Ed Fowkes
Co-founder of TableNetwork
Ed Fowkes
Co-founder of TableNetwork
Advisor, strategist and creative entrepreneur helping founders build better businesses to enjoy the lives they’re creating.
Summary • Biography • Expertise • Achievements • TableNetwork • Speaking • Work With Ed
Summary
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Co-founder of TableNetwork, an international community for founders, entrepreneurs and business owners
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Business advisor specialising in clarity, strategic planning, risk reduction and decision design
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30+ years across UK residential property, development, design, branding and SME leadership
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Built and scaled multiple businesses including a social enterprise supporting at-risk women and a £500m real estate pipeline
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Creator of BusinessMark, increasingly recognised as the standard for benchmarking SMEs
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Experienced in operations, growth models, systems, founder psychology and team dynamics
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Advisor to SMEs across sectors, helping leaders assess blind spots, design their annual cycle and scale with intent
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Speaker, writer and mentor with a creative foundation in design, art and architecture
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Based in London; works with founders globally
Summary
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Co-founder of TableNetwork, an international community for founders, entrepreneurs and business owners
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Business advisor specialising in clarity, strategic planning, risk reduction and decision design
-
30+ years across UK residential property, development, design, branding and SME leadership
-
Built and scaled multiple businesses including a social enterprise supporting at-risk women and a £500m real estate pipeline
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Creator of BusinessMark, increasingly recognised as the standard for benchmarking SMEs
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Experienced in operations, growth models, systems, founder psychology and team dynamics
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Advisor to SMEs across sectors, helping leaders assess blind spots, design their annual cycle and scale with intent
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Speaker, writer and mentor with a creative foundation in design, art and architecture
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Based in London; works with founders globally
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (basic)
Website: tablenetwork.co.uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edfowkes
Location: London, United Kingdom
Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (basic)
Website: tablenetwork.co.uk
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edfowkes
Biography
Ed Fowkes is a strategic advisor and entrepreneur with a rare blend of analytical clarity and creative problem-solving. Over three decades, he has built, scaled, dismantled, rebuilt and reimagined businesses across design, construction, residential real estate and strategic consulting. This variety of experience through successes and failures is what shapes his work with founders at TableNetwork.
His career began unusually: a student of furniture and interior design who bought his first buy-to-let flat on the way to art school. What followed was a 30-year journey through design studios, construction teams, asset acquisitions, social enterprise and ultimately the co-founding of Prosperity Capital, a business that grew to a £500m development pipeline across the UK and Ireland.
Alongside growth came another side of entrepreneurship: volatility, misjudgment, market shocks and the humbling process of starting again. As Ed puts it, “We learn more from failure than success but learning from other people’s failure costs less in time and money.”
That philosophy of learning from peers now underpins TableNetwork.
Today, Ed works with founders who want to think more clearly, execute more effectively and build calm, intelligent businesses rather than frantic ones. To have a business that makes life better is the best outcome. His approach blends the precision of engineering logic with the creativity of design thinking. He helps entrepreneurs map risks, understand their annual rhythm and scale without losing their soul.
Outside work, he cherishes time with his family, speaks daily with his sons (one a business partner, another currently a ski instructor in Canada), climbs and boulders three times a week and travels often (especially to France, for food, skiing and the Atlantic coast). Also, look out for the musical and occasionally philosophical easter eggs that he weaves into every newsletter he writes.
Biography
Ed Fowkes is a strategic advisor and entrepreneur with a rare blend of analytical clarity and creative problem-solving. Over three decades, he has built, scaled, dismantled, rebuilt and reimagined businesses across design, construction, residential real estate and strategic consulting. This variety of experience through successes and failures is what shapes his work with founders at TableNetwork.
His career began unusually: a student of furniture and interior design who bought his first buy-to-let flat on the way to art school. What followed was a 30-year journey through design studios, construction teams, asset acquisitions, social enterprise and ultimately the co-founding of Prosperity Capital, a business that grew to a £500m development pipeline across the UK and Ireland.
Alongside growth came another side of entrepreneurship: volatility, misjudgment, market shocks and the humbling process of starting again. As Ed puts it, “We learn more from failure than success but learning from other people’s failure costs less in time and money.”
That philosophy of learning from peers now underpins TableNetwork.
Today, Ed works with founders who want to think more clearly, execute more effectively and build calm, intelligent businesses rather than frantic ones. To have a business that makes life better is the best outcome. His approach blends the precision of engineering logic with the creativity of design thinking. He helps entrepreneurs map risks, understand their annual rhythm and scale without losing their soul.
Outside work, he cherishes time with his family, speaks daily with his sons (one a business partner, another currently a ski instructor in Canada), climbs and boulders three times a week and travels often (especially to France, for food, skiing and the Atlantic coast). Also, look out for the musical and occasionally philosophical easter eggs that he weaves into every newsletter he writes.
