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As part of Fast Forward 2026, participants will gain access to a team of experienced mentors, each bringing a distinct area of expertise to help founders navigate growth with confidence. From leadership and recruitment to brand, innovation, governance and investment, our mentors provide tailored support designed around the challenges and opportunities facing ambitious screen businesses today.
This week, we're introducing Aimee Bateman, Fast Forward mentor for People, Values and Recruitment.
About Aimee
Aimee Bateman is an award-winning founder, executive coach and former CEO of the venture-backed EdTech company Careercake. After building the business from her kitchen table into a global company, Aimee successfully exited the business in 2022. Alongside her experience securing both angel and venture capital investment, she now helps founders develop the confidence, clarity and leadership skills needed to grow successful businesses.
Aimee's mentoring focuses on the personal and leadership development that underpins sustainable business growth, helping founders align their values, overcome limiting beliefs and build businesses that reflect their ambitions.
Why is mentoring particularly valuable during a period of business growth?
Building a business can be very noisy at times. And most of that noise is happening inside your own head.
The right mentor can help you find clarity in that noise and remind you that you do not have to figure it all out alone.
Which aspects of our cohort's growth journey do you feel you add the most value to?
My expertise is in the inner work that makes outer success possible. Getting clear on values, spotting blind spots and identifying limiting beliefs.
I also bring my own journey as a founder. I built a business from my kitchen into a global company, sold it, then had to rebuild my own identity from scratch. I know what that growth actually feels like from the inside out. Not just the strategy, but the person going through it too.
What do you enjoy most about mentoring and supporting businesses on this programme?
Watching a founder finally see their own value. It gets me every time.
There is nothing more exciting than watching someone step into who they really are and finally back themselves.
What do you hope businesses take away from working with you?
I just want them to walk away knowing exactly who they are and where they are headed.
Real confidence, not the "fake it till you make it" kind. And a strategy that fits them and the life they want to build.
Ready to Fast Forward Your Growth?
Fast Forward is Creative Enterprise's six-month growth programme for ambitious screen businesses looking to strengthen their commercial foundations, unlock new opportunities and build long-term resilience. Through tailored mentoring, expert-led workshops and peer learning, participants gain the tools, insight and confidence needed to scale sustainably.
Applications for Fast Forward 2026 are now open.
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Find out more and apply: https://creativeenterprise.wearecreative.uk/fast-forward