Alexander Willard

Co-Founder

Sheffield, United Kingdom86 yrs 9 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Coached over 150 clients to success.
  • Helped a business grow from 2000 to 4000+ employees.
  • Created Founderstree, a networking platform for founders.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Business Development and Coaching expert with a focus on Startups and Entrepreneurship.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business CoachingStart-up VenturesBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-market StrategyProject ManagementBusiness StrategyLeadership

Other Skills

Small Business ConsultingBreaking NewsBusiness OwnershipActing like a CEO when it's just 2 peopleSocial Media MarketingStart-up LeadershipSerious BusinessMeme MasterFood Inhaler 9000Travelling without any planToastVidae EditingYouTubeBusiness Process ImprovementCoaching & Mentoring

About

It all started when I was 5 years old with my dad's clock. ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ... I took it apart. How does it work? Whatโ€™s inside? Can I make it go faster? (Time hack!?) Dad was not happy... the clock was in 37 parts, and never made whole again. ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ. By 14 years of age, I was working with local businesses and had my own. Selling games at the market and repairing consoles. Like You, I was always interested in entrepreneurship. I even had a good affiliate marketing gig on clothing and mobile phones at that age. I was the โ€˜go-toโ€™ guy. ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€: - Coached 150+ clients- Supported 30+ start-ups and SMEs from idea creation to cash flow - Trained hundreds of coaches, helping thousands of clients in Business & Employment - Helped a Business Grow From 2000 to 4000+ Employees Within 2 Years - Optimised business processes, adding ยฃ100,000โ€™s to millions in revenue But I got tired of the corporate bullshit and red tape. So in 2024, I started MSA with one mission - โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘. Worked with some amazing first time founders, got some great results. Until... I decided I need a change of scenery, so I went for a trip around Asia, only working part-time with past clients across the globe. Until I decided it's time to get back to work, but this time make a real impact, much larger than previously. After more than a thousand founder conversations, I realised that networking is broken and social media with AI spam is getting worse than ever. So I decided to create a change, and as such the idea of Founderstree, a networking platform built exclusively for founders, to build real connections, was born. Currently in beta and open launch for Q1 2026. If you want to find out more, DM. Also, if you need a business problem solved - say Hello in DM's to pick my brain. I am not going to sell you a course or promise you "ยฃ50k/month easy by writing on LinkedIn" but, I can certainly help you increase your profits and remove business headaches and anxiety. Chat later. Alex

Experience

86 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
55 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 2 mos
Current Experience

Founders chat

Founder

Jan 2026 โ€“ Present ยท 4 mos ยท Bangkok ยท Remote

  • Every week I sit down to discuss the hottest business, start-up and creator news and share even hotter takes.
  • Join us LIVE on stage or in comments every wednesday at 3PM CET on Youtube.
Business CoachingSmall Business ConsultingBreaking NewsBusiness OwnershipStart-up Ventures

Founders tree ๐ŸŒณ

Founder

Jul 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 10 mos ยท United Kingdom ยท Remote

  • Business Networking is flawed. You're either:
  • > Using Sales Navigator
  • > Plugging in automation tools
  • > Scraping data
  • > Commenting like a mad man
  • > Creating 'Content'
  • > DM'ing people all day with hope that one of them will help you
  • OR:
  • > Paying for tickets to networking events
  • > Spending whole days or hours or travel
  • > Having the same 'So what do you do' conversation 27 times
  • > Getting pitch slapped by an agency provider every other conversation
  • And we take all of this for granted. After all - it's how things have been for the past 10-20 years.
  • But what if that entire long process could have been skipped?
  • What if we re-imagined Business Networking.
  • What if there was a platform that after a short and simple onboarding, could match you directly to the right person for - peer support, collaborations, finding clients, finding investment or companies to invest in.
  • Not a database to search or scrape.
  • A system that automagically connects you to the right person - without all the headache and extra work.
  • So that you can focus on building business relationships and growing your business.
  • Not getting PHD in content creation and managing 5 different tools and wasting hours on irrelevant conversations that don't help you or your business grow.
  • That's what Founders Tree is about.
  • Using technology not to replace your genuine messages with automated ones.
  • We use it to connect you to the perfect match for your needs, so you can have a real genuine conversation - with the right people that will help you accelerate your business forward and support you on your journey.
  • A platform designed for Founders, by Founders.
Business CoachingBusiness DevelopmentGo-to-Market StrategyBusiness StrategyActing like a CEO when it's just 2 peopleSocial Media Marketing+1

