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BOOM Inner Circle | The 40x Exit Dinner | Private Dining London
September 3 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
The 40x Exit
How the best businesses grow their margins and value
What makes one business worth 4x profit… and another worth 40x?
Most founders want to grow. More clients, more revenue, more people, more momentum.
But growth alone doesn’t create value.
For many businesses, growth simply brings more pressure, more complexity, tighter margins and greater dependence on the founder.
The real question is:
How do you build a business that becomes more valuable as it grows?
At this BOOM Inner Circle dinner, we’ll be joined by Ben Mekie, CEO of Acuity Associates, for a private discussion on what the best businesses do differently before they scale.
Ben previously took a business from £2.5m EBITDA to a £100m exit valuation within six years of start-up; effectively a 40x multiple.
This dinner will explore what ambitious SME leaders can learn from that journey, and how to build businesses that are not just bigger, but stronger, more profitable and more valuable.
This Month’s Theme
The 40x Exit: How the Best Businesses Grow Their Margins and Value
Together, we’ll explore what separates businesses that simply get busier from those that become genuinely more valuable.
We’ll look at why some businesses command ordinary valuations while others attract exceptional multiples, where founders quietly lose margin and value, what buyers and investors look for beneath the surface, and how better execution, better visibility and better decision-making can create a stronger business.
This is not a finance lecture.
It’s a commercially focused dinner conversation for founders, CEOs, managing directors and senior leaders who want to build businesses that are easier to scale, easier to lead and potentially easier to sell.
Special Guest
Ben Mekie
CEO, Acuity Associates
Ben Mekie is CEO of Acuity Associates, a specialist firm focused on helping ambitious businesses become more efficient, productive and profitable.
For this Inner Circle dinner, Ben will share insight into how great businesses improve margins, strengthen execution and build value before they scale.
The Room
BOOM Inner Circle is a curated private dining experience for founders, CEOs, managing directors and senior leaders.
Around the table, you’ll typically find people leading established businesses across a wide range of sectors.
Some are scaling. Some have exited. Some are building leadership teams. Others are preparing for the next stage of growth and asking what their business needs to become if it is going to be truly valuable.
This is not surface-level networking.
It’s a room built around better conversations, sharper thinking and stronger relationships.
Because if you want to build a more valuable business, this is the kind of room you want to be in.
The Experience
Held in the private dining rooms at Smith & Wollensky, London, your evening includes a welcome drink on arrival, premium private dining, wine served with dinner, beer and soft drinks throughout the evening, a curated discussion with an expert guest and a carefully selected room of business leaders.
The aim is simple.
A strong room.
A beautiful setting.
A conversation worth being there for.
Hosted by Paul Bulloch & Gary Dawes
Every Inner Circle dinner is personally curated and hosted by Paul Bulloch and Gary Dawes, co-creators of BOOM.
Their role is to create the right room, guide the conversation and ensure every guest has the opportunity to contribute.
Because the value of Inner Circle is not just who speaks at the front.
It’s who sits around the table.
Evening Schedule
18:30 – Arrival drinks & informal networking
19:00 – Seated introductions
19:15 – Dinner served
20:00 – Guest insight & curated discussion
21:30 – Official close
Many guests choose to continue conversations afterwards.
Access & Membership
BOOM Inner Circle is a membership-first private dining experience for founders, CEOs and senior leaders who value proximity, trust, continuity and better conversations.
Members attend curated Inner Circle dinners throughout the year as part of their membership, alongside access to BOOM Club events, BOOM Signature Events, The BOOM Room private community, priority access to future experiences and selected partner benefits.
For this dinner, we are releasing a small number of First-Time Access places for leaders who would like to experience the room before deciding whether Inner Circle is right for them.
The First-Time Access place is £195 + VAT.
Should you decide to continue as an Inner Circle member within seven days, this will count as your first month’s membership payment.
Places are intentionally limited, and attendance remains subject to approval by BOOM to ensure the right fit for the room.
