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PRIVATE ADVISORY FOR EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

Build a business around the life you want.

Turn the experience you’ve spent years building into a business of your own. I’ll help you decide what to sell, what to charge and how to find customers.

Explore working together
Nicholas Szymanski seated by a window, leaning forward with his hands loosely clasped.

WORK WITH ME

You know your work.
Let’s make it clear why someone should hire you.

Inside your job, people know what to come to you for. Outside it, explaining what you offer—and why someone should pay for it—can feel like starting again.

I’ll help you turn what you know into an offer you feel confident taking to potential customers, and work through what happens when you do.

What’s keeping you from moving forward?

You know you have valuable experience. But explaining what someone could hire you to do still feels harder than it should.

You keep thinking about leaving your job. Then you look at your monthly outgoings and put the idea aside again.

You have several ideas for a business. You keep moving between them because you’re unsure which one people would actually pay for.

You’re used to being respected for your work. Having to promote yourself, name a price and ask for the business feels unfamiliar.

You’ve already started working for yourself, but saying yes to every project is leaving little room for the life you wanted.

How much longer do you want work to decide how you live?

There will always be another busy month, another bill or another project to finish. Meanwhile, the business you want stays something you’ll get to. You can start making room for it now, with a clear first offer and a practical way to test whether people want it.

See what we can build together

Who I’ve helped and what changed

An executive coach developing his positioning, and a creative workshop business I helped build.

PRIVATE ADVISORY

An executive coach secured two major conference speaking engagements

The situation

An experienced executive coach and leadership adviser had valuable expertise, but his public positioning wasn’t making its relevance clear.

My contribution

Over approximately two months, I helped sharpen his positioning and messaging, connecting his background to the problems he helped leaders solve.

The outcome

Following the work, he secured two major conference speaking engagements and received a further invitation to speak in Dubai.

HANDS-ON BUSINESS BUILDING

A creative workshop business reached high five-figure annual revenue

The situation

A creative workshop business needed its offers, pricing and customer experience to work together.

My contribution

I helped build its positioning, workshop offers, pricing, website and booking journey, email marketing and supporting systems. Customer feedback helped shape a welcoming experience centred on switching off and enjoying creativity.

The outcome

Within approximately a year, the business grew to high five-figure annual revenue.

What clients say about working with me

“I had the experience, the work, and the ideas but they weren’t landing the way they should. Nicholas helped me see where I was overcomplicating things and where my message wasn’t truly reflecting what I do.”
Yasir A — GTM & PMF Specialist
“Nicholas completely rewrote the messaging on my website and helped me communicate the value of what I do much more clearly. The difference was immediate. My bookings increased dramatically and my monthly revenue went from low three figures to five figures.”
Lori M — Founder
“Within weeks of refining my messaging and storytelling, my engagement multiplied and one of my posts reached over 200,000 impressions. More importantly, I started having the kind of conversations with people I had hoped LinkedIn would create.”
Lucas K — Executive Coach & Mentor
“Nick has a rare gift: he finds the real voice buried under the ‘safe,’ borrowed professional language most experts hide behind, and helps it finally come through.”
Xia W — Recovery Strategist

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StoryLed Private Advisory

FOUR MONTHS · ONE-TO-ONE · £8,000

I help you decide what business to build, shape an offer around your expertise and put it in front of potential customers.

A direction that fits your life

Decide what you want to build and how it fits your time, responsibilities and income needs.

An offer and a price

Get clear on who you help, what they’re buying and what you’ll charge.

Words you can use confidently

Explain what you do and why someone should choose you.

A practical way to find customers

Reach potential buyers, test your offer and learn from their response.

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Your Business Playbook

Direction · Offer · Pricing · Messaging · Route to market

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Your Business Playbook, included.

Included in your four-month advisory engagement, your Business Playbook brings together the decisions, customer feedback and next steps we develop together.

We build it as we go, covering your direction, audience, offer, pricing, messaging and route to market. It’s your practical reference to keep using after our work together.

How you and I work together

Start with your situation

We begin with an in-depth session to understand what you want to build, what already exists and what needs attention first.

Work through the decisions

We usually meet weekly, with focused support between sessions. I challenge your thinking, review your work and help you tackle one priority at a time.

Put it into practice

You take the work into the market. I help you make sense of the response, refine your approach and decide what to do next.

Tell me what you’re building

Tell me where you are now and where you need help. I’ll read your enquiry personally and get back to you about the next step.

Need help with one part of the business?

If you already know what you’re building but need help with a specific challenge, I also offer focused advisory—for example, bringing your positioning, offers and messaging together. Tell me where you’re stuck, and I’ll help you work out the right scope.

About me

Nicholas Szymanski standing by a window, smiling towards the camera.

I’m Nicholas.

After years in employment, I started running my own business. I know that deciding what to build also means thinking about your income, responsibilities and how you want to spend your time.

I’ve supported more than 30 experts and helped build a creative workshop business. That work has included shaping offers, setting prices, improving messaging and finding ways to reach customers.

When we work together, you work directly with me. We start with your experience and what you want to build, then work through the decisions and test your ideas with potential customers.

Tell me what you’re building

I’ll read your enquiry personally and get back to you about the next step.

Practical questions

How often do we meet, and how long are the sessions?

We usually meet weekly. Sessions generally last around 60 minutes, with some flexibility depending on what we’re working through. The initial session is usually around 90 minutes so we can review your materials and establish where to begin.

What happens between sessions?

You can contact me through Slack and email. We’ll also have a dedicated Google Drive folder for your materials, working documents and Business Playbook. You can add drafts and background information there for us to review and develop as the work progresses.

How much time will I need between sessions?

That depends on your starting point and what we’re working on. We agree manageable next steps and adjust the workload around your other responsibilities. We focus on one priority at a time so you can make progress while leaving room for the rest of your life.

Can I pay in instalments?

Yes. The four-month StoryLed Private Advisory engagement costs £8,000 and can be paid upfront or in instalments. We’ll agree the payment schedule before we begin.

Tell me what you’re building