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Andreas Adamides
Andreas Adamides
CEO of Helm (The Supper Club) Andreas Adamides is a serial entrepreneur, and currently the CEO of Helm (The Supper Club), and also the founder & CEO of CatchApp (SaaS). As the CEO of Helm (The Supper Club), Andreas Adamides heads the most established membership community for scaleup founders in the UK. Previously, Andreas founded BuyQuick, the first online department store in Australia, which he expanded to 10 countries, offered the largest product range in Australia, and achieved 300% annual growth for its first seven years. Additionally, Andreas founded the mobile handset brand WileyFox (at one point Europe’s fastest-growing). He also founded FinluxDirect, which he scaled up to £30m in revenues in its first 2 years, and launched the Vector Watch, which was acquired by Fitbit. Having dropped out of university to launch BuyQuick during the dot com boom, Andreas later completed an Executive MBA at the University of Cambridge.
On the surface, it looks like networking has been solved. But business has never been built on access alone - it’s built on relationships and relationships are built on trust

Networking is dead: Peer learning wins in the age of AI

Andreas Adamides
May 13 '26
On the surface, it looks like networking has been solved. But business has never been built on access alone – it’s built on relationships and relationships are built on trust
New partnerships, requests, introductions, ideas, collaborations - everywhere you turn, something seems like it could push the business forward.

Why saying no might be your smartest move yet

Andreas Adamides
Apr 20 '26
New partnerships, requests, introductions, ideas, collaborations – everywhere you turn, something seems like it could push the business forward
For most scale-up founders, growth doesn’t stall due to the market, competition, or a lack of opportunity. It stalls because the founder hasn’t evolved fast enough to match the business they’ve built.

From builder to bottleneck: The founder’s scaling problem

Andreas Adamides
Feb 16 '26
For most scale-up founders, growth doesn’t stall due to the market, competition, or a lack of opportunity. It stalls because the founder hasn’t evolved fast enough to match the business they’ve built
All in or nothing

All in or nothing: Why startup founders can’t do work life balance

Andreas Adamides
Dec 5 '25
Starting a company comes with a harsh reality: work-life balance is a luxury you don’t earn until much later
What Guy Fawkes can teach founders

What Guy Fawkes can teach founders

Andreas Adamides
Nov 3 '25
Every November, we remember Guy Fawkes – the man who quite literally tried to blow up the system. His plot failed spectacularly, but behind the fireworks is a surprisingly modern lesson for founders: execution without preparation is just a spark with nowhere to go
Why the best founders never graduate

Why the best founders never graduate

Andreas Adamides
Sep 15 '25
If you’re a founder, you already know the drill: your job description changes daily. One moment you’re the visionary, the next you’re knee-deep in a hiring decision, an investor pitch, or a customer complaint
Founders: AI is your secret weapon - But make sure to triangulate

Founders: AI is your secret weapon – But make sure to triangulate

Andreas Adamides
Aug 28 '25
AI is here. It’s powerful, disruptive, and moving faster than most people can keep up with
When you’re mapping your growth plan, fundraising milestones, hiring timeline and product roadmap, ask yourself, where’s the space to breathe?

Rest to win: The high-performance case for founder downtime

Andreas Adamides
Jun 12 '25
When you’re mapping your growth plan, fundraising milestones, hiring timeline and product roadmap, ask yourself, where’s the space to breathe?
Being a founder can be exhilarating, but let’s be real - it can also be painfully lonely

May Day, May Day: The struggle of scaling alone

Andreas Adamides
May 19 '25
Being a founder can be exhilarating, but let’s be real – it can also be painfully lonely
To thrive, you need passion paired with hard work, perseverance, and, most importantly, expertise in what you do best.

Doing what you love and what you know is the secret formula for real business success

Andreas Adamides
Apr 9 '25
To thrive, you need passion paired with hard work, perseverance, and, most importantly, expertise in what you do best
Surrounding yourself with successful people is crucial for personal and professional growth. Here are six powerful strategies to help you do just that.

Surround yourself with success; It’s powerful!

Andreas Adamides
Mar 4 '25
Surrounding yourself with successful people is crucial for personal and professional growth, here are six powerful strategies to help you do just that
Whether just starting or prepping for your next funding round, mastering the art of investor fundraising is key.

Conquering the Dragons: How to win at investor fundraising

Andreas Adamides
Dec 4 '24
Whether just starting or prepping for your next funding round, mastering the art of investor fundraising is key