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Business owner · Entrepreneur · Mentor

Helping business owners turn ambition into execution.

I mentor business owners through the decisions they've been putting off. Then I help them put the right systems, automation and AI in place, so the business stops depending on them for everything.

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Faisal Mahmood hosting a Progressive Business Network evening in Peterborough
Running a real business
since 2003.
  • 20+ years running Medialogix
  • Founder, Progressive Business Network
  • Creator of the F.L.I.G.H.T. framework
  • 120+ clients, including the Financial Times
Here's the thing

Most business owners don't need more information.

You've already got more podcasts, books, courses, AI tools and advice than any generation of owners before you. The hard part is deciding what matters now, and then actually doing it.

I hear it every week.

"I'll decide on the hire after the Budget."

"I'll sort the pricing after the Budget."

I understand it. Nobody wants to commit and then watch the rules move underneath them.

Waiting is not a strategy. It is procrastination wearing a very respectable suit.

Because there's always a new reason. Christmas. January. Let's see how Q1 goes.

The question I'd ask is: what have you been putting off?

Who I help

Service business owners turning over £100k to £1m.

Nurseries, dental practices, trades, tuition, bespoke furniture and kitchens. Good at what you do. Busy all the time. And still the one holding it all together.

01

You're doing every job

Sales, marketing, admin, finance and operations all land on you. The work you're actually good at gets squeezed in around the edges.

02

You know what to do. You keep putting it off

The hire. The pricing. The system. It's all on the list. There's just always a better moment coming.

03

You're carrying it alone

Business ownership can be surprisingly lonely. You can be surrounded by people and still make every big decision on your own.

More clients. Fewer headaches. More time with the family.
And your Friday afternoons back.

The method

F.L.I.G.H.T.

A framework I built to find where a business is stuck and what needs to happen next. Six steps, from vision to a business that runs without you.

  1. F

    Focus

    Decide what actually matters now.

  2. L

    Launch

    Commit, and start the thing you've been putting off.

  3. I

    Infrastructure

    Put the systems, tools, automation and AI in place.

  4. G

    Growth

    Win more of the right clients and grow revenue.

  5. H

    Hustle

    The steady, everyday execution that keeps it moving.

  6. T

    Transition

    Step back, so the business runs without you.

Your sector

Same six steps. Your kind of business.

F.L.I.G.H.T. works for any service business. But a dental practice isn't a kitchen company. Pick yours and see what it looks like for you.

F.L.I.G.H.T. for nursery owners

For owners of established day nurseries with a staff team.

Sound familiar?

  • You cover a room when someone's off, then do the rota and invoices at the kitchen table at night.
  • If you're not there, it doesn't happen.
  • You know you need a proper manager. You keep putting it off.
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  1. F
    Focus

    Decide what matters now, starting with your vision for your life and your nursery.

  2. L
    Launch

    Commit to the decision you've been putting off, like hiring your manager, and start.

  3. I
    Infrastructure

    Get your rota, invoicing, parent messages, tools and AI set up. Where you're stuck, I do it for you.

  4. G
    Growth

    Grow your revenue towards a 25% goal, and plan what's next.

  5. H
    Hustle

    A steady weekly rhythm, so nothing slides back.

  6. T
    Transition

    Hand over the day-to-day and step back, knowing standards stay high.

Work with me

Start wherever makes sense for you.

Not everyone needs a year of mentoring. Some people need an evening in the right room. On a call, I'll tell you honestly which fits.

For service business owners · 12 months

Full Flight

Stop doing everything yourself. Get your Fridays back.

Twelve months of mentoring for service business owners who are ready to stop doing everything themselves, make the decisions they keep putting off, and grow without losing control of what they've built. Nurseries, dental practices, trades, tuition, bespoke furniture and kitchens.

5 places. The first group starts on Monday 2 November 2026.

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  • A weekly group mentoring call on Zoom
  • A private one-to-one call every month
  • WhatsApp me any time
  • Your vision and a 3-year plan, broken into yearly goals, quarterly numbers and weekly tasks
  • Your systems, tools and automation set up. Where you're stuck, I do it for you
One-to-one · 3 months

Take-Off

A weekly one-hour call, just you and me. We work out your vision for your life and your business, then build a 3-year plan broken down into annual goals, quarterly numbers and weekly tasks. A natural first step before Full Flight.

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Two full days

Workshops: AI, Business and Mindset

Two days on one topic, with the time and space to actually get something done. Come away with work finished, not just notes.

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Monthly · Peterborough

Progressive Business Network

Monthly events where you can experience the community, hear good speakers and build real relationships with other owners.

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Free

Useful ideas, every week

I share what I'm seeing across Peterborough and in my own business on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and email. Most of it is meant to be useful even if you never buy anything from me.

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About me

I've done the hard bits myself.

My career hasn't been built around teaching business. I've spent more than 20 years running one.

I've had to win difficult clients, manage cash flow, employ people, build products, deal with procurement, make expensive mistakes, adapt when markets changed and keep going when things didn't work.

So when I sit down with you, it isn't theory. It's what I've actually lived.

2003Started Medialogix
20+ yearsRunning a real technology business
3 hoursA day, once I rebuilt it to run without me
120+Clients, including the Financial Times, NHS trusts and UK police forces
Faisal running a workshop for business owners
  1. 2003

    Leaving corporate to start Medialogix

    I built it into a technology business with more than 120 clients, including the Financial Times, NHS trusts, police forces, government bodies and major commercial organisations. Long sales cycles, procurement, high scrutiny.

  2. The turning point

    Rebuilding it to run without me

    I went from never seeing my newborn son to working three hours a day. I'd cleared my mortgage by 2014.

  3. Then

    Helping other owners

    I realised I got as much satisfaction from helping other business owners solve their problems as I did from solving my own. That led to Progressive Business Network, and to the F.L.I.G.H.T. framework.

  4. Now

    Mentoring, and putting AI to work

    I look at a business problem and work out how technology can make it simpler. Fixing processes, removing admin, and finding where AI genuinely earns its place. Never technology for its own sake.

Progressive Business Network

Good people in the same room.

I founded Progressive Business Network in Peterborough to give owners somewhere to have proper conversations, not swap business cards and 60-second pitches.

We meet every month. Speakers I've brought to Peterborough include:

  • Mike Greene
  • Sukhi Wahiwala
  • Melanie Coeshott
  • Michelle McPherson
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"Most networking opportunities are lost in the follow-up, not in the room."

So who are you bringing?
Faisal speaking to a room of business owners at a Progressive Business Network event Faisal taking questions from business owners at a Progressive Business Network event
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What happens next?

Book a call. Tell me where your business is now, what's in the way and where you want it to be. I'll tell you what I genuinely think, and if I'm not the right fit, I'll point you to a better first step.

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