It Takes Two

Scale Your Business — and Make It Sale-Ready

If your business can’t run without you, it’s not truly scalable — and it’s far less valuable when it comes to selling.

At It Takes Two, we help ambitious business owners with revenues between £500k–£5m scale faster and build a business that can thrive without them. The key? Developing a second-in-command who runs the day-to-day operations so you can focus on growth — and so your business is worth more when you’re ready to exit.

Why This Matters

Many business owners are the bottleneck without realising it.
They:

• Hold all the knowledge and decision-making power.

• Spend more time managing than scaling.

• Believe stepping away will cause the business to stall.

The result? Growth plateaus, teams rely too heavily on you, and when it comes time to sell, buyers see risk — because if you leave, the business slows down.

What We Do

We specialise in transforming your second-in-command into a high-performing operational leader who can:

• Run operations independently — freeing you to focus on strategy and scaling.

• Drive accountability — so results happen without your constant oversight.

• Make confident decisions — keeping momentum without you in every meeting.

• Build a business that’s sale-ready — because it runs smoothly without the owner.

Who We Are

It Takes Two was founded by Emma King and Julie Phillips, an experienced CEO/COO duo who have lived this transformation. We’ve built a business that runs without Emma so that she can focus on strategic growth - and now we help other business owners and their second-in-commands do the same.

Whether you want to scale up, sell up, or simply get your life back, your second-in-command is the key to making it happen. We show you how.