Episodes
April 21, 2023
E115: Serial Entrepreneur And Author Jeff Wald Discusses Path To Successful Exits - How2Exit
Jeff Wald is the chairman and co-founder of multiple tech startups, a bestselling author, investor, and keynote speaker. He grew up with a lot of support, but wasn't an entrepreneurial child. His first job was at JP Morgan as a mergers and...
April 19, 2023
E114: Eric Grafstrom Helps Small Businesses with Selling Strategies and Valuation Tools - How2Exit
Eric is the founder at ExitGuide, an M&A platform for Main Street businesses. He is a longtime tech executive and entrepreneur who began his career at broadcast.com and worked for Yahoo in the UK and California, eventually moving back into early...
April 14, 2023
E113: Tony Benedict In Merging Technology, Culture, and Processes for Innovative M&A Transformations
Tony is an experienced corporate executive, advisor and board member whose career has spanned two decades at Fortune 500 B2B and B2C companies. Tony is a Partner with Omicron Partners, a strategy, operations and transformation advisory firm where he...
April 12, 2023
E112: Meriplex's Tech Industry Strategies with VP Of Corporate Development & M&A, Neil Medwed
Neil shares how he became the VP of Corporate Development and M&A at Meriplex. He attributes his success to his 39 years of experience in the business, his dedication to technology communities, and God's perfect timing in his life.
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April 7, 2023
E111: Uncovering The Rise Of Media M&A With Michael Fink, Co-CEO Of Treasure Hunter - How2Exit
Michael Fink is the Co-CEO of Treasure Hunter, and is currently living in a small city in Munich called Burghausen, which is home to the longest castle in the world. He was invited to the How2Exit Podcast to discuss his experience in buying, growing,...
April 5, 2023
E110: Founder Of Raises.Com, Natu Myers, Discusses Raising Investment Money - How2Exit
Natu Myers is the founder of raises.com, a platform that helps companies raise money. Most of his educational background was in software development and coding. He soon noticed that companies wanted to raise money, but had little knowledge of how to...
April 1, 2023
E109: Jim Afinowich: Longtime Business Broker On Selling Strategies For Mergers And Acquisitions
Jim Afinowich is the managing partner of IBG Fox & Fin and has been involved in over 1100 closings. He shared his origin story, stating that he had owned fourteen businesses between the ages of twenty and thirty-four before deciding that he...
March 29, 2023
E108: Shannon Wilburn: From Struggles To Success - The Journey Of Co-Founding Just Between Friends.
Shannon Wilburn and Ron Skelton discussed how she started Just Between Friends, a consignment sale business. She began it in 1997 when her son was just 2 years old. Just Between Friends is a franchise system with over 150 locations that generated...
March 24, 2023
Roland Frasier: Mentor, Investor and Business Strategist - Interview Highlights
Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/wH-zHBle2ZM
Roland Frasier is an investor and business strategist with over 1,000 acquisitions and exits completed for himself and his clients. His current portfolio includes real estate, restaurants,...
March 22, 2023
E107: Mark Achler: Venturing Into Venture Capital: An Insightful Look Into The Exit Process.
In this episode, they talked about Mark's book, Exit Right. The book focuses on how to sell a business. Mark has sold companies as a CEO, invested in over a hundred businesses, and been on dozens of boards. He also shared why some transactions fail,...
March 17, 2023
E106: Nate Lind - From Start-Up Success To Selling $100M Worth In Transactions as a Broker - How2Exit
Nate Lind, is the author of Maximum Exit - The Definitive Guide for Internet & Technology Focused Business Founders and a business broker at Website Closers, the largest marketplace of $1 million to $150 million dollar Internet, Technology and...
March 15, 2023
E105: Christian Haack: Discusses Working Strategies To Achieve Your Ultimate Payday - How2Exit.
Christian Haack is a Business Development and Strategy Consultant. He helps business owners and executives to make their business acquisition ready, investable and sellable. Christian is known as "The Exit Angel" because he prepares and positions SMEs...
