidden fires

  • improved hiring quality and predictability

  • reduced agency dependency over time

  • better protection of culture during growth

 

The result is not bureaucracy. It is operational clarity that gives growth a stronger foundation.

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Every growth business is different.

Some need help stabilising execution. Some need leadership clarity. Some need to reduce agency reliance and build an internal recruitment function. Others need support with critical hires while building for the future.

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Our model is designed to support businesses at different stages of the Start-up and Scale-up journey, with flexible engagement options that match the level of need and reduce unnecessary risk.

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Work with Solomon Cartwright

If your business is growing but the internal system is starting to feel stretched, we can help you strengthen what sits underneath performance.

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Whether you need clearer operating rhythm, stronger accountability, better hiring infrastructure or support with key appointments, we work with you to build the capability required for sustainable growth.

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Book a Discovery Call

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