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Alex M H Smith.

Author of No Bullshit Strategy, Business & AI Consultant · Author

172k
Combined audience

About Alex.

Biography.

Alex M H Smith is a business strategy and growth author, consultant, and advisor best known for his "No Bullshit" approach to making strategy accessible and actionable. His book *No Bullshit Strategy* has become one of the most recognized titles in the field, cutting through the academic jargon that dominates the space to deliver clear, practical frameworks for businesses of all sizes.

Alex has advised an exceptionally broad range of clients — from solo founders and early-stage startups to global powerhouses including Porsche, P&G, and Roche — giving him a rare, pattern-level understanding of what drives competitive success across industries. More recently, Alex has shifted his focus toward helping business leaders navigate the post-AI landscape to deliver growth, addressing why competition has intensified so dramatically and what it takes to win in today's hyper-competitive environment.

This evolution has expanded his audience well beyond traditional strategy circles, attracting founders, operators, and executives who may not think of themselves as "strategy people" but are urgently looking for answers to why business has become so hard — and what to do about it. Alex is known for being the edgy, straight-talking outsider in a field often dominated by overly academic voices.

Alex's presence across channels.

PlatformFollowers

LinkedIn

@alex-m-h-smith

132k

YouTube

@AlexMHSmith

10k

Newsletter

alexmhsmith.substack.com

30k

What Alex covers, and who shows up for it.

Talks About

  • Founder Stories
  • Scaling & Growth
  • Building AI Products & Companies
  • Enterprise & Global GTM
  • Positioning & Differentiation

Audience

  • Founders
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Business Leaders
  • Consultants
  • Solopreneurs

Best for

  • Software & Technology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Startup
  • Enterprise & Fortune 500
  • Professional Services & Tools

Formats available.

  • Brand partnerships

    Alex brings the channel and the credibility. Social, newsletter, video, and more, running as long as the work needs.

    Channels & formats

    • LinkedIn

      • Video Post
      • Image Post
    • Newsletter

      • Dedicated Send
      • Brand Feature
    • YouTube

      • Video
      • Short
  • Speaking

    Keynotes and fireside chats built around Alex's own stories, lessons, and hard-won experience.

    Formats

    • In-Person Keynote
    • Virtual Keynote / Webinar
    • Podcast Guest
    • Fireside Chat
  • Live events

    Founder summits, product launches, and closed-door exec sessions. Alex hosts the room, then brings it home to their own audience.

    Formats

    • Event Facilitation
    • Attendance & content
    • Hosting & moderation
    • Retreats & summits
    • Executive engagement
  • Ambassador program

    Ongoing, not one-off. Alex takes on a small number of brand partners per year.

    Formats

    • Brand ambassador

FAQ

Questions before you brief Alex.

How booking works, what to expect, and how we scope work with Alex.

Alex has his own rate card, and the cost depends on the format, the deliverables, and how long the engagement runs. A single LinkedIn video sits at a very different level to a nine-month ambassador programme. Send us your brief with what you have in mind and we'll come back with pricing for Alex specifically.

We move quickly. Social and newsletter partnerships can go from brief to live in about a week when the diary allows, and live dates and ambassador programmes may need a little more notice. The real constraint is that Alex gets booked up, and we deliberately limit how much sponsored work any creator runs in a given period. An audience that sees back-to-back brand posts stops trusting them, and it's your campaign that pays for that. Send us your date with the brief and we'll tell you straight away what's open.

Yes. Alex takes in-person keynotes and live event bookings internationally, with travel and accommodation costed into the engagement. If the budget or the timing doesn't support travel, he also does virtual keynotes, webinars, fireside chats, and podcast appearances.

Alex writes and produces his own content. You brief the message, the audience, and the non-negotiables, and he decides how it lands, because that judgement is what his audience turns up for.  Scope and usage rights are agreed in the contract, and you see the work before it goes live.

Usually yes. Alex  may work with more than one brand in a category over time, but what matters is how it's spaced and what's agreed. We manage that actively, with exclusivity periods and gaps between competing campaigns, so your work isn't running alongside a competitor's and neither of you is paying for a diluted message. Tell us your category in the brief and we'll be straight with you about what's already committed.

Interested in working with Alex?

Every query gets a rapid response from Alex's manager.

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