The Friday Accelerator
Hosted by Karen Green — business growth expert, former Tesco and Boots buyer, and author of Recipe for Success and Buyerology® — The Friday Accelerator helps challenger brands, founders and scale-ups achieve faster, smarter growth. Karen has worked with over 1,000 food and drink businesses, helping them secure more than £350 million in new listings. With 30+ years of experience across the UK grocery sector, she knows what it takes to go from start-up to supermarket success.
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Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Kelly Dowson is the managing director of FIS Group, the innovation and research business on a mission to help reimagine the future of food and drink. Listen to this episode of The Friday Accelerator to hear how this consultancy business went from front room to 40 people inside 15 years.
Kelly shares her experiences, learnings and approaches to the personal and business aspects of that success. Listen to this episode to discover:
How she went from ‘brutal’ sales role to startup to 40 people and £7m turnover
The challenges of running and scaling a consultancy-led business
Kelly’s personality type, setting goals for herself and her teams, and how she stays on target
FIS Group’s approach to risk-taking and the times they’ve got it wrong
Some surprising findings from early studies of the impact of GLP-1
Connect with Kelly on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-dowson-7159b53/
Find out more about FIS Group:https://www.fis-group.co.uk/
Further Reading:
Why Should Anyone Be Led By You, Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
The Art of Spending Money, Morgan Housel
Buyerology, Karen Green
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