About Growth Guides
Tony Harbron and Holly Whitehead co-founded Growth Guides in 2019
Since then, we’ve helped many tech start-ups and Net Zero innovators turn ideas into action and deliver breakthrough growth
Growth Guides is a small but highly capable marketing incubator that specialises in helping launch, develop and market new ideas that make the world a better place.
While supported by a small team and a network of trusted subject specialists, Tony and Holly are intrinsically involved in every project Growth Guides work on and are the leads and day-to-day contacts for all projects.
our story
Holly and Tony met at Lightfoot, a company that designs and manufactures the world’s first technology to reward better driving.
As a marketing team that began with just the two of us and grew to be ten strong, we helped the business go from a staff of 12 to over 70, launched a consumer product, appeared in national mainstream media (including the BBC), won numerous awards and saw BGF and Martin McCourt, ex CEO of Dyson, invest in the business.
We realised that that phase of high growth is where we both work best and have the most fun. So, we decided to set up Growth Guides and focus on helping innovative new businesses and ideas achieve breakthrough growth.
Since then, we’ve worked with many pioneering founders and organisations who want to change the world for the better.
Whether that be encouraging the changes needed to help reach Net Zero (for example, helping the Government accelerate heat pump sales), helping change attitudes (and the law) so that drink spiking is taken seriously, or enabling fantastic new products to reach the audience they deserve, we’re with them every step of the way.
tony harbron
Tony is a highly accomplished strategist, innovator and marketing professional with over 30 years experience across both client and agency environments, and in senior management (to listed company CEO level).
Tony was the Marketing Director of Red Bull when it successfully rolled out across the UK and he has worked as an advisor and on key projects with numerous world-famous brands and leading public-sector organisations including the BBC, Ofcom and local authorities.
Tony is an Oxford University science graduate, holds an MBA in marketing and strategy, and is a member of the Marketing Society and the Market Research Society.
Holly Whitehead
Holly is a marketing professional with hands-on B2B and B2C expertise driving and managing rapid growth, including through external investment.
Holly’s experience ranges from strategy through to brand development, product launches, website design and building, the execution of online and offline campaigns, PR, performance analytics and more.
Holly has been responsible for many successful marketing launches and campaigns that have had a significant impact on changing behaviour and has been responsible for creating a number of new brand identities.
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