#140 Bankruptcy at Breakfast, Zero Churn by Monday: How Leaders Survive the Unthinkable

What do you do when your CFO calls on Sunday night to say you’re filing for bankruptcy in the morning?

Tim Butchart reveals how he led through chaos, kept every customer, and turned crisis into growth.

For most leaders, that call would trigger panic, client flight, and investor revolt. But for Tim Butchart, it became a masterclass in crisis leadership and customer trust.

Against the odds, his team didn’t lose a single key customer.

In this raw conversation with Rebecca Jenkins and Callum Jenkins, Tim shares what it takes to lead through chaos, scale in high-pressure environments, and prove value when the stakes couldn’t be higher.

This isn’t theory. It’s scars-earned wisdom from SaaS, AI, fintech, and cybersecurity boardrooms, including PE-backed scale-ups where growth targets aren’t suggestions, they’re mandates.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• How to keep customers from walking when your company’s future is on the line.

• Why “everything is a service” changes how you lead teams and retain talent.

• How to survive PE-backed growth expectations without burning out your culture.

• The four anchors of modern leadership: Vision, Scalable Engine, People, Uncertainty.

This is for: CEOs, Founders, CROs, and PE-backed leaders navigating high-stakes growth, global expansion, or customer retention challenges.

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Connect with Tim: LinkedIn : Tim Butchart

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