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Untalented's host Ollie Scott sits down with Jim Houghton from Waypoint, one of the most experienced M&A advisors in the creative industry, and someone who has seen more agencies born, scaled, bought and sold than almost anyone else.



But this isn’t a finance podcast.



It’s the conversation creative people never get, but absolutely need.



Jim breaks down:

• why UK agencies fear failure 

• how creative people massively underestimate their own power

• why early equity dilution ruins lives

• what actually triggers agency sales 

• how private equity suddenly took over the creative industry

• when a business is genuinely “sellable”

• and the biggest mistake founders make before talking to an advisor





If you’re a creative, a founder, or someone inside a company that’s just been acquired, this episode will change the way you see the entire business side of creativity.