<div>Untalented's host Ollie Scott sits down with Jim Houghton from Waypoint, one of the most experienced M&amp;A advisors in the creative industry, and someone who has seen more agencies born, scaled, bought and sold than almost anyone else.<br><br>But this isn’t a finance podcast.<br><br>It’s the conversation creative people never get, but absolutely need.<br><br>Jim breaks down:<br>• why UK agencies fear failure <br>• how creative people massively underestimate their own power<br>• why early equity dilution ruins lives<br>• what actually triggers agency sales <br>• how private equity suddenly took over the creative industry<br>• when a business is genuinely “sellable”<br>• and the biggest mistake founders make before talking to an advisor<br><br><br>If you’re a creative, a founder, or someone inside a company that’s just been acquired, this episode will change the way you see the entire business side of creativity.</div>