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Dan Bradbury

Name: Dan Bradbury
Address: Henley in Arden, GB
Telephone: +443333207207
Price range: $$$$

Helping established businesses to get more revenue, profit & time. No-nonsense growth coach.

Dan Bradbury is an investor who specializes in taking companies that are already producing multiple six figures in revenue and accelerating their growth to over £10 million.

04/09/2026

If you ask ChatGPT a crap question, you’ll get a crap answer.

The tool is not usually the problem.

The question is.

One simple fix:

Before asking any AI tool for the answer, tell it to ask you 3–5 clarifying questions first. Have a conversation, and ask it to push back on your thinking.

It gets better context.

You get a better output.

01/09/2026

I’d rather buy from a distressed seller than buy a distressed business.

When people talk about buying businesses, they often get obsessed with distressed companies.

I don’t. I want a distressed seller.

A distressed business can be a nightmare. HMRC problems, lawsuits, broken systems, crap margins, declining revenue, staff issues, customer concentration, all the usual fun.

That doesn’t mean you can’t buy one. But you need to know exactly what you’re doing. And most people don’t.

A distressed seller is different.

The business might be perfectly good. Profitable. Stable. Strong customer base. Decent team. Plenty of life left in it.

But the owner needs to sell.

They might be tired. Ill. Going through a divorce. Getting older. No succession plan. Lost interest. Hit the ceiling. Sick of carrying the thing.

That creates opportunity.

Not because you’re taking advantage of someone, but because better asset allocation creates value.

If the current owner no longer has the energy, capital or appetite to grow the business, it may be better in someone else’s hands.

They get money off the table.

The business gets a new lease of life.

The employees get a future.

The buyer gets the upside.

That’s a proper deal.

31/08/2026

One of the best business books I’ve read is The Road Less Stupid by Keith Cunningham.

The title pretty much tells you what it’s about.

Not becoming a genius. Not finding some magic strategy. Not pretending business is more complicated than it is.

Just making fewer stupid decisions.

Which, frankly, would solve a lot of problems for most business owners.

Cunningham built a huge real estate fortune, lost it, and then did the painful bit most people avoid: he actually studied why.

His conclusion was that most of the damage wasn’t caused by bad luck. It was caused by emotional decisions. Optimism. Ego. Rushing. Ignoring obvious risks. Not asking the uncomfortable questions early enough.

He calls that the “Dumb Tax.”

And every business owner has paid it.

Bad hires.
Wrong customers.
Overpriced acquisitions.
Pointless projects.
Deals you knew didn’t smell right but did anyway.
Costs you let drift because you couldn’t be arsed to look properly.

The book is really about thinking time. Sitting down with a pen, paper, and one serious question. Then forcing yourself to think before the business teaches you the expensive version of the lesson.

Most founders don’t need more information. They need fewer unforced errors.

That’s why I like the book. It’s not sexy. But it is useful.

29/08/2026

Don’t buy a business just because it’s cheap.

Buying a business for no money down sounds sexy.

And yes, it can be done.
I’ve done it.

But here’s the bit most people conveniently leave out: if you can genuinely buy a business for no money down, there’s a good chance it’s because the business isn’t worth very much.

That doesn’t mean it’s a bad deal.
But it does mean you’d better know what the hell you’re doing.

There’s a whole industry now selling people the dream of buying businesses for £1.

And some of it is dangerous nonsense.

If you’ve never run a proper business, don’t know the industry, don’t understand the numbers, and have no idea how to integrate the thing once you’ve bought it, you’re not buying an asset.

You’re buying a problem.

Creative deal structures work best when the buyer has genuine operating skill.

If you run a marketing agency and buy another marketing agency, fine. You understand the model. You know what to keep, what to cut, what to cross-sell, and where the bodies are buried.

But if you’ve watched a few videos and now think you’re ready to do a distressed turnaround, you’re probably in for a painful lesson.

Cheap does not mean good value.

Sometimes cheap is just expensive with better marketing.

28/08/2026

Selling your business isn’t always selfish.

Sometimes it’s the best thing for the team.

If you’ve lost the energy for the next chapter, a new owner with fresh capital, ambition, and experience might be exactly what the business needs.

A good sale isn’t abandonment.

Sometimes it’s making sure the company has a future.

27/08/2026

The best use of AI isn’t asking it to give you the answer.

It’s using it to think better.

My favourite prompt is usually:

“Help me think this through. Ask me questions one at a time.”

That’s where AI becomes useful.

Not as a replacement for thinking.

As a tool to sharpen it.

26/08/2026

One of the best things about my Mastermind is hearing what’s actually going on in people’s businesses.

Not the polished version.

The real version.

- The awkward hire they’re avoiding.
- The acquisition they’re considering.
- The cashflow issue they don’t want to admit.
- The offer they’ve had for the business and don’t know whether to take.
- The fact they’re making good money but still feel completely trapped by the company they’ve built.

That’s the bit I care about.

Because most business owners don’t need another motivational quote or a 47-step framework.

They need someone to listen properly, ask the uncomfortable question, and tell them the truth.

Sometimes that truth is:

- You’re the bottleneck.
- You don’t have a business, you have a job.
- That buyer is not serious.
- Your valuation expectation is fantasy.
- You’re leaving this too late.
- You need better people around you.

It’s not always fun to hear.

But it’s usually what moves the needle.

25/08/2026

Selling your business can be the best thing for you, your staff, and the company itself.

Businesses go through life cycles. So do owners.

At some point, even successful founders can lose energy for the next stage.

That’s when the right buyer can take the business further than you can.

You get value out before it starts to decline.

They get the upside.

That’s a proper win-win.

24/08/2026

How to reduce the stress of selling your business...

Selling a business is intimidating when you’ve never done it before.

That’s why having the right team matters.

Not just to prepare the business for sale, but to guide you through the process, answer the questions, and take the stress off your plate.

When you're selling something you've worked on for so long, you need to get it right.

Don’t wing it.

22/08/2026

Environment dictates performance.

Your environment changes how you think.

That’s why some of the best breakthroughs happen when you step away from the usual desk, usual room, and usual routine.

Different environment.

Different thoughts.

Different results.

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Monday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	9:30am - 5:30pm

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+443333207207

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http://www.danbradbury.com/

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