Diane and her team provide us with great guidance and drive.  They genuinely share the passion for our success. From understanding the broadest set of tasks in running a business to setting clear strategies and planning. Excellent.

The XPinnovates team was great to work with. They helped us nail our core business pitch which is so important when you’re looking for funding.

The GrowthSprint canvas has become my favourite framework for understanding your startup, users, and market as well as potential threats.

I was fortunate enough to have Diane as my Business Advisor on the International Selling Programme. Her knowledge, guidance and support throughout the course was brilliant and she was able to offer a lot to each of us in our…More →

Diane focused on delivering excellence - her approach to change is not to rest on her laurels but to continuously develop and stretch her team and mentors to deliver the best results and support for the start-up companies. She displays…More →

What a fantastic day working on the GrowthSprint framework. Highly recommend this framework – a real game changer, motivational and inspiring. It challenged me and my business. A definite for any business.

We used XP Innovates through the Intertrade E-Merge scheme and can’t praise them enough for their fantastic work. Instead of writing just another plan or strategy they worked with us through each challenge. Their vast commercial experience mean’t they had…More →

Mark is an extremely knowledgeable consultant, entrepreneur, and business adviser to start-up companies. He is a pleasure to work with as he understands his client’s needs and vision. I would recommend Mark's services at any time

Diane and her team were of great assistance in our founding days, to today, where we face challenges of growth. We are grateful for this continued support to our business.

Without their help, it is very unlikely our business would have grown as quickly as it did. The XPinnovates team was absolutely fundamental to me developing our core business proposition, and in particular, understanding how to approach fundraising.

Diane helped me see business planning as design in both structure and purpose; Mark showed me that pitching is performance in clarity and courage. Together, they transformed how I think, plan, and present.

XPinnovates have a very unique insight into what it takes to help you grow your business with both innovation and ambition.

For anyone in my network who is in a startup, considering one, or has a friend or family member considering a startup, I recommend this book. Diane Roberts has a wealth of experience and when this is combined with her…More →

The XPinnovates team and the GrowthSprint framework gave me clarity, structure, and a clear roadmap, making planning and pitching my start-up easier. With their help, I built a compelling business case with confidence.

The team at XPinnovates showed an incredible depth of experience and insight, when they worked with us on a new cross-border sales project and supported us with their bid tender management expertise.

Diane and Mark were our first business mentors as an early-stage university spin-out. We were accepted onto their excellent start-up program which gave us invaluable insights into company foundation, legals, IP, fundraising, business planning and so much more. They challenged…More →

Mark has long been a sound business growth advisor and has assisted us to build focussed and practical plans, to help us with our continued growth plans.

Proud to announce that I have completed the GrowthSprint® Navigator Programme. This was a powerful programme focused on business strategy, growth planning, and execution.

Not only did Diane provide excellent advice and direction during our initial US market analysis but she gave us outstanding strategic support and network reach as we developed our Americas business. The result was a multi-million dollar US presence within…More →

I’ve worked with Diane on several projects over the years, and believe that she is one of the most organized and well-connected people around. She’s been helping other entrepreneurs develop customers, contacts, and funding — and she’s got the brains…More →

Diane has been a trusted advisor to Openet and helped us establish some key relationships. She is very commercially focused.

I have had the great pleasure of working with Mark on a number of startup programmes in Belfast. Mark is a super guy and it is always good fun to work with. He is an excellent mentor and is very…More →

I've known Mark for over four years and have been involved in his lean start-up weekends and XPinnovates incubator/accelerator activities. In these, I've witnessed how great he is at motivating, inspiring, and educating entrepreneurs about the difficulties of starting and…More →

Growthsprint helped us to map out the strengths and weaknesses of our business in an ordered manner. This allowed us to look at our business from a larger perspective. Growthsprint makes you notice the places of improvement and this helped…More →

We received a world-class service, knowledgeable advice, expert implementation, and meaningful insights and guidance. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend XPinnovates. They know exactly what they are at.

I had the pleasure of having Mark as a business mentor in 2015. Although I had no previous experience in business, Mark was very adaptive in his approach and guided me through almost an entire year of coaching & business…More →

Diane approaches problems and solutions in an efficient and intelligent manner. She is a driven contributor always striving to exceed the business’ stated goals. Her proactive approach to clients and their customers is always professional, courteous, and solution-focused. Diane’s knowledge,…More →

Diane has just completed working on Women in Business NI first ever Grow It programme, working with 37 business women to support them in their growth, through delivering two excellent workshops on strategic analysis and planning and 1-1 mentoring. The…More →

Diane changed my life and my business. She has been a consultant to me and my company, The Alignment Collective, for the past year with incredible results. She has guided me through contract negotiations, creating the business architecture, putting fee…More →

XPinnovates have great knowledge, advice and direction. Having their support and guidance got us manufacturing and to market much quicker than would otherwise would have been possible.

The XPinnovates team gave us a lot of time and support, but the key thing they helped us with was nailing our core messaging when we pitched for funding. If it wasn't for Diane and Mark's effort, we wouldn't have…More →

Feedback from an online webinar on pitching for investment. 'Excellent webinar' 'Loved this I am nervous as this is my 1st pitch so this has been great for my confidence' 'Not over doing it/keep it short & simple' 'Very insightful…More →

As advisors XPinnovates helped us drive our business to a different level. Their strategic advice and support were fundamental to our success.

Mark was fantastic from start to finish and even after the programme he was more than willing to mentor and assist whenever I asked. His knowledge of start-up business and pitching is second to none and I hope I get…More →

Mark was a great mentor and advisor during my time on Northern Ireland's premier business start up programme - Propel. He is knowledgeable, supportive and challenging and a fully appreciates the time and effort one has to put in, to…More →

The team at XPinnovates were instrumental in helping us get our idea off the ground and turning it into a viable business.

XPinnovates helped me get my business onto a solid commercial foundation, by helping me shape and craft my story of Peppup and understand core business fundamentals.

We built Gatsot’s full GrowthSprint Blueprint from the ground up, defining our purpose, goals, actions, and risks in one clear roadmap. It gave real structure to how we plan, grow, and execute.

Mark at XPinnovates was a great mentor and advisor to our business. He has helped us with both strategic planning advice and digital marketing projects.

XPinnovates were key to the pivotal early stages of our company strategy. Their help with developing and articulating our central value proposition remains a foundation to our success.