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Market entry David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Market entry David Aobadia 28/09/2026

From a standing start to a £600K order book: taking Madly into the UK

Madly, a creative agency with an integrated 3D studio, had the talent and a client list that includes global luxury and consumer brands. In the UK it had no network, no brand and no pipeline. In under a year it had a £600K UK order book.

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Online growth David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Online growth David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Quadrupling online sales for a French fine-food house

A French fine-food house with more than a century of heritage wanted to build fresh momentum after Covid. A focused plan for online, and the performance marketing to deliver it, quadrupled online sales in eighteen months.

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Events and pipeline David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Events and pipeline David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Sylvania: €2.5M of pipeline in two months from a single trade fair

Sylvania, the global lighting manufacturer, had a new owner, a new brand and one week in front of its whole industry. We designed the fair around one question: how does each visitor become a sales conversation? It produced €2.5M of pipeline within two months.

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Positioning David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Positioning David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Eogile: repositioning a software house to win bigger projects and better people

Eogile, a French software house building custom applications, wanted bigger contracts in its fields of expertise. A workshop, a sharper positioning and a new website won it two key projects and stronger talent.

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Restructuring David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Restructuring David Aobadia 28/09/2026

From importer to organisation: restructuring an international solar panel supplier

An international solar panel supplier wanted to grow from an import business into a fully fledged organisation. The answer was two entities, each built for its own market.

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Positioning David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Positioning David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Swytch: 15% more sales within one quarter by repositioning

Swytch, the eBike conversion kit maker, had a strong product and a broad, unfocused message. Refocusing on the right geographies, the right customers and a new corporate market lifted sales by 15% within a quarter.

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Brand and change David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Brand and change David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Sylvania: keeping a brand, a team and a market together through an acquisition

When Sylvania changed hands, customers, partners and staff across Europe needed to know what had changed and what had not. The new brand was in every office, factory and partner within two months.

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Marketing ROI David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Marketing ROI David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Which marketing spend is actually working? How Black & Decker and Sylvania found out

Every product manager thinks their launch is the priority, so budgets get spread thin and nobody can say what paid back. Two global manufacturers, two tools that fixed it.

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Product launch David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Product launch David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Remington: a launch that sold, with 30% more sales in the first quarter

Remington needed a new range of hair clippers to win over retailers and a male audience at the same time. Sales rose 30% in the first quarter against the previous year.

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Business planning David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Business planning David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Investor-ready: how Barber + Blow and Loanable got backed

Barber + Blow went from two salons to seven. Loanable closed its seed round the quarter after it went to investors. Both started with a plan built on evidence.

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Hands-on delivery David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Hands-on delivery David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Rolling up my sleeves: delivering the plan for a demi-fine jewellery brand

Not every business needs another strategy. Sometimes it needs someone senior to get on with it. That was the brief from an independent demi-fine jewellery and crystal brand.

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Workshops and training David Aobadia 28/09/2026 Workshops and training David Aobadia 28/09/2026

Workshops and teaching: helping teams and students turn theory into results

From strategy workshops with leadership teams to for-credit courses at French business schools, in English, French and Spanish. Every session ends with something real built.

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I help businesses between £3m and £25m make growth predictable.

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