Stop being the bottleneck. Start building a business that runs without you.
Join The Operating Edge - a fortnightly newsletter for founders who want to scale without the chaos. Get practical systems thinking, real operator patterns and clarity on how to build a business operating system across your people, practices and technology.
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What you'll get every fortnight
Every fortnight, we send one focused insight on building business operating systems that create founder freedom - not dependency.
Each issue follows a simple structure:
- —The founder problem - a real friction point founders face when scaling
- —The ops insight - a clear framing of the problem and what's really going on
- —The Team Wakeman pattern - real examples from our work with UK scale-ups
No fluff. No generic advice. Just tactical, systems-first thinking from someone who's built and scaled operations - not just read about it.
This newsletter is for you if:
- Your business is growing, but you're more overwhelmed than ever
- You're spending more time in the weeds than on strategy
- Hiring hasn't solved the problem - it's made it more complex
- You suspect your tools, team and processes aren't working together
- You want to build a business that doesn't need you to function
What makes this different?
Most business newsletters give you theory. We give you operational clarity.
The Operating Edge is written by Simon Wakeman, a former COO and operations leader who's spent 15+ years scaling start-ups across the UK. This isn't advice from a career consultant - it's insight from someone who's built the systems, not just studied them.
You'll learn how to:
- —Reduce founder dependency by designing smarter systems
- —Get your people, practices and technology working as one operating system
- —Build repeatable processes that create freedom, not bureaucracy
- —Make faster decisions with less friction
- —Free up your time without losing control
What subscribers say:
"Simon cuts through the noise. Every issue gives me something I can actually use."
- Founder, 25-person creative agency
"Finally, someone talking about operations who's actually done the work."
- Co-founder, SaaS scale-up
Ready to build an operating system that creates freedom?
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