Exit Coach Bill Black

Exit Coach Radio

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Exit Coach Bill Black interviews top Advisors & Authors for their best Tips, Ideas & Precautions for Business Owners who want to plan for a successful Business Sale or Transfer. Daily 20 min. interviews and occasional 1 minute snippets. And visit https://BlackPapers. Substack.com for Bill’s new weekly humor & life stories column.

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Exit Coach Bill Black

Episodes

OWL 611: Key Factors to Drive Up Business Value 20.04.2026 21:41

Adrianna Smith and Lana Hout, Provisors members and Brokers at First Choice Business Brokers, specialize in industry-agnostic business sales for transactions under $25M. After meeting at USC, they found themselves continuously applying for the same finance jobs and eventually working at competing firms. They briefly worked at the same firm and ultimately seized the opportunity to start their own b...

OWL 312: How to Be in Business With People You Love (Without Hating Them) 19.04.2026 26:09

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Janna Hoiberg discusses tips and ideas for Family businesses. This time, we focus on challenges of preparing the business and fam...

OWL 714: Run Your Business Like You’re Going to Sell It...Even If You’re Not 18.04.2026 18:14

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Brian Kinahan is a business coach who helps CEOs and business owners improve business performance and prepare for an eventual sal...

OWL 114: Why Employees are ALWAYS a Bad Idea 17.04.2026 21:03

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Chuck Blakeman discusses re-evaluating our business structure to maximize efficiency and decision making.

OWL 717: What Type of Buyer Are You After? 16.04.2026 1:00

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Quick tips from Tom Gledhill. Transcript: Bill: What are some of the major buyer types of businesses out there?...

OWL 201: Values-Driven Leadership: Creating a Culture That Outperforms 15.04.2026 22:55

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What does it take to build a company culture that improves performance and lasts through change? In this episode...

OWL 310: Ending Mediocrity in the Workplace 14.04.2026 46:37

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Morrie Shechtman is a Chairman of Fifth Wave Leadership, a company that deals the Human Capital Consulting. Today,...

OWL 512: Spend More Time Working On Your Business - Not In Your Business 13.04.2026 20:24

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. TAB is a Peer Advisory Board that brings small groups of business owners together to discuss their most pressing challenges and...

OWL 205 Why Relationship Networking Matters for Leadership, Opportunity, and Results 12.04.2026 22:39

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What is relationship networking, and why does it make such a difference in both business and career success? In this episode of E...

OWL 206 Leadership and Teamwork Lessons from True Survival Stories 11.04.2026 15:51

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What can leaders and teams learn from true survival stories, extreme adversity, and people who succeeded against the odds? In thi...

OWL 702 How to Protect Your Lifestyle After Selling Your Business 10.04.2026 26:57

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What does it take to protect your lifestyle after selling your business, and why should personal financial planning be part of...

OWL 106 What Is the Owner’s Trap and How Can Business Owners Break Free? 09.04.2026 22:26

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What is the owner’s trap, and why do so many business owners end up stuck inside the businesses they worked so hard t...

OWL 104 Are You Facing Burnout? Warning Signs and Prevention Strategies 08.04.2026 20:00

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What does burnout look like before it becomes a crisis, and what can leaders do to prevent it in themselves and their teams? In t...

OWL 404 Start From Zero: A Smarter Way to Build a Business with Less Risk 07.04.2026 46:18

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. How do you start a business from zero without guessing what the market wants? In this episode of Exit Coach Radio, Bill Black tal...

OWL 411: Building Business Value Through Predictable Revenue Growth 06.04.2026 21:10

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. Greg Nutter from Soloquent Inc, helps small and mid-sized business owners solve revenue growth problems f...

OWL 108 How to Improve Your Outlook on Life with Better Health and Mindset Strategies 05.04.2026 22:29

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. How much does your health influence your outlook on life, energy, and ability to lead well? In this episode of Exit Coach Radio,...

2-Minute Brief #211: How to Improve Sales Effectiveness Video 04.04.2026 1:59

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OWL 211: How to Improve Sales Effectiveness 04.04.2026 24:52

Vistage Speaker Julie Anderson of Your Best Mind helps inspire positive changes in her clients by using a scientific approach. After studying psychoneuroimmunology, she created Your Best Mind as a medium to bring this mind-improving information to people of any background. Her work focuses on the science behind the psychology of why we are the way we are. By understanding our brain’s natural tende...

2-Minute Brief #119: A Little Anthropology Can Help Your Business Video 03.04.2026 1:53

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OWL 705 How to Increase Business Value Before a Sale with a 12-Month Value Driver Process 03.04.2026 1:25

              Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. How can a business owner increase the value of a company before going to market,...

2-Minute Brief #118: Every Choice Has A Consequence Video 02.04.2026 1:55

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OWL 118: Every Choice Has A Consequence 02.04.2026 19:51

Most business consequences do not arrive all at once. A shortcut may solve a problem today. A half-truth may smooth over a difficult conversation. A policy exception may feel practical under pressure. But those decisions rarely stay isolated. They shape standards. Teams notice what gets excused. Repeated compromises become habits, and habits become culture. That is why ethics in...

2-Minute Brief #106: What Is the Owner’s Trap Video 01.04.2026 2:27

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OWL 204 Conversational Capacity: The Key to Better Leadership, Teamwork, and Decision-Making 01.04.2026 18:39

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What is conversational capacity, and why does it matter so much when teams are under pressure? In this episode of Exit Coach Radi...

OWL 302: How to Build Cohesive High-Performance Teams That Increase Profitability 31.03.2026 22:07

Read the 5-minute summary for this episode and many others at owl.ceo . The OWL (Owner Wisdom Library) turns insights from more than 1,200 Exit Coach Radio interviews into short, practical lessons for business owners on growth, leadership, operations, and exit planning. What makes some teams highly effective while others struggle to gain traction? In this episode of Exit Coach Radio,...