Dan Wood
Founder, Inso · Ex-Para Captain · 3× Tedx · Innovation Adviser To Startups, Scale-Ups And Corporates: Sharper Pitches, Tested Ideas, The Right Intros
Free for Brouky members
30-min pitch & story review with the INSO pitch framework
Bring your deck or 3-minute pitch. We'll rework the opening, the need and the close so investors lean in, and you'll get 3 concrete fixes in writing.
About
I'm Dan, founder of INSO, a boutique innovation consultancy, network and community in Prague. We give people and teams the confidence and momentum to bring their best ideas to life, and we connect them with the people who can help them get there. Before INSO I was a Captain in the British Army's Parachute Regiment, then worked in finance and fintech (Liberum) on systems and operations. I studied engineering at Loughborough and I'm a founder and inventor at heart. I'm a 3× TEDx speaker, co-host of The Good Ideas Club podcast and host of INSO's monthly Innovators Breakfast, and I moderate startup stages and investor panels at Prague Innovation Week. Bringing the right people together is half the job. Never let a good idea go untested.
What I do for startups
I work across every sector, stage, size and jurisdiction, from first-time founders to scale-ups, corporates and public bodies. People usually come to me when they're stuck between a good idea and real momentum: the pitch isn't landing, the team isn't aligned, the right people aren't in the room, or there are more ideas than execution. I help you: • Innovate with intent. We use INSO's process (understand the landscape, ideate bespoke breakthroughs, act) and test ideas with quick, cheap experiments before you commit budget. • Sharpen your story and pitch, using INSO's Introduce–Need–Solution–Open framework so investors, boards and buyers remember you and want the next meeting. • Open the right doors. I make warm, considered introductions to investors, partners, customers and experts across the INSO network and well beyond. Each one comes with context and a clear ask, so both sides want the meeting. • Align and lead the team: strategy, priorities and an operating rhythm so everyone pulls the same way as you grow. • Navigate defence and dual-use, with a view on how military buyers and operators think from someone who served. You leave with a clear next step, a tighter narrative, the right people in your corner and a team that knows what to do on Monday.
What I offer
How you can work with me.
Intro call
30 minutes to talk through where you are, what's blocking momentum and whether we're a good fit.
Free
Pitch & narrative sprint
Two working sessions to rebuild your pitch and deck story with the INSO framework, plus a rehearsal with live feedback before your next investor meeting.
One-time
Innovation & strategy workshops and sprints
Focused workshops or 1–3 day sprints, in person or remote, to map the landscape, generate and test ideas, and agree strategy and next steps. Ends with an action plan your team owns.
One-time
Monthly mentoring
A regular 1:1 with you or your leadership team on strategy, innovation and execution, with async support between sessions.
Retainer
Warm introductions
Tell me who you need to meet. I'll make targeted introductions from my network, with context and a clear ask for both sides.
One-time
How I work
- Availability
- Taking new startups · about 8 h a month
- Engagement
- Mentoring, Office hours, Advisory board, Project
- Stages
- Seed, Pre Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth
- Sectors
- Industry & Hardware, Aerospace & Defense, Space Technology, Robotics, Vision & Autonomous Systems, Cybersecurity, Network Security, Hardware, Industrial Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Autonomous & Electric Mobility, Financial Technology, Banking, defense-tech, defense, military-tech, fintech
- Works with startups in
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Europe, Global
Areas of expertise
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