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Stuart Miles
Stuart Miles founded the gadget site Pocket-lint in 2003, grew it to 1.6m visits a month and sold it to Valnet in 2022. He chairs a Helm Forum.
About Stuart
Stuart founded Pocket-lint in 2003 and grew it into one of the UK's best-known gadget and technology sites, with 1.6m visits a month. In 2022 he sold it to Valnet.
He now runs Squirrel and works as a strategic adviser and board member. As a Helm Forum Chair he passes on what he learned building and selling a media business.
At a glance
- Founded Pocket-lint, 2003
- Sold to Valnet, 2022
- Now runs Squirrel
- Helm Forum Chair
“Becoming a Helm Forum Chair has been a great experience. It's really rewarding to see many of the things I've learnt running my own businesses helping others.”
Stuart in Helm's guides
- A Business Leader alternative for founders and CEOs
- Alternatives to YPO and Vistage built for scale-up founders
- The best alternatives to Business Leader for UK founders
- The best alternatives to Hampton for UK founders
- The best alternatives to YPO for UK founders
- What does it cost to join a CEO peer forum in the UK?
- Do CEO peer groups actually help with decision making?
- How founder peer forums work, and what members actually get out of them
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