Office Hours: James Elling

Mission Kitchen are welcoming six industry-leading Experts in Residence to provide insight, guidance, and tailored advice across key areas of business building for its members.

What are Office Hours?

Office Hours are 1:1 sessions designed to give Mission Kitchen members direct access to industry-leading experts across key areas of business growth, offering personalised support on the biggest challenges facing their food and drink businesses.. Each of our six Experts in Residence brings extensive experience in fields like marketing, branding, sales, operations, scaling, financial planning, and investment. These sessions provide an opportunity to discuss your specific challenges, gain tailored advice, and get practical solutions to help your business grow.

Finance & Investment with James Elling: IN PERSON

James Elling is a fractional finance director and founder of Growth Drivers, a finance and accounting partner supporting founder-led consumer brands across food, drink, health, and beauty. His focus is on building financial clarity as brands navigate the complexity that comes with multi-channel growth, as well as advising brands who are thinking about debt financing and fundraising.

Chat to James about:

• Multi-channel P&L set up and channel economics
• Contribution analysis to show profitability by channel, customer, and product
• DTC and marketplace unit economics
• Cash flow forecasting and working capital management
• Management reporting and metric tracking
• Budgets and forecasting
• Financial modelling for debt financing and fundraising

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Please note: Office hours are in person at Mission Kitchen.

This event is exclusively for Workspace, Kitchen or Network Pro Members only.

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