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The Exit Podcast
In a world surrounded by opportunity The Exit talks to those people who have bought and sold businesses. In 30 minutes, you will learn how they did it, why they did it and a world of EXITS, currently occupied by a small few but accessible to most.
Episode 157
Pioneering Industry Transformation with Sergio Ribeiro
This week on The Exit: Sergio Ribeiro, founder, and CEO of Radiolife, shares his journey of entrepreneurship. With a computer science background, he tackled the monopolized Brazilian telecom sector, revolutionizing it with a cost-cutting product. Despite being unprepared, Sergio and his team accepted an enticing acquisition offer. Listen for the captivating exit story, Sergio’s exit preparation tips, and his current efforts to disrupt the diagnostic industry.
Episode 156
Building Businesses with Veteran Entrepreneur Lara Morgan
This week on The Exit: We welcome back Lara Morgan, a prominent investor in health and wellness. After two years, we catch up on her journey, explore the gender gap in entrepreneurship, and delve into her exits. Lara, with a track record dating back to 1991, shares insights on her £20 million exit, her portfolio of brands, acquisition motivations, decision-making, business growth strategies, and offers valuable advice for female entrepreneurs aiming to address the gender gap in entrepreneurship.
Episode 155
Bridging the Gender Gap in VC with Delilah Panio
This week on The Exit: Delilah Panio, founder of Fortuna Funding, with over 25 years in capital markets, aims to rectify the gender imbalance in VC funding. Her mission is to close the funding gap, offering practical guidance to founders. Listen to this episode to gain insights into venture capital, crowdfunding, and fundraising.
Episode 154
From Selling a PDF to Exiting a SaaS Company for 7-Figures with Brecht Palombo
This week on The Exit: Brecht Palombo turned a 90% post-financial crisis business slump into opportunity. Needing income for his growing family, he began selling lender data he had researched in a PDF format. The demand was high, prompting him to expand into a successful SaaS business with subscriptions, ultimately resulting in a 7-figure exit. Hear his journey in this episode.


YOUR HOST
Steve McGarry
An entrepreneur, content creator, and investor based in sunny Tampa, Florida. In 2015, while living in San Francisco, Steve sold his first fintech startup LendLayer to Max Levchin’s (founder of PayPal) consumer finance company Affirm.
Episode 153
Putting $1 Billion in the Hands of Female Founders with Sarah Chen-Spellings
This week on The Exit: Sarah’s path to entrepreneurship has been one of many twists and turns, eventually leading her to co-found an investment fund with the goal of putting $1 Billion in the hands of female founders.
Episode 152
Exiting to PayPal One Week Before IPO with Maria Hedengren
This week on The Exit: Maria Hedengren shares her passion for financial analysis and exit preparation, including preparing for an IPO. When Maria was the CFO of iZettle, a fintech company, she was tasked with preparing the business for an IPO.
Episode 151
From TV Show Creator to Entrepreneur and Investor with Tami Holzman
Tami Holzman started out in the entertainment industry, from talent agency to movie studios. It was during this time she cut her entrepreneurial teeth. Tami quickly learnt that with determination and perseverance, anything was possible in the world of film and television and this mindset has never left her. When she built her first business this philosophy played an integral role in it, leading her to great success, ultimately achieving a significant exit
Episode 150
Exiting a Powerful 11M User Software Suite with Stuart Prestedge
Stuart Prestedge, a seasoned software startup coach and successful entrepreneur, founded his first business in gaming at 18. Later, he achieved great success with a productivity software suite which became the top app in 20 countries. The company had over 11M users when him and his business partner decided to exit. Tune in to learn how the exit unfolded and how he landed a job where he was tasked to ‘go and do what you do best’.
Episode 149
Selling a Concept and a Brand with Sarah Barnes-Humphrey
When Sarah joined her father’s company straight out of high school she never expected she would go on to carve out a brand new niche: supply chain media. When she found herself without a job after her father’s business shut down, she decided to focus on the podcast she had created and went on to build it into a community for people working in the supply chain. Listen to find out about the sale of a concept and how it differs from selling a revenue generating business.
Episode 148
Startup to Stability with Dean van Zyl
Dean van Zyl, turned to entrepreneurship after being fired three times, and achieved multiple successful exits in three countries. His first business grew too big for him to exit easily, but after making changes, bringing on a partner, and establishing a management team, he successfully exited. With better initial preparation, the process could have taken just one year instead of five. Dean has since built and exited several businesses designed for exits from the start. Tune in to hear Dean’s experience and advice on setting up an exit-focused business.
Episode 147
Exiting to the Leading Sales Engagement Platform with Rod Feuer
In this episode, Rod Feurer shares his journey from pursuing awards and accolades, to finding creative growth that ultimately resulted in a successful exit. After an unfulfilling career in Wall Street, Rod found his passion creating products to help businesses grow. He left Wall Street and co-founded a tech company to help sales professionals manage deals more effectively. Listen to find out how their exit resulted in their product reaching a larger audience and the challenges they faced throughout the exit process.
