The UK Founder Dependency Study.
How much of an established business still runs through the person who built it? We are asking the people who know best: the owners.
What owners carry, in their own words.
Owners of established firms carry more than any job description shows: the customers who only deal with them, the final say on prices and people, the knowledge of how things really get done.
Most of what is written about this looks at it from a buyer's side, at the moment of a sale. This study asks owners directly, while they are still running the business, what rests on them today and what their team already carries.
It is run by Freedom Architects. Our work comes down to one line: from one person's head to a system your team runs.
Three steps. Twenty minutes of your time.
- Step 01
A 20-minute conversation by video
At a time that suits you. We talk through five areas: customers, decisions, knowledge, the team, and the systems and signatures the business relies on.
No preparation needed. Bring what you know about your own business.
- Step 02
The Self-Check, if you like
Ten minutes in your browser before the call, on the same five areas.
Your answers stay on your screen unless you choose to share them.
- Step 03
Your own comparison
Once at least five firms of a similar size have taken part, you receive a private note showing where your business sits against them, area by area. You also receive the study summary when it is published.
Nobody else sees your comparison.
- Results are only ever reported for groups of five or more firms. No business and no person is named.
- Notes from our conversation stay with Freedom Architects and are used only for the study and your own comparison.
- You can withdraw at any time, and we will delete your answers.
The details are in our privacy notice.
What owners ask.
Is this a sales call?
No. Taking part commits you to nothing, and there is no sales follow-up unless you ask for one. The conversation is about how your business runs today.
Who is the study for?
Owners and managing directors of UK businesses with roughly 10 to 100 people, in any sector, usually trading for ten years or more.
What do I get for my time?
A private comparison of your business against similar firms, once at least five of them have taken part, and the study summary when it is published.
Who runs it?
Gökhan Üç, Business Architect and founder of Freedom Architects. Fifteen years in corporate and structured finance at BNP Paribas Group, assessing businesses the way lenders and investors do. London · Istanbul.
How is my information protected?
Answers are kept by Freedom Architects for the study and your comparison only, reported in groups of five or more, and deleted when you ask. The details are in our privacy notice at freedomarchitects.co.uk/privacy.
Twenty minutes, at a time that suits you.
Book a slot directly, or start with the Self-Check and decide afterwards.
Questions first? Write to [email protected]