Helping small businesses grow faster than they thought possible.
Hi, I'm Donal.

I've spent 20 years in marketing and business — building brands, growing sales, and learning what actually works.

High growth strategies for small business
Donal
Mindful Extracts
My most recent venture was
Mindful
Extracts.

We became the UK's leading CBD and functional mushroom brand — with 30+ industry awards to our name, including 3x winner Best CBD Award, 10/10 reviews in the Independent, and featured in every major newspaper and the BBC.

Bootstrapped to £2m ARR.
Without paid advertising.

Operating in a category where Google and Meta severely restricted advertising forced us to think differently. Every pound had to pay for itself.

Through a combination of PR, SEO, retail partnerships, email marketing, customer retention and relentless experimentation, Mindful Extracts achieved an average of 2.8x year-on-year growth, growing into one of the UK's leading CBD and functional mushroom brands.

Along the way, we secured nationwide listings with Holland & Barrett, Superdrug, WHSmith and Debenhams, proving that resourcefulness and smart strategy can outperform large marketing budgets.

Mindful Extracts product
As a founder myself, I know what matters. Getting tangible
results...
and squeezing your marketing budget for every last drop.
Having exited Mindful Extracts
I'm currently
building my
next venture.

A 100% natural alternative to Deep Heat and Voltarol, disrupting the pain relief marketplace and offering consumers a more conscientious choice.

We're currently finalising the formulations and testing, with a likely launch in Q3.

ache.
To do list
What I Do
Alongside
that, I work
with a small
number of
businesses.

I'm passionate about sharing what I've learnt — and giving others a shortcut to the growth it took me years to figure out.

I'm particularly interested in working with small businesses with big ambitions.
so I can make real impact.
What I'm pretty
good at.
Let's have
a quick chat.

I only take on a small number of consulting projects each quarter.

If you're looking for practical, founder-led marketing advice, I'd love to hear what you're building.

Donal
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