Episode 146
Achieving a 13x Multiple Exit with Andrew Christodoulides
In this episode of The Exit, Andrew Christodoulides shares his remarkable journey. Andrew started his own successful call center outsourcing company, Acena, after doing research for his previous boss. Acena grew and thrived, with 75 employees and a strong client base in the Ecom niche. As the exit offers emerged, Andrew couldn’t resist an opportunity that yielded an impressive 13x multiple. He reflects on his experience, the birth of his new venture Applaudable, and more.
Episode 145
Defining the Mobile Video Production Industry with Matt Heiman
In this episode, Matt Heiman shares the exit details of one of the first mobile digital video production and social media companies. Matt has numerous exits under his belt, including the one of Mobix Interactive, which exited to a Nasdaq-listed business for $20M, and Diagonal View, a digital company best known for producing the football YouTube channel, The Football Daily. The company was acquired by British Broadcasting empire Sky PLC in 2017. Listen to discover the ups and downs of the process and invaluable insights into the video production industry.
Episode 144
Exiting a Successful Marketing Agency with Beau Haralson
A Fortune 50 Marketer with an incredible career spanning over 14 years, Beau has overseen over $250M of ads, and has orchestrated some of the most viral marketing campaigns in early 2000s. Beau experienced an exit and merge as an employee, and that was the push he needed to become an entrepreneur. So he moved back to Colorado, and started a marketing agency with his friend and business partner. Tune in to discover the intricacies of exiting a marketing agency, navigating struggles and triumphs along the way.
Episode 143
Negotiating with Fidel Castro and Multiple Exits with David Radlo
From politics to eggs, David Radlo has had big exits and done business with big leaders like Fidel Castro. David has had an incredibly diverse entrepreneurial journey that has seen him work in biotech, shipping, as well as riding the cage-free, free-range egg boom. Listen to this week’s episode to discover what tips David shares for negotiating, exit planning and the importance of building relationships with your competitors.
Episode 142
Strategies For Successful Exits with Wayne Slavitt
Wayne Slavitt has spent half his career as an entrepreneur, and the other half as an advisor for companies. At 23, he made his debut in the M&A world, and over five years in his first-ever role, he helped merge three companies into one. Then he was involved in selling the world’s largest manufacturer of hot tubs. After that he caught the exit bug as he says. Listen to discover invaluable exit tips and tricks, as well as crucial business advice from an experienced entrepreneur.
Episode 141
Exiting a $12M Marketplace with Nathan Hirsch
Nathan Hirsch describes himself as a long-time entrepreneur: he decided he didn’t want to work for a boss at the age of 15. From experimenting with dropshipping before it was a popular sales strategy to founding what became a $12M marketplace for hiring pre-vetted freelancers and then exiting it, listen to discover both his entrepreneurial and exit journeys.
Episode 140
Online M&A Trends and Insights with Flippa CEO, Blake Hutchison
Get the inside word from Flippa CEO, Blake Hutchison. Blake shares insights from the largest marketplace to buy and sell online businesses, why Flippa is seeing huge growth in buyer registrations, what a multiple crunch means for business valuations and so much more. Listen to uncover it all.
Episode 139
22 Exits from $3K to $2.3B and Everything in Between with Nick Bradley
Nick Bradley is an exit-extraordinaire. With 117 acquisitions, 20 exits and many years of experience, Nick gives us a masterclass in entrepreneurship, and shares the details behind his most successful exits, including his latest $2.3B exit.
Episode 137
Revolutionizing Women’s Reproductive Health with Will Sacks
This week on The Exit: After building a solar powered race car that raced from Chicago to LA with his uni friends, Will Sacks realized his call was to build things… Including a platform that would revolutionize women’s reproductive health, helping them understand their bodies, tracking their cycles and analyzing their fertility data. Listen to hear his exit story.
Episode 136
From Rock Bottom to Exiting with Don McLaughlin
This week on The Exit: Don McLaughlin was working as an inhouse lawyer for a consulting firm that served the Fortune 500 when he decided to start his own legal tech startup. After turning down two multi-million offers, and learning how to manage the emotional toll that heading a fast-growing business had on him, Don successfully exited his business. This is his story.
Episode 135
When Investment Turns Into an Acquisition with John Knific
This week on The Exit: John Knific started Wisr.io, a digital platform allowing colleges and universities to create private, university-branded networks for their students. Being one of the only virtual connectivity solutions available for students, Wisr.io saw astronomical growth when COVID hit. In 45 days, the business generated double the revenue they had made in the past three years. In 2021 a potential partner made them a compelling acquisition offer that ultimately resulted in an exit.
Episode 134
Estonian-Founder Exits to Japanese Tech Giant Rakuten with Heikki Haldre
Heikki Haldre’s entrepreneurial journey had a bumpy start, but continued with numerous successful exits, including one to Japanese technology conglomerate, Rakuten, the sixth largest Ecommerce company in the world. With four exits under his belt, Heikki has a wealth of knowledge to share about how to find potential buyers. Listen to find out more.
Episode 133
How to Exit for 10x Annual Recurring Revenue with Eddie Whittingham
Eddie Whittingham left the police force to become a lawyer. He never expected to eventually leave law to start his own cybersecurity business, which he then sold to Proofpoint, one of the biggest SaaS-based cybersecurity companies in the world. This is his exit story.