Consultancy, recruiter, agency or growth partner? Pick the one that fits the problem
Use a consultancy for a strategy your team will run, a recruiter for a role you've already defined, and an agency for campaigns. Use a growth partner like Think & Grow when strategy, people and execution need to move together.
Here's how to tell which you need.
Most scale-ups end up managing five vendors. Here is when one partner makes more sense.
Companies choose Think & Grow over separate providers because...
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How Think & Grow compares
Consultancies are strong on analysis but usually leave before execution. Recruiters fill roles fast but work to the brief you give them. Agencies run campaigns but rarely shape the market or the team. Think & Grow covers growth, people and AI services with one team of 50+ operators in 25+ countries, so the strategy, the hires and the pipeline come from people who talk to each other.
Separate vendors are fine for one contained problem: a single report, a single role, a single campaign.
One partner matters when the problems are connected, like entering a new market and needing the plan, the leader and the pipeline in the same year.
What you get with one partner
650+ companies served and 1,000+ roles filled, by operators who've held the jobs themselves.
Case studies
UK entry and an advisory board
EdStart used one partner for its UK entry: market intel, a UK GTM plan, a Country Ops hire and an advisory board.
Review first, then the C-suite hires
We assessed Prospa's product and technology capability before hiring a Chief Product & Technology Officer and a VP Engineering.
Our team hasn’t just studied growth, they’ve done it.
Our team has built and scaled companies, not just advised them.
Because growth, people and AI services sit with one team, we can tell you which problem to fix first and then help you fix it, without handing you over to another firm.
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Not sure which you need?
Start with a Growth Diagnostic and find out what to fix first.
Your Growth Centre of Gravity
Think & Grow works across four pathways with one team:
Growth: Market Intelligence, GTM Playbook, Partnership Landscape, Strategic Target Accounts, Embedded Operators.
People: Executive Search, Fractional Hiring, Organisational Design, Capability Review, Board Advisory.
AI: AI capability reviews and adoption.
Programs: Growth Diagnostic, Leadership Alignment Workshop, AWS Global Passport Program.
Programs
A defined entry point
Facilitated workshops for a structured, high-value engagement about your business
Growth Services
Support for expansion and scaling
GTM and market intelligence for ambitious companies scaling into new markets and phases.
People Services
Design your org for its next phase
Executive Search, Capability Review, and Organisational Design for scaling companies.
AI Services
Level up operational infrastructure
AI and digital transformation that’s grounded in commercial context, not just technical delivery.
Frequently asked questions
A consultancy usually delivers a recommendation for your team to run. A growth advisory like Think & Grow builds the plan with operators who've done the work, then helps you run it, including the hires and the pipeline.
When the role is clear, you've hired it before and you mainly need speed and reach. Use Think & Grow when you're not sure the role is right, or the hire is tied to a new market, a raise or a restructure.
No. We don't sell media or run ongoing campaigns. We help with strategy, people and execution, and bring in in-market activation when a market entry needs it.
Often, yes. One team covers growth strategy, market intelligence, executive search, org design and AI capability. Where a specialist is the better call, we'll say so.
Mostly Series A to C and PE-backed tech scale-ups, usually 50 to 300 people, often after a raise or ahead of a new market.
Book a Growth Diagnostic. It shows you what's holding growth back and what to fix first, before you spend on any provider.
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