Expertise
Strategy & Decision Design
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Founder clarity
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Annual cycle planning
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Risk mapping and transitions
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Systems thinking and operational design
Business Growth & Advisory
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SME scaling models
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Founder psychology and blind-spot analysis
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Team structure and leadership dynamics
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Board-level advisory and problem-solving
Real Estate & Development
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Build-to-Rent, PBSA and Co-Living
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Site analysis, planning strategy, institutional funding
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Development management and operations
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Multi-let and regeneration portfolios
Creative & Technical
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Branding, design, architecture and interiors
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Creative problem-solving and opportunity spotting
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Systems implementation and operational efficiency
Expertise
Strategy & Decision Design
-
Founder clarity
-
Annual cycle planning
-
Risk mapping and transitions
-
Systems thinking and operational design
Business Growth & Advisory
-
SME scaling models
-
Founder psychology and blind-spot analysis
-
Team structure and leadership dynamics
-
Board-level advisory and problem-solving
Real Estate & Development
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Build-to-Rent, PBSA and Co-Living
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Site analysis, planning strategy, institutional funding
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Development management and operations
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Multi-let and regeneration portfolios
Creative & Technical
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Branding, design, architecture and interiors
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Creative problem-solving and opportunity spotting
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Systems implementation and operational efficiency
Notable work
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Built and led a £500m real estate development pipeline
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Delivered 1000+ PBSA bedrooms across UK and Ireland
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Ran a social enterprise providing housing and funding care domestic abuse victims
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Increased operational efficiency by 40% across multi-office teams
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Founded Canary Wharf’s Property Investors Network meeting (2nd largest in the UK)
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Featured in national magazines, investor events, television and podcasts
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Donated >£5000 per month to charity through social enterprise operations
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Experienced the complete entrepreneurial cycle: growth, collapse, reinvention
Notable work
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Built and led a £500m real estate development pipeline
-
Delivered 1000+ PBSA bedrooms across UK and Ireland
-
Ran a social enterprise providing housing and funding care domestic abuse victims
-
Increased operational efficiency by 40% across multi-office teams
-
Founded Canary Wharf’s Property Investors Network meeting (2nd largest in the UK)
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Featured in national magazines, investor events, television and podcasts
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Donated >£5000 per month to charity through social enterprise operations
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Experienced the complete entrepreneurial cycle: growth, collapse, reinvention
The TableNetwork story
Ed conceived TableNetwork to give founders the one thing that changes everything: clarity.
Co-founded with his son, Felix, their belief is simple:
No entrepreneur succeeds alone.
And In reality, no founder can see their own blind spots.
TableNetwork creates the conditions for success by providing structure, community, and the calm intelligence that comes from thinking together.
The organisation runs:
BusinessMark
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An SME assessment that delivers clarity by revealing strengths and risks
BrainStorm
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Monthly peer-group problem-solving sessions for founders
GamePlan
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An online annual-cycle strategic programme for business owners
Tables
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Premium peer advisory groups for experienced founders
Plus other founder-growth tools.
The TableNetwork mission:
To support and fund permanent housing for previously homeless people.
"Every Table provides a home." - Ed Fowkes
A commercial business with a social purpose that's engineered to compound.
The TableNetwork story
Ed conceived TableNetwork to give founders the one thing that changes everything: clarity.
Co-founded with his son, Felix, their belief is simple:
No entrepreneur succeeds alone.
And In reality, no founder can see their own blind spots.
TableNetwork creates the conditions for success by providing structure, community, and the calm intelligence that comes from thinking together.
The organisation runs:
BusinessMark
-
An SME assessment that delivers clarity by revealing strengths and risks
BrainStorm
-
Monthly peer-group problem-solving sessions for founders
GamePlan
-
An online annual-cycle strategic programme for business owners
Tables
-
Premium peer advisory groups for experienced founders
Plus other founder-growth tools.
The TableNetwork mission:
To support and fund permanent housing for previously homeless people.
"Every Table provides a home." - Ed Fowkes
A commercial business with a social purpose that's engineered to compound.
Speaking and media
Ed speaks on:
- Founder clarity and strategic growth
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Business psychology - 3 different founders
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The power of a network in business
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Entrepreneurship and reinvention
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Real estate development and urban change
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Peer advisory and community intelligence
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Systems thinking and risk mapping
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Purpose-driven enterprise
He has appeared on:
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Industry panels with lenders, architects, entrepreneurs and investors
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Property TV
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The Property Funding Podcast
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Cuppa Coffee Property Podcast
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The Property Solopreneur
And Ed has spoken at most of the major property investors networking events.
Speaking and media
Ed speaks on:
- Founder clarity and strategic growth
-
Business psychology - 3 different founders
-
The power of a network in business
-
Entrepreneurship and reinvention
-
Real estate development and urban change
-
Peer advisory and community intelligence
-
Systems thinking and risk mapping
-
Purpose-driven enterprise
He has appeared on:
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Industry panels with lenders, architects, entrepreneurs and investors
-
Property TV
-
The Property Funding Podcast
-
Cuppa Coffee Property Podcast
-
The Property Solopreneur
And Ed has spoken at most of the major property investors networking events.
Approach
Ed blends three disciplines:
1. Strategic thinking
Seeing the game from altitude
2. Analytical rigour
Mapping risks, patterns and leverage points
3. Creative problem-solving
Using design principles to simplify complexity
His philosophy is straightforward:
Business, and life, are journeys best travelled with others.
Clarity beats hustle.
If you aren't enjoying it, what's the point?
Personal
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Father of two grown sons
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Boulders 3 times a week
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Loves skiing, cooking, France and the Atlantic coast
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Lifelong music obsessive
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Trained artist and designer
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Dyslexic thinker who values simplicity over jargon
Personal
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Father of two grown sons
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Boulders 3 times a week
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Loves skiing, cooking, France and the Atlantic coast
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Lifelong music obsessive
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Trained artist and designer
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Dyslexic thinker who values simplicity over jargon
Working with Ed
If you’re ready to gain clarity or tackle a specific challenge, Ed offers private advisory sessions for founders.
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Get in touch
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