Just exploring pov

Chief Exploring Officer

Mar 2025 โ€“ Present ยท 1 yr 2 mos ยท Travelling

  • I got bored of sitting in the office or at home, writing Linkedin posts and commenting like a tw*t all day, so I went outside to see the world. Working with clients globally and travelling.
Serious BusinessMeme MasterFood Inhaler 9000Travelling without any planToastVidae Editing+1

My success academia

The Overlord

Mar 2023 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 2 mos ยท Somewhere nice ยท Hybrid

  • We help entrepreneurs succeed and achieve their goals whilst fighting BS & online scams.
  • We do it now in a number of ways:
  • ๐Ÿ“ˆ๐Ÿญ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป:
  • Work with me and my team for an entire day to craft a winning business strategy to start or grow your business by fixing all issues and utilising leverage for maximum profit.
  • Plus a step by step plan on how to execute all of it.
  • ๐Ÿค๐— ๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ:
  • Get unlimited 1-2-1 support, coaching and consulting from me and my team with a full done-with-you service to accelerate your business growth.
Business CoachingBusiness Process ImprovementCoaching & MentoringStart-up ConsultingOperations ManagementLeadership Development+4

Too many to list

Senior Business Manager / Senior Coach / Operations Manager / Business Process Improvement Expert

Jan 1999 โ€“ Mar 2023 ยท 24 yrs 2 mos ยท The World (Mostly Europe/UK) ยท Hybrid

  • Many focus on where they worked and attach value to irrelevant things like a company name or experience "completing tasks"... "Managing a team", "Completed project" ...
  • What matters more are the results. Any monkey can complete a task if you train it.
  • For me, it's all about winning - winning for customers and the business.
  • I take nothing less than 100% excellence, satisfaction and results.
  • Here are just a few of the successful wins I achieved:
  • 150+ clients coached personally into achieving business & health goals
  • Supported over 30 start-ups and small businesses from idea creation to getting clients through business coaching and mentorship.
  • Led multiple process optimisation projects resulting in ยฃ100,000's of additional revenue.
  • Leading large teams which successfully coached over 5000 clients into business, employment or better health.
  • Improved conversion rates by over 30% through customer service and sales training, resulting in over ยฃ10,000,000 in additional revenue.
  • Implemented additional retention processes and training resulting in re-engaging over 5000 previous clients.
  • Helped a business during the pandemic resulting in ยฃ200,000 additional revenue in just 8 weeks.
  • Supported one of the largest recruitment drives, hiring over 100 candidates within 3 months for a new nationwide programme.
  • Redesigned a review process resulting in improved efficiency saving over 1000 hours of work PER MONTH to the business at the management level alone.
  • Implemented staff forums, improving satisfaction survey scores by 20% and staff morale and retention.
  • Developed processes optimisation and training which helped a business scale from 300 to 5000 employees.
  • And many more...
  • My passions are helping people and solving problems.
  • I specialise in helping purpose-driven businesses that help make the world a better place.
  • Now I share my 2 decades of knowledge through no BS Business coaching & consulting.
  • The only way is a success :)
Business CoachingBusiness Process ImprovementBusiness StrategyProcess ImprovementCoaching & MentoringLeadership+3

Clay

CEO

Sep 1939 โ€“ Dec 2025 ยท 86 yrs 3 mos ยท Uganda ยท On-site

  • Don't believe everything you read on the internet.
Business CoachingFire EatingIntuitive EatingFood Preparationamazing

Education

goleansixsigma.com

Lean Six Sigma - Black Belt โ€” Lean Six Sigma

Jan 2023 โ€“ Sep 2023

Association For Nutrition UK

Diet and Nutrition Level 4

Cambridge Hills Road Sixth Form College

Business

College of North West London

Advanced Diploma For IT Professionals

Pitman Training Group

Administrative Diploma

Pitman Training Group

HR Diploma

The Open University

Psychology โ€” Business and Robotics

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