Matt Little is an experienced founding team member who has been through 5 exits (co-leading two, advising on a further two and technical lead on another) and he now helps companies to scale faster and better. In the past 20 years, Matt has led divisions and teams in start-ups, scale-ups and global multi-nationals.
Matt’s company, Blue Ocean Insight Ltd, uses his experience to help companies scale efficiently and innovate faster whilst understanding their product, team and technology risks.
Who uses Blue Ocean Insight?
Rapidly growing companies that want to achieve rapid growth but do not know how to scale a technology or product function
Companies that are unclear how to manage risks as they scale
Investors who believe in a team or idea but feel that the leadership needs additional experience on a temporary or ongoing basis
Teams seeking to prepare the product and technology functions for an exit or investor due diligence process
What do we do?
Work with C-Level team members to link product strategy and development to overall growth strategy
Increase the rate of innovation from the product teams through structural or process improvements
Quantify current product and technology risk and align it to a company’s overall risk appetite
Coach and mentor C-Level and other senior team members
What are our values?
Build the vision – If you know where you want to go, it makes it easier to plan a route.
Uncover the value – You grow faster and more effectively by understanding what you are doing that delivers value to your customers (and what does not).
Always focus on ‘The Thing’ - Align your teams, processes, and company behind delivering ‘The Thing’ that matters.
Have fun doing It - Teams who enjoy what they do and are all going in the same direction work more effectively and deal better with complex challenges.