The agency industry’s leading

scaling expert

Scale your agency fast,
power up your succession team,
increase your agency’s value

If you are an entrepreneur who wants to rapidly scale up and add millions in value, or you’re desperate for your team to take responsibility for growth so you can focus on strategic initiatives, you are in the right place.

  • “Felix is a rare breed. He understands deeply what makes businesses tick, is well connected, ambitious and very commercially savvy. He has a great understanding of the market and is well positioned to support a board from a positioning, strategy and M&A perspective. Last but absolutely not least – a genuinely decent human being who is diligent about doing the right thing.”

    Tim Deeson, CEO, Deeson Group

Hello, I’m Felix Velarde

I’ve founded and led a number of industry-leading agencies and two agency groups, and own several businesses in the UK, USA and Europe.

I have scaled over forty agencies, worked in two of Vint Cerf’s NGOs, and been an adjunct professor at Hult International Business School.

Around ten years ago I founded 2Y3X, the leading specialist agency accelerator, and I’m the author of Scale at Speed, the manual for scaling.

I’m proud to have mentored several of the industry’s brightest stars, and to have helped hundreds of people to achieve extraordinary goals.

  • “I’ve been working with Felix for around 18 months. As a result, we’ve tripled our headcount, the turnover’s tripled and profit percentage doubled. I cannot recommend him enough if you’re looking to grow a solid agency fast.”

    Stefano Marrone, founder, Nucco Brain

How to work with me

Strategy consultancy

I am a scale-up expert, strategic board advisor and Non-Executive Director. I provide direct consultancy to leaders who require undivided attention.

I work with clients to create fast growth and exit plans, with practical, step-by-step roadmaps, designed to double your sale price.

With real world experience including 16 exits, multiple acquisitions and having led two groups, I also consult on group buy-and-build strategy.

My approach is proven for those committed to achieving ambitious goals. It’s not for everyone, but my clients want and get exceptional results.

Scale-up workshops

Scale at Speed is the manual for how to achieve fast growth. It reflects the processes used in the two-year 2Y3X program which was created in 2015.

I run online workshops for agency teams who want to create an effective, practical strategic roadmap for fast growth. These sessions deliver in a tailored, actionable growth plan proven to drive results.

The process uses scientific methods to get enthusiastic buy-in from your people. The result is a practical twelve-month action plan – in other words a task-based business plan that will be easily achieved by your team.

Contact me

If you have a project in mind, get in touch here and I will respond as soon as I can.

Also use this form to enquire about speaking, podcast interviews, live event appearances and corporate retreat bookings.