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“The road to success has many twists and turns, but for those who focus on the ultimate goal, it’s an adventure that rewards like no other.”
John F. Kettley
CHANCES ARE….
YOU’RE HERE BECAUSE YOU’VE STARTED ASKING YOURSELF THE RIGHT QUESTIONS…
Am I on the RIGHT TRACK?
WHAT should my next move be?
WHO do I need to get me there FASTER?
If you want absolute clarity of what the steps must be to achieve your business ambitions…
it’s time to bring someone in who has genuinely been where you want to go…
Having started built and sold many companies over the years, I’ve experienced just about every scenario a businessperson will face in the process of building a business to a successful exit, which is the value I can bring to you to seriously accelerate your journey to obtain your ultimate goal in business…
From serial entrepreneur to private equity investor
It wasn’t a straight line. I’ve failed more times than I can count. Some businesses never got close to where I thought they would. Others worked far better than I expected. Each one taught me something useful. Over time those lessons compounded into outcomes my younger self wouldn’t have believed were possible.
I grew up in a family of self employed business owners. Business was normal conversation at the table. Selling, margins, customers, pressure. That environment shaped how I see work and risk. I cut my teeth in the home improvement and motor industries, both brutally competitive. If you don’t sell, you don’t eat. That reality sharpens your thinking very quickly.
A turning point came in the 1980s when I secured the opportunity to sell Jeeps and Harley Davidsons to the US military in Germany. It exposed me to scale, procurement, and decision making inside large systems. More importantly, it made me curious about why people buy what they buy, and why they buy it from certain people and not others.
That curiosity stayed with me. It led to building a training business focused on the psychology of selling, not scripts or tricks, but understanding how decisions are actually made. Alongside that, I’ve invested in, built, and exited businesses across the UK, Ireland, Spain, and the USA.
All through my business life
I’ve worked with organisations ranging from small owner managed firms to names like Mercedes Benz and FedEx, first as a supplier, then over the last decade as a business mentor and private equity investor.
Across all of it, one pattern kept repeating. Businesses that exit well are designed that way early. Not by luck. Not by hope.
Success is reverse engineered.
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John invests in well-run construction businesses that know their place in the market and can operate without the owner at the centre of everything.
Typically UK-based SMEs with a clear specialism, strong first-line management, and improving profit quality, not just growing turnover. He backs teams who understand their customers, stay close to market movement, and take commercial decisions early rather than react late.
These are practical, operational businesses with clear leadership, disciplined cash control, and the ability to compound value through execution, not hype.
