Scale your agency,
empower your succession team,
maximise your value

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

Hello, I’m Felix Velarde

I’ve founded and led a number of industry-leading agencies, led two groups, and own businesses including GrowthHackers, AVA Acquisitions, Uhuru Holdings and Digital Mastermind Group.

My career has included scaling over forty companies, 150 awards, working in two of Vint Cerf’s NGOs, and being 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.

I’m proud to have helped a number of people achieve their dreams, and to have mentored a few of the industry’s brightest stars. I offer consultancy to a select group of owners, founders and CEOs who want to make the jump to the next level of revenue and valuation.

  • Felix brings a thoughtful, focused, rounded but cutting edge intellect to our business. He combines deep experience of agency know-how with cultured considered strategic thinking – a powerful driver and motivator.

    Bryan Wilsher, CEO, Loewy

How to work with me

Heavyweight agency M&A consultant and scale-up strategist for agency roll-ups, Felix Velarde

Strategy consultancy

I am a scale-up expert, board advisor, and Non-Executive Director, and provide consultancy to a limited number of values-driven entrepreneurs.

I help CEOs shape growth, acquisition, and exit strategies with practical, step-by-step guidance to maximise your exit multiple and sale value. My approach is proven for those committed to transformation – not for everyone, but for leaders determined to define their industry.

With deep M&A expertise and involvement in sixteen exits and numerous acquisitions, I also develop buy-and-build and roll-up strategies for those ready to grow through acquisition.

Planning workshops

Scale at Speed is the distillation of thirty years of insight and practice in how to achieve fast growth. It reflects the processes used in the two-year 2Y3X program.

I run remote workshops for a small number of determined, ambitious agency leaders who want to create an effective roadmap for fast growth. These one-day sessions don’t just offer insights – they result 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 can easily be achieved by your team.

Felix Velarde delivering a keynote speech on stage (credit SmallSParkTheory podcast)

Keynotes and talks

I am available for keynotes and lectures on scaling, agency strategy, and agency M&A.

Aimed at entrepreneurs, agency owners and leadership teams, I share my experience of how to develop a strategic growth plan and then execute it, how to motivate teams, and how to maximise exit value before selling your agency.

I travel frequently all over the world and am most often in the United Kingdom and USA.

You can also use the contact form below to enquire about podcast interviews, live event appearances and corporate bookings.

  • 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

Contact me

If you’d like to find out whether we’d be a fit for working together, use this form and I will respond as soon as I can.

Arrange a meeting

I enjoy working with values-driven entrepreneurs and leaders, and although sometimes my availability is limited I’m happy to discuss your specific goals on a call.