Exit Insights

Send us Fan Mail Mark founded Boss Equity in 1999 with the same mentality of competing (and ultimately overcoming) the odds of the software industry. He has completed over 120 M&A deals on four different continents. Throughout his career, he always thought that it was his duty to share his experience with successes and insights with as many software entrepreneurs as he can. So, they can learn...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Lander is a successful entrepreneur and expert negotiator with a proven track record of buying, growing, and selling businesses for seven-figure sums. He’s raised over £6.5m of acquisition/growth capital in his career and grown companies to over £20m revenue and £4m EBITDA.Mike has a uniquely valuable perspective on negotiating commercial deals, having worked on both sides of...

Send us Fan Mail Jeff Cohen is a seasoned entrepreneur having founded and grown multi-million-dollar technology and manufacturing businesses. He gained national attention when he appeared on ABC TV's Shark Tank, Season One. He was the first company that Shark Tank ran a success story on in Season Two. In this podcast episode, Jeff shares the details about his new book 'Count-On-Able&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Have you defined your relationship with money? Have you built healthy habits to maximise your wealth overtime? This week, Darryl is joined by Saša Brborović, Strategic Financial Planner at Jarrovian Wealth. Financial planning can be a very broad term, but for Saša, it is something that permeates throughout all our lives. At some point, we all become investors and Saša likes to cha...

Send us Fan Mail Today's episode is a little bit different. Darryl sat down with his business partner Kevin to talk about something they've observed over their many years coaching and consulting with businesses: the '£1 Million Revenue Mark.'"We've been having many conversations recently with business owners who get to the £1 million mark, but suddenly they hit a road...

Send us Fan Mail Head of Arbitration at iLaw Jenny Lau joins the podcast for this week’s episode. Jenny specialises in international arbitration and commercial litigation, having previously trained and practiced at Fieldfisher, where she became a Director. She joined boutique practice iLaw in 2020 to lead their arbitration practice, focusing on technology, businesses, and innovators. Jenny has ext...

Send us Fan Mail Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur turned long-term Angel Investor, board member, mentor and consultant to early-stage companies. Marjorie focuses on investing for impact and diversity, with a particular interest in health and tech. Prior to her role as an Angel Investor, she founded food diagnostics company VICAM, which positively impacted the lives of millions by protecting...

Send us Fan Mail CEO of Bluebox Corporate Finance, Paul Herman joins the podcast for this week's episode. Bluebox, founded in 2012 along with James Caan, former panellist on Dragon's Den, primarily focus on preparing businesses for sale, sale of business and fundraising. Paul originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PWC where he specialised in M&A and private company valuati...

Send us Fan Mail Entrepreneur and corporate finance adviser Piers Bearne joins Darryl for this week's episode. Piers discusses his personal experience with business exits, having built and sold three separate businesses. He has also led multiple buyside and sellside transactions, supported the growth of many independent media companies and is CEO and founder of Collingwood Advisory. Collingwo...

Send us Fan Mail Co-Founding Managing Partner of Orchid Black Jim Barnish Jr. joins Darryl for this week’s instalment. With over 15 years leadership experience in M&A, strategic market planning and global operations, Jim draws on deep functional and investment experience. With "smart" growth as their focal point, Orchid Black partner with tech-forward companies to build game-changing...

Send us Fan Mail Pennard Vets have been treating animals at Pennard House, Sevenoaks, since 1895. They offer a family-friendly service in a caring and professional environment. Providing everything your pet should need and guiding you through the choices available. Over time, established practices in Tonbridge and Maidstone joined them and they also opened new branches in Borough Green, Allington...

Send us Fan Mail Joining the podcast for this week’s episode is Financial Advisor and Partner at Newman Langley & Stavri Financial Consulting Adam Newman. With over a decade of experience as a wealth advisor, Andrew works with SME business owners offering a boutique of financial services and implementing a diverse range of financial solutions. Adam’s wealth of experience combined with his know...

