This week on The Exit: John Shufeldt was an ER doctor before embarking on a decades-long career as a serial healthcare entrepreneur with three companies and a health-tech VC firm under his belt.He details the sale of his virtual medicine busi

From Bootstrapped Beginnings to Strategic Exit to Brandwatch: The Story of Paladin with James Creech

11 days ago 28m 38s

This week on The Exit: Before the days of YouTube and TikTok, James Creech was creating videos, little did he know this interest would lead him to one day launch a company focused on content creation. In 2016 when influencer marketing and the c

Beyond the Screen: Sara Hirsh Bordo’s Path to Purpose

18 days ago 28m 58s

This week on The Exit: Among everything Sara Hirsh Bordo has done in her career, from being a marketing executive at Paramount Pictures and MGM Studios, the owner of several acquired businesses, and a 15x award-winning filmmaker, she might now

Dot Com Dreams to Exit Realities with Matt Frary

25 days ago 32m 27s

This week on The Exit: Matt Frary got his start in online business during the dot com era. After graduating from business school and being unable to find a job, he went on an entrepreneurial journey that would have him building and selling five

From Food-tech Nonprofit to Zomato Acquisition with Srishti Kawatra

Mar 18th, 2024 30m 38s

This week on The Exit: Srishti Kawatra describes her journey from founding her food distribution nonprofit while working at her corporate job in India, to being acquired by one of India’s largest food-tech companies, Zomato. She discusses how

The Journey Beyond the Sale: Lessons from John Rood's Exit

Mar 11th, 2024 26m 17s

This week on The Exit: John Rood, author of "Beyond the Exit", shares his journey of exiting his test prep business, Next Step Test Preparation, and the challenges he faced post-exit, including uncertainty, depression, and illness. He discuss

Selling Success: How Lark Took Flight with Pallavi Golla

Mar 4th, 2024 30m 33s

This week on The Exit: Pallavi Golla, serial entrepreneur and mother of two young boys, walks us through her journey of building and selling her bamboo fabric baby activewear business, Lark. She details the challenges faced during the sale pr

The Moving Parts of a $100M Exit with Ben Faw

Feb 26th, 2024 30m

This week on The Exit: Ben Faw has gone through two exits, one of which closed for a $100M valuation.In this conversation, Ben discusses how he selected the business to build, his criteria for finding an M&A advisor at the beginning of the ex

Build to Exit with David Perez

Feb 19th, 2024 34m 23s

This week on The Exit: “If you can’t make a sale, you have no business…but with sales comes rejection.”David Perez is a seasoned entrepreneur who has sold two companies, generated millions from Fortune100 customers, and has served as an advis

Soldier to Seller: Jon Caldwell's Amazon Exit Story

Feb 12th, 2024 28m 17s

This week on The Exit: Jon Caldwell, an entrepreneur who transitioned from the army to business, shares his journey from starting a pet supplements brand on Amazon to its successful exit. He highlights the importance of pricing strategies, no

A Journey Through Three Exits with Collin Mitchell

Feb 5th, 2024 28m 52s

This week on The Exit: Collin Mitchell, Managing Partner at Leadium, shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey with three successful exits, one business which he and his wife grew from zero to $5M in only 26 months.Collin discusses the

The Great Wealth Transfer with Jill Lloyd

Jan 29th, 2024 30m 40s

This week on The Exit: Jill Faherty Lloyd is a financial advisor who is truly influential when it comes to financial advisory for women. Jill shares her experience with liquidity events, the importance of being prepared for them, and what you n

Why Money is Key to Validating an Idea with Raja Skogland

Jan 22nd, 2024 29m 12s

This week on The Exit: Raja Skogland is the perfect example of why timing can be so important. Raja has had multiple exits but her most successful exit all came down to timing. Starting an online accelerator program for early stage companies wa

Playing Hard to Get to Get the Deal Done with Robbie Hardy

Jan 15th, 2024 31m 42s

This week on The Exit: From selling her own company to mentoring other women entrepreneurs. This episode of the exit is a full circle entrepreneurial story from starting a business, building it into a successful company, to exiting and becoming

Building and Exiting the World’s First Voice Analytics Companies with Alysia Silberg

Jan 8th, 2024 35m 37s

This week on The Exit: From developing the world's first voice analytics-driven sales enablement application to working at the UN in championing women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, Alysia Silberg has had a remarkable career and she’s not

Achieving Financial Freedom by 40 with Jennifer Pereira

Jan 2nd, 2024 29m 58s

This week on The Exit: Founder and Managing Partner of the Celestial Group, Jennifer Pereira, shares her goals for achieving financial freedom and why you need to change your mindset about investing in and acquiring cash flowing businesses to b

Treating Marketplace Businesses Like They’re Ecosystems with Elias Chavando

Dec 27th, 2023 30m 24s

This week on The Exit, host Steve McGarry sits down with marketplace expert Elias Chavando. The two discuss the intricacies that come with scaling a marketplace and how the strategies used by Elias can be applied to any type of business. Elias

The Intricacies of Exiting to a Manufacturer with Mark Samuel

Dec 18th, 2023 26m 46s

This week on The Exit: Mark Samuel shares his extensive background in consumer product-related industries, spanning over two decades. His first successful exit involved a meal management venture for sports’ enthusiasts. Mark meticulosly scaled

How to Grow from $0 to $9M, Exit & then Do it all Again with Seth Waite

Dec 11th, 2023 33m 41s

This week on The Exit: Seth’s entrepreneurial career started very early. By the age of 20 he had already founded and sold his first digital company, a marketplace for plugins and templates for blogs. After leaving law school, Seth started and e

Raising $70 Million and Going Public with Dr. Steve Fox

Dec 4th, 2023 28m 3s

This week on The Exit: This is an incredible story of Dr Steve Fox bringing together some of the best minds in the country to change the world of teeth hygiene forever. Raising $70 Million, Dr Fox created a patent to remineralise, restructure,

Busting The Most Common Investment Myths with Steffi Baker

Nov 27th, 2023 31m 49s

This week on The Exit: Steffi Baker has pushed herself not only in her career as a co-founder and investor, but also as a competitive figure skater, skating in the opening ceremony of the olympics. After the olympics, Steffi moved to London to

How to Sell a Business That's Not Yet Profitable with Diego Sampaio

Nov 20th, 2023 29m 24s

This week on The Exit: Diego Sampaio’s career started at an early age. At 12 he was building websites and coding for friends and family. At 16 he initiated a web hosting service for Brazil. By 18 he founded his first company, marking the beginn

Growing to $12M in Annual Revenue and Knowing When To Exit with Redg Snodgrass

Nov 13th, 2023 29m 35s

This week on The Exit: Redg’s career started with a role at an eBay startup, where he witnessed the dynamic nature of startups firsthand. Having played a pivotal role in propelling the company from zero to $1M in revenue within a few months, Re

The Intricate Relationship Between Failure and Success with Helene Guillaume

Nov 6th, 2023 25m 13s

This week on The Exit: Helene Guillaume is focused on changing the world. A big sports person competing in triathlons, playing rugby, swimming and now an amateur surfer, Helene quickly recognised the pain points for women in sport and wanted to

Exiting to Yahoo for $10M with Eric Marcoullier

Oct 30th, 2023 34m 34s

This week on The Exit: Eric Marcoullier went through college wanting to be a DJ, but when he bought a copy of Wired magazine, a lightbulb went off for Eric, he knew that the internet was where he would make his money. Eric moved into online pub