Straight Talk Consulting
We take companies from product market fit
to scalable and repeatable growth.
Welcome!
Welcome to Straight Talk Consulting, we are a business consultancy that gets our hands dirty.
We work with organisations to achieve product market fit before transitioning into scalable and repeatable growth.
In our Media section you will find practical and actionable advice on the key issues founders and their teams face when getting started, achieving market fit and scaling a company.
Dan Wheatley, Co-Founder
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Aren’t you just a marketing agency?
Thats a great question. Although we do have the ability to perform many of the services you would expect from a marketing agency the answer is “no”.
The unique offering of Straight Talk is our experience and knowledge of the exact steps companies need to take in order to transition from market fit into scalable and repeatable growth.
This means we take a much wider view and oversee work in marketing, operations, sales and analytics to name a few.
Another key difference of Straight Talk is once we implement the necessary processes, we will train your team to take over. You will not be reliant on us forever and will have the in-house knowledge to continue without us.
Who we have worked with
Testimonials
Straight Talk is a growth consultancy. This means different things to different companies, but for SecondWrite, it has meant tailored tactical advice on business operations multiple times per week. Unlike advisors, whom you interact with monthly, StraightTalk consultants help by being involved in the day-to-day.
I think of the StraightTalk folks as members of our company who also have a knowledge of how many other startups have solved problems similar to ours.
Straight Talk have helped us with everything from: developing new investor & customer presentations, creating a lead generation process, a sales pipeline, discovering customer personas, collecting customer success data, new product definition and launch, long-term funding strategies and overhauling our financials
Paul Talamo, COO of SecondWrite
At Security Weekly we were looking for someone to help us grow the company, that could help us with strategy but also implementation. We knew that a basic “marketing expert” would not be right for the role and we did not want to make a costly mistake.
With Straight Talk we have been able to implement and follow a methodical process that is supported by data at every step. We are implementing data backed solutions that our competition cannot compete with and seeing the growth we wanted at the outset.
Paul Asadoorian, Founder of Security Weekly
Dan was Ondato’s mentor in Startup Wise Guys acceleration program. His support for our team on operations and sales strategy was very important and valuable for us. I could definitely recommend Dan to any business that is looking to optimize the internal processes and Sales.
Povilas Steikunas, Head of Partnerships at Ondato
Gravwell is in a much better place today. We have worked closely with Dan & the team at Straight Talk to improve our processes and set us up for success. Things have worked out well and now we’re struggling to keep up with the amount of business we are generating
Straight Talk is as close to guaranteed growth as you will get.
Corey Thuen, CEO of Gravwell
Media
When Are You Ready To Scale
Scaling a business is arguably the most exciting time for everyone involved, it is when you see all your hard work begin to deliver tangible results. But, when are you ready to scale?
My Simple Paid Ads Strategy
There is no shortage of Facebook ads or paid ad articles, courses and experts out there. All selling the secret to infinite leads at low cost if you just do this one thing that they can show you.
Been Burnt Hiring For Sales? – How To Find & Hire The Right Candidates
Hiring for sales roles appears to be the one thing that causes more problems than perhaps any other role within startups. It almost seems a right of passage
Should Technical Founders Outsource Lead Generation?
I was recently lucky enough to have the opportunity to speak at the Baltic Sandbox incubator (via zoom we are in the middle of corona virus lockdown at the time of writing).
Have You Achieved Market Fit – The 6 Steps You Must Complete Before You Can Say Yes
Achieving product market fit is a stage of the business lifecycle that all software and product based businesses must go through.
Content Funnel
In this article, we are going to show you why you need no more than 5-7 pieces of content for each persona.Read more to see what those pieces of content are.
Consulting Plus Products in SaaS
I get asked alot of questions about scaling SAAS. It seems there’s a lot that people are unsure of. This video goes over my recommendations & why I think so many people struggle with it.
Don’t Make Stupid Projections!
Don’t make the common mistakes that most people make when looking for investments. I will go over those mistakes & show you the correct way to get that investment you’re looking for.
Facebook Ads Quick Tips
Do you have questions about Facebook Audience Network & Facebook Advertising? Do you have questions on where to put your ads? I’ll give you some quick & effective tips that will point you in the right direction in this video.