Episodes

Jan. 20, 2023

E90: Christine McDannell of Magnolia Firm Helps Business Owners Achieve Seamless Exits - How2Exit

Chrisine McDannell is a serial entrepreneur, author, and speaker. She is the Principal and Lead Business Intermediary of The Magnolia Firm, a boutique M&A brokerage firm helping business owners achieve the perfect exit. …
Jan. 18, 2023

E89: Serial Acquisition Entrepreneur Wes Kauffman on His Journey and Implementing EOS - How2Exit.

Wes is a Lancaster, PA based entrepreneur operating the second largest Fastsigns Franchise in the world. He is the husband of an amazing florist and flower farmer Jenelle and the father to two amazing children Emma and Luke.…
Jan. 13, 2023

E88: The Hidden Powers Of ESOPs in M&A w/ Larry Kaplan - at CSG Partners - How2Exit

Larry Kaplan has built the nation's leading ESOP investment banking practice at CSG Partners. Since 2000, his team of employee stock ownership plan advisors have guided hundreds of middle market companies through the build…
Jan. 11, 2023

E87: Jeff Evenson - West Point graduate and a Serial Acquisition Entrepreneur. -How2Exit

After a brief stint in the Army, he worked in the corporate world for a little over a decade before acquiring his first business in 2008. That first acquisition was a hair salon/spa that he helped grow from less than $4 mill…
Jan. 6, 2023

E86: Sir Darren Jacklin - Building a Portfolio of World Class Companies. -How2Exit

💎 Darren Jacklin has trained 157 Fortune 500 companies. 💥Traveled 48 countries on 4 continents. 💥 World-Class Speaker, Corporate Trainer who has personally trained over 1 million people in person Globally. 💥 Has rang the …
Jan. 4, 2023

E85: Gregory Elfrink - Director of Marketing at Empire Flippers. -How2Exit

Empire Flippers is the #1 curated marketplace for buying and selling online businesses. With 16 unique business models, including e-commerce, SaaS, content sites, FBA, and more. Born in Anchorage, Alaska, Gregory joined Emp…
Jan. 2, 2023

E84: The Death of Mentors & Gurus - Asking ChatGPT AI to Learn M&A & How To Buy An SMB -How2Exit

The Death of Mentors and Gurus - How2Exit interviews ChatGPT to Learn About M&A And How To Buy A Business SUMMARY In this conversation, artificial intelligence Ali Penman a pen name he gave ChatGPT by Openai, and the …
Dec. 30, 2022

E83: Ian Pavlik Takes Insights From Vistage And Other Sources To Maximize His Exit - How2Exit.

Ian Pavlik is the former Founder and President of pavliks.com and The Portal Connector. An IT solutions company based out of Ontario Canada with Customers and Partners around the Globe. Ian was a former professional Alpine…
Dec. 28, 2022

E82: Hayden Miyamoto - Founder of Kingmakers Inc.and Acquira. -How2Exit

Hayden is the founder of Kingmakers Inc, a holding company that makes investments in acquisition entrepreneurs and the companies they purchase. He is also the founder of Acquira, an Accelerator for acquisition entrepreneurs…
Dec. 23, 2022

E81: AcquHire & Growth Via Acquisition w/Steffen Schebesta - CEO North America Sendinblue -How2Exit

Sendinblue, an all-in-one digital marketing platform that supports more than 400,000 active users across 180 countries. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing global M&A strategy and scaling Sendinblue’s growth in…
Dec. 21, 2022

E80: Moving Too Fast w/Jonathan Jay - CEO of Dealmakers Academy & Serial SMB Acquirer -How2Exit

The Dealmaker’s Academy At The Dealmaker’s Academy, our team of business experts have a wealth of knowledge regarding business mergers and acquisitions. Our team is led by Jonathan Jay, a seasoned businessman with a host of…
Dec. 16, 2022

How2Exit Episode 79: Nick Bradley - World-renowned Author, Speaker and Business Growth Expert.

Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors, building high-value companies. Over the last decade, he has built, bought and sold 2…
Dec. 14, 2022

How2Exit Episode 78: Mushfiq Sarker - Founder and Lead M&A Advisor of Webacquisition.com

Mushfiq has been active in the online business space since 2008, with over 215 website exits to date. He acquires assets and applies his skillsets of digital marketing to grow them. Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/4…
Dec. 9, 2022

How2Exit Episode 77: Ryan Tansom - Entrepreneur, Speaker, Podcaster and Educator.

Ryan Tansom started his entrepreneurial career at his family business where he was the Executive VP and responsible for the strategic, operational, and financial strategy of the $21 Million company. Ryan helped turn the comp…
Dec. 7, 2022

How2Exit Episode 76: John Kettley - Serial Entrepreneur, Business Investor & Turnaround Specialist

How2Exit Episode 76: John Kettley - Serial Entrepreneur, Business Investor & Turnaround Specialist Serial entrepreneur, business investor & turnaround specialist. He is fast becoming known as one of the SME communities mo…
Dec. 2, 2022

How2Exit Episode 75: Ross Tomkins - Investor, Business Mentor, Author and Mens Health Advocate.

With over 20 years experience in the healthcare sector Ross has a global focus and vision of improving health and wellbeing worldwide and am the Founder of TDH Capital. TDH began in 2006 and has evolved over the years into i…
Nov. 30, 2022

How2Exit Episode 74: Orrin Klopper - CEO and Co-Founder of Netsurit.

Co-founded Netsurit over 24 years ago during the lead-up to Y2K. At the time, organizations were being ripped off by IT companies and paying a fortune for the technology they did not need. My partners and I saw an opportuni…
Nov. 25, 2022

How2Exit Episode 73: Ahmie Baum - Founder and CEO of Interchange Capital Partners.

Ahmie is the founder and CEO of Interchange Capital Partners - a family business that has honed a comprehensive and collaborative process over its 40 years of practice in financial services and is dedicated to helping client…
Nov. 23, 2022

How2Exit Episode 72: Michael Frankel - Founder and Managing Partner of Trajectory Capital.

Michael Frankel has held c-level executive roles (corporate development, strategy/innovation, CFO, COO) at large and small growth companies. He is a Corporate Development, Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Venture leader wh…
Nov. 18, 2022

How2Exit Episode 71: Chris Von Bogdandy - 20+ years experience in M&A and M&A Integration Expert.

Chris has 20+ yrs. Experience in M&A and has been involved in over 50 transactions in various roles, including establishing and managing the Integration Management Office and leading individual integration tracks, such as IT…
Nov. 16, 2022

How2Exit Episode 70: Nate Ginsburg - CEO of Centurica, Investor and Online Entrepreneur.

CEO of Centurica, the premium provider of buy-side due diligence services for online acquisitions. 10 + years online entrepreneur, investor and Yogi. Centurica, works with a large range of individual investors, funds and…
Nov. 11, 2022

How2Exit Episode 69: Kevin Lawrence - Author and Strategic CEO Coach and Advisor.

CEOs typically place their first call to Coach Kevin with a crisis to solve. They stay because of his business acumen and no-holds-barred, tell-it-like-it-is style. Kevin’s career spans 30 years, over a dozen countries and f…
Nov. 9, 2022

How2Exit Episode 68: Darius Ross - The "Wyatt Earp" of Small Business Investments.

Darius Ross hails from the old days before Acquisition Entrepreneurship became in vogue, from the days of the go-go 80's...during a time period where leverage buyouts and M&A's were the hot topic. 35 years later, he is now …
Nov. 4, 2022

How2Exit Episode 67: Daniel Sweet - Managing Partner of Sweetview Partners.

Daniel Sweet is a 27-year technology industry veteran who decided life was more interesting buying and improving s businesses. Now the Managing Partner of Sweetview Partners, he leads a team in the buying and growing of smal…