March 10, 2023
E104: Marc Morgenstern, Author, Mentor and Capitalist: Leveraging 45+ Years Of M&A Experience - How2Exit
Marc's new book is "The Soul of the Deal-creative frameworks for buying, selling, and investing in any business". He's the Mentor-at-Large for UC Berkeley's $100MM seed fund and $50MM Opportunity Fund and their portfolio companies, and taught...
March 8, 2023
E103: M&A Advisor Alex Nghiem: From Tech Burnout To Global Exit Expert - How2Exit.
Alex Nghiem is a business broker and M&A advisor who specializes in helping digital agencies, B2B consulting firms and SAAS companies exit at $2M and above. He's also a partner in the SAAS Mastermind who helps SAAS companies scale and exit. In his...
March 3, 2023
E102: M&A Attorney Joe Prencipe Explains When To Use An M&A Lawyer For Protecting Assets - How2Exit
Joe is an international lawyer who started his career at the number one international M&A and finance law firm, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Joe also clerked at the Securities and Exchange Commission, worked at Baker & McKenzie, Morgan...
March 1, 2023
E101: Acquisition Entrepreneur Gia Cilento Talks Roll-Ups In The Chocolate Industry - How2Exit
Gia Cilento is an acquisition entrepreneur and a co-founder of a couple of projects that I'm working on. In this conversation, Gia shares her origin story and how she got into the space of acquisition entrepreneurship. She started her own project when...
Feb. 24, 2023
E100: CEO Of Flippa Blake Hutchison Discusses Innovations In Buying And Selling Digital Assets
Blake Hutchison is the CEO at Flippa, the largest marketplace to buy and sell online businesses. He's seen more entrepreneurs exit than perhaps anyone else and specializes in growth marketing, marketplace dynamics and leadership.
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Feb. 22, 2023
E99: CEO Of Axial Discusses Selling Private Companies And The Necessary Preparations - How2Exit
Peter is the founder and CEO of Axial, an online M&A platform that connects exit-seeking American business owners with M&A advisors and acquirers. Peter started Axial in 2009 after working in private equity.
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Feb. 17, 2023
E98: Search Fund Expert Jan Simon On Entrepreneurial Acquisitions Journey - How2Exit
Jan Simon is the managing partner of Vonzeo Capital Partners, a fund that invests in search funds globally. He is the Director of the International Search Fund Center at IESE Business School.
Jan worked for nearly two decades in the investment...
Feb. 15, 2023
E97: Deal Maven CEO Discusses Benefits Of Partial Acquisitions & Reducing Risk In M&A Transactions
Former M&A lawyer turned entrepreneur. Sold his last company for $26M and now the CEO of Dealmaven where they help entrepreneurs scale their businesses using mergers and acquisitions.
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Feb. 10, 2023
E96: Gamifying Your Business for The Win W/ Steve Baker: The Great Game of Business -VP - How2Exit
Steve Baker - Vice President, The Great Game of Business, Inc. Steve coauthored Get in the Game as well as the update of the number one bestseller, The Great Game of Business—20th Anniversary Edition. Known for his engaging and irreverent style, Steve...
Feb. 8, 2023
E95: CEO Mark O'Donnell: Climbing Mount Whitney And Beyond With EOS Worldwide - How2Exit
In Sept. of 2021, Mark O’Donnell and eight of his colleagues scaled Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the continental U.S. Then came the more challenging part: When one of the hikers showed signs of severe altitude sickness, the team had to join forces...
Feb. 3, 2023
E94: Hans Sperling Discusses Mergers And Acquisitions Transactions And Provisions - How2Exit
Hans is the Founder and Principal of Sperling Law Corporation, a leading law firm that helps businesses close the best deals while also protecting their legal interests. They've represented hundreds of small and billion-dollar companies in a wide...
Feb. 1, 2023
E93: CEO Robert Nance Shares Tips On Acquisition Entrepreneurship And Business Buying - How2Exit
Robert has been buying small businesses since 1999. They are now partnering with individuals who are ready to buy their first small business but don't know exactly how to begin.
Watch it on Youtube: https://youtu.be/lTSCXIbr5nA...