“The only source of knowledge
is experience.
— Albert Einstein
“Experience is the thing of
extreme value.”
— Henry Ford
About Principle Partners.
Experience.
Ian Brown the owner of Principle Partners has 39 years of commercial experience. In that time he has:
Worked for 25 years in a large Pan-European Corporation
Corporate Main Board Director
Set up and run 3 SME’s
A consultancy company
A franchise - B2C
A marketing company - B2B
Worked with clients all over the world
Advised start-up’s
Worked with hundreds of employees and sub-contractors
As importantly he has made many poor decisions and commercial mistakes over the years, but has learnt enormously from each of them. That experience has been invaluable and enabled Ian to help other businesses avoid making the same mistakes and support and drive their development and growth.
Over the years Ian has also built up a large network of trusted associates, who are as experienced as him in their own specific fields. This network of contacts are ideally suited to helping business owners like you by sharing their expertise and insight.
Knowledge.
As Albert Einstein said “The only source of knowledge is experience”.
Sometimes there is just no substitute for having put in the hours, weeks, months and years required to gain real insight and knowledge.
The Principle Partners model is about giving your business access to that wealth of knowledge on a flexible basis, as and when your business reaches a stage where it needs either strategic or specific help and advice.
Our approach is not simply a question of do as we say, we know best, it’s all about helping you to understand the options and solutions available to you better.
It’s our belief that the best advice and support can only be delivered after we have immersed ourselves in your business.
Only in this way can we help you to make more informed decisions about something which is undoubtedly precious and incredibly valuable to you, your business.
However, ultimately the final decision is always yours.
And please don’t equate age and experience with cynicism or negativity, the whole Principle Partners network retain a passion for business and still get as excited about it as they did at the start of their own commercial journeys.
Solutions.
The business landscape is full of people who can offer advice. People with good commercial experience who genuinely want to help.
What differentiates Principle Partners is we understand that business owners often clearly understand generically what their business needs to achieve but they are just resource poor, either in terms of time or expertise.
This means that they don’t just want to be told what their options are, but for someone to actively help them implement the plan.
That implementation may require different types of support:
One-one mentoring & coaching - Someone to bounce ideas off, give advice and then help to facilitate and oversee the solution
Project Management - Hands on delivery support for a tangible new project that needs an experienced pair of hands to oversee implementation
Resource Management - Help to find and then manage external resource to deliver a solution to a challenge or issue
This means more than just participating at a monthly board meeting or an occasional phone call.
Principle Partners specialise in offering pragmatic, real world advice, solutions and support to resource poor businesses and under pressure or inexperienced business owners.