Send us Fan Mail Business coach, consultant, strategist and Founder of Planned Ascent Tim Cornell joins this week’s episode. Tim’s firm, founded in 2015, offers tailor-made support for entrepreneurs to build scalable businesses. They provide a blend of coaching, consulting and development tools specifically catered to the ambitions, needs and preferences of their clients. Tim’s resolution to suppo...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Cole is one of the Founders of value led investment company 40 Fathoms. Taking their real world expertise, they invest their own capital in start-ups and small, scalable businesses at early stage profitability, with the goal of achieving significant growth. Chris and his co-founders apply teamwork, trust and experience to risky businesses with talent and drive to outperform...

Send us Fan Mail Award winning business coach and one of the UK’s most sought after fast growth experts Paul Avins joins this week’s instalment. Paul specialises coaching ambitious business owners in growing their companies. With over 17 years of experience, he is an expert at doing so. His Dynamic Business Growth Programs have gained him considerable recognition, which he expertly designed to acc...

Send us Fan Mail Globally renowned expert in Mergers & Acquisitions in SMEs Jeremy Harbour joins this week’s episode. Jeremy founded The Harbour Club, a network providing entrepreneurs the skills to buy and sell companies with no experience or cash up front. Passionate about changing the mindset about wealth creation, Jeremy has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs execute lucrative deals worldwid...

Send us Fan Mail Chief Executive for the Employee Ownership Association (EOA), the UK’s leading voice in employee ownership, Deb Oxley, joins this week's episode. The EOA encompasses a politically independent membership organisation for UK businesses of private or public sector origin, either wholly, or partially owned by their employers. Representing organisations either employee owned or tr...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of Exit Insights, Darryl Bates-Brownsword talks with Russ Haworth from The Family Business Partnership about family business transitionsRuss works with family businesses to help them to understand and navigate the challenges that come from being in business together. His focus at The Family Business Partnership is to help families to define what success looks like...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Goddard is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Evolution Complete Business Sales, using his extensive experience of almost 40 years to train business owners on exit planning. Rob discusses his transition from business operator to investor, a conversion many entrepreneurs struggle with as letting go is often difficult. Rob promotes a necessity to realise that on the day-to -d...

Send us Fan Mail Darryl Bates-Brownsword talks with Darragh O'Sullivan of dos&co about Family Offices and how they serve business owners.dos&co serve entrepreneurs, (U)HNWI's, family offices and significant wealth-holders, assisting them in establishing, running and streamlining their UK family offices, businesses, operations and lifestyles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Send us Fan Mail Darryl Bates-Brownsword talks with Michael Masterton of EverEdge Global about his experiences of business valuation, intangible assets and business exits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ✅ Discover your 'Business Sellability Score' and determine if your business is ready for sale: Business Sellability Score 🎧 Listen to the Exit Insights P...

Send us Fan Mail PANEL DISCUSSIONWhen should I start planning for a business exit? Darryl Bates-Brownsword hosts a panel discussion about business exits with guests:Christine Nicholson - Succession PlusGuy Skinner - Citygate ConsultingJeremy Leboff - Sobell RhodesLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ✅ Discover your 'Business Sellability Score' and determine if...

Send us Fan Mail Darryl Bates-Brownsword talks with David Samuel, a Vistage Chair, about his experiences of succession planning and business exits. David shares some of his personal experience with the opticians Eyesite as a partner and then managing director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ✅ Discover your 'Business Sellability Score' and determine if you...

Send us Fan Mail In this edition of Exit Insights Darryl Bates-Brownsword talks with David Young of Shield Corporate Finance about his experiences of succession planning and business exits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ✅ Discover your 'Business Sellability Score' and determine if your business is ready for sale: Business Sellability Score 🎧 Listen to t...

Send us Fan Mail How should we communicate to people about our plans to exit or sell our business. In this web chat (panel discussion), Darryl Bates-Brownsword of Succession Plus talks with Christine Nicholson, Kevin Harrington and Paul Vousden. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ✅ Discover your 'Business Sellability Score' and determine if your business is r...