Josh Cote is an experienced entrepreneur and investor who has built a career on identifying potential in people, ideas, and businesses. With over two decades of leadership experience across outsourced sales, marketing, and consulting, Josh adopts a hands-on, long-term approach to investment. Rather than focusing solely on financial returns, he invests in growth-minded individuals and scalable business models that align with his values of integrity, development, and sustainability. Josh’s investment philosophy is rooted in the principle that leadership drives results. He believes that successful businesses are built from the inside out — by empowering people, fostering accountability, and developing leaders who can multiply success. Through EAW Consulting, Josh provides entrepreneurs and early-stage business owners with financial guidance and strategic mentorship, helping them transition from idea to execution. His experience as a founder — scaling his first company, EA Worldwide Acquisitions, from the U.S. to the U.K. — gives him a unique perspective on what it takes to build and sustain performance-driven organisations. As an investor, Josh focuses on creating lasting partnerships, not quick wins, and prioritises businesses with a clear vision, measurable goals, and a people-first culture.

Josh Cote invests in a diverse portfolio of businesses across technology, property, and sales-driven industries, with a particular focus on companies that combine innovation, scalability, and strong leadership potential. His investment philosophy is deeply influenced by his own entrepreneurial background — having built and expanded successful ventures in the outsourced sales and consulting sectors — and by his belief, inspired by John Maxwell’s leadership principles, that growth begins with people. In the technology sector, Josh looks for startups that use digital innovation to solve real-world problems. He’s drawn to founders who understand both their product and their market — individuals who can balance technical skill with commercial vision. These investments often focus on systems that improve business operations, sales enablement, or customer engagement — areas that align with Josh’s consulting expertise. In property and real estate, Josh’s interest lies in projects that offer long-term value and community impact. Whether through strategic property development or smart investment opportunities, he seeks ventures that prioritise sustainability, good governance, and social responsibility alongside financial return. Josh also continues to invest heavily in sales and marketing agencies, especially those using face-to-face engagement to build brands and generate measurable results. His two decades of experience in the outsourced sales industry provide him with unique insight into how these businesses operate, scale, and sustain performance. Many of the entrepreneurs he invests in are alumni of his consulting and coaching network, supported through his firm EAW Consulting. Beyond these sectors, Josh occasionally supports early-stage startups that show strong leadership potential and alignment with his core values: integrity, growth, and impact. He believes the most rewarding investments are not only financially successful but also develop people and create opportunity. Whether it’s a fast-growth tech company, an emerging property venture, or a promising sales agency, Josh Cote invests in businesses that share his commitment to leadership, learning, and long-term vision. Through both capital and mentorship, he helps founders turn ambition into achievement — one enterprise at a time.

Josh Cote believes that exceptional business owners share a combination of strategic, interpersonal, and leadership skills qualities that can be learned, developed, and refined over time. Drawing from his two decades in entrepreneurship and consulting, he highlights five key skills that separate thriving leaders from the rest: Vision and Clarity – Successful business owners see beyond the present. They articulate a compelling future and align their teams behind it. Emotional Intelligence – Josh emphasises empathy, communication, and the ability to connect with people as essential to leadership. Resilience and Adaptability – Challenges are inevitable. The best leaders maintain composure under pressure and treat setbacks as learning opportunities. Strategic Thinking – Business growth requires data-driven decisions, efficient systems, and consistent evaluation of what’s working and what’s not. Accountability and Continuous Growth – Great leaders never stop learning. They hold themselves accountable, seek feedback, and invest in their own development. Through EAW Consulting, Josh helps business owners strengthen these capabilities — combining insight, structure, and motivation to help them excel in an ever-changing world.