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grow beyond £1m?

Bristol | 28th April 2026

The Hive 5: The Manuka Playbook

The Hive 5 is a practical, straight-talking session for founders ready to scale properly.

Hosted in Bristol by Waggle Dance, with Dave Evans (Founder, and.) bringing seven-figure scaling discipline and experience into the room.

28th April 2026

28th April 2026

Bristol 10:10 am to 16:16 pm

Bristol 10:10 am to 16:16 pm

Meet the Hive 5

  • Leadership stamina. If you’re depleted, reactive or constantly firefighting, your business feels it. Scaling requires energy and intent and not just ambition

  • Standards. Clarity. Accountability.
    If every decision still sits with you, you don’t have scale you have dependency.

  • Seven-figure businesses build sales functions.
    Clear roles. Cadence. Pipeline discipline. Predictable revenue.

  • Growth demands honesty.
    Not aggression. Not avoidance. Feedback that sharpens performance and strengthens culture.

  • Scoreboards. Pipeline maths. Revenue visibility.
    Control comes from clarity.

✅ Founders operating between £300k–£1m

✅ Business owners who know they’ve outgrown hustle

✅ Leaders ready to build structure without losing edge

❌ If you’re comfortable where you are, this won’t be necessary.

Who is this for?

If you know there’s another level and you’re ready to build for it properly, you need to be in the room.

Your Hosts

Alisdair Mann

Founder

Founder of Waggle Dance, a revenue growth consultancy helping service businesses build predictable, team-led sales. He installs structure, pipeline discipline and practical systems that replace guesswork with performance. His focus is simple: clear numbers, consistent follow-up and a sales function that doesn’t depend on the founder.

Dave Evans

Co Founder 

Co-Founder of and. since 2008. He works with founders ready to scale with structure, discipline and clarity. Author of Framework and Leadership or Leadershit? Host since 2019 of the successful Podcast Double D Do business. Dave brings lived seven-figure experience and straight-talking leadership to businesses that want sustainable growth.

28th April 2026

Bristol

Seats are limited intentionally.

Serious conversations don’t happen in crowded rooms.

Book your place.

waggle dance x and.

Where

  • Waggle Dance works closely with ambitious businesses across Bristol, helping founders sharpen strategy and execution.

    and. joins this session to bring lived seven-figure scale experience and the leadership disciplines that underpin it.

Why This Collaboration?

  • Different perspectives.
    Shared standard.