Austin Wood is a UK-based entrepreneur and business mentor with a track record of building high-performing, customer-facing businesses across multiple industries in both the United Kingdom and the United States.

He is the founder of Continue Arcades Ltd, one of the fastest-growing free-play arcade brands in the South-West of England. Under his leadership, Continue has expanded from a single site into a multi-location operation generating £600k–£700k per site annually, with strong profitability and a clear expansion strategy including company-owned venues and a dedicated franchising division. Austin’s hands-on approach has given him deep experience in site selection, retail footfall analysis, team management, operational systems, customer experience design, and multi-unit scaling.

Alongside this, Austin owns Plymouth Discount Golf, a specialist used-golf retail business that has grown rapidly through a data-led approach to pricing, stock rotation, and local marketing. His ability to create profitable retail concepts from the ground up — including branding, digital presence, and operational processes — is a consistent theme in his work.

Before returning to the UK, Austin founded River Wild Kayaking in Tarpon Springs, Florida, where he developed a thriving outdoor-tourism business in a highly competitive market. He also served as Director of National Business Development for Nature’s Classroom Institute and Montessori School in the United States, working with leadership teams across multiple states to improve educational service delivery, operations, and growth strategy.

Across all ventures, Austin has become known for:

Practical, actionable business advice rooted in real operational experience

Rapid opportunity analysis and data-driven decision-making

Turning underperforming or early-stage ideas into structured, profitable enterprises

Coaching small business owners on pricing, operations, team structure, customer experience, and financial clarity

A straightforward, honest, “roll-up-your-sleeves” mentoring style

With experience spanning leisure, retail, education, tourism, franchising, and multi-site management, Austin mentors business owners who want grounded, real-world guidance — not theory. He specialises in helping founders simplify operations, improve revenue, and build businesses that scale.