The Exit - Presented By Flippa

Blake Hutchinson, CEO of Flippa, announces $11m raised in Series A funding for Flippa led by Sydney-based venture capital firm OneVentures. In this episode of The Exit, Blake discusses how this funding will impact the growth of the company and how Flippa’s mission to help millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs find a pathway to exit will get even better. We further dive into Blake’s j...

Today we’re talking with Stacy Caprio, owner of Her. CEO. Coming from an average 9-5 job in the marketing industry, Stacy always was looking for ways to branch out on her own and become her own boss with power over her earnings and schedule. She dabbled in starting a few affiliate sites which never really left the ground. It was only after reading a blog entry about buying websites on Flippa that...

Ron Gula is the president of Gula Tech Adventures, a company that focuses on cyber technology, cyber policy, and recruiting more people to the cyber workforce. When Ron didn’t get into flight school, he used his free time to focus on computers and started working in the early beginnings of cybersecurity in the mid 90’s. In NSA, he worked with one of the first cloud companies and created an intrusi...

Ramon Ray is the founder of smarthustle.com, a company that inspires and educates small business owners to start and grow successful companies. Through conversations with mutual friends, Ray sold his business, SmallBizTechnology.com where he educated small business owners about the power of technology, and an event speaking business called Small Business Summit, which has attracted well-known spon...

When Don was 18, his parents told him, “you don’t know what it means to run a business. Go get a civil servant job.” Regardless, he went on to start a successful financial planning company and formed the New York Association of Mortgage Brokers and National Association of Mortgage Brokers. After becoming the president of each organization, he decided to sell his businesses. Looking back, Don think...

Today we’re talking with Minnie Ingersoll, a partner at TenOneTen ventures and host of the LA Venture podcast. Minnie never thought about becoming an entrepreneur, and it wasn’t until she was getting cabin fever staying home on maternity leave that she stumbled into an opportunity. She left a twelve-year career at Google to start her first company, Shift, with three others. That company would go o...

Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro, a company that offers training to help people change careers and dive into the tech industry. From a young age, he watched his parents run their own business and knew he wanted to help others do the same. With extensive experience and knowledge with starting, scaling, and selling a business, Joseph has invaluable insight to share. -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa:...

From photographer to founder of Chellete Enterprises, Béate can appreciate the creativity of working behind a lens and running a company. The golden rule? Have systems and processes in place, a lucrative team, and people you can trust. In this segment, we hear from a successful business seller about her experience working with high-profile clients like Levi Strauss, BMW, and the journey to selling...

For Gabby, what started off as curiosity led to innovation and problem-solving. With an acute attention to detail and a vision-driven mindset, this Venezuelan-born entrepreneur invented an electronic billing solution for law firms and founded the #1 global legal timekeeping solution, later selling the businesses to Fortune 500 companies. In this episode, we sit down with Gabby to discuss the fruit...

Call it luck or good fortune, but Stephanie Breedlove’s story is one that illustrates how life can lead you to unexpected paths. For the talented entrepreneur, what started off as a career in corporate America led to an idea for an in-home care company called Breedlove & Associates, which was later sold to care.com. This episode dives into the mind of an inquisitive negotiator and how the acquisit...

As the CEO of Exit Oasis, Mike Finger has helped countless people sell their businesses with cutting-edge exit strategies and methodologies acquired over the years. In this episode, Mike gives us insight on the questions to ask when selling a business, the “3Ds of selling”, and the two-stepped process for a seamless exit -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entre...

When a manager at a consumer goods facility doubted Pokin’s ability to grow within the company, she used this as motivation to start several businesses in the website and app industries. Yeung has notably won the Amazon’s Music Education App award for her music learning app and has sold her online businesses successfully. In this episode of The Exit, Pokin discusses the process of selling and tran...

Imagine selling a company, buying it back, and selling it again. Pam did just that. As a co-founder, Pam and her husband created prAna, an active wear company that sells sustainable clothing for the outdoors. This podcast segment follows the journey to ultimate acquisition by Columbia Sportswear, what this process meant to the co-founder, and the mental and emotional rollercoaster of selling a com...

How do you know when to sell? For Jeremy, acquiring Josh’s Amazon FBA store was an easy decision that took two months of due diligence. For Josh, understanding the potential growth of his business made his decision to sell to Elevate Brands worth it. If you ever wondered when to take that leap of faith to sell your business, this podcast segment of The Exit will answer some of those burning questi...

Today we’re talking with Anu Shukla, co-founder and chairman of Botco, a marketing chat solution between providers and consumers. Anu has had many successful startups and exits including from Offerpal Media, Mybuys, and Rubric. She knows how to prepare for an exit, when to prepare, and what to prepare. She’s involved in many projects including Elevate, a team that invests and mentors underserved s...

Today we’re talking with Lara Morgan, investor of everything health and well-being. From selling cigarettes at boarding school to supplying 110 countries with hotel amenities, Lara had business in her blood. She would start her first company at 23, build it for seventeen years, and ultimately have a successful exit. She shares her process and what she has learned over the years. -- The Exit - Pres...

Today we’re talking to Melissa Kwan, co-founder and CEO of eWebinar, a company that takes any video and turns it into an interactive, automated webinar. Having always been in sales, Melissa found herself working in real estate right out of university. Ten years ago she found herself starting her first real estate tech company. Four years later she was starting her second real estate tech company....

Today we’re talking to Neil Wainright, Founder and CEO of Up Habit, a personal CRM app that helps you build stronger relationships. Being on his 8th startup, he’s had many successful exits. Neil went from electrical engineer to successful entrepreneur. He shares what has helped him to start, run, and sell a business. -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepren...

Today we’re talking with Paulo Gomes, a business owner in the healthcare industry. As someone who has started and sold multiple businesses, he discusses starting, operating, and selling a business. He also discusses how sometimes a partnership is the best route and why. He shares what he’s learned throughout his career and what he wishes he would’ve known earlier. -- The Exit - Presented By Flippa...

Today we’re talking with Corbett Barr, co-founder and CEO of Fizzle, a company that helps entrepreneurs to grow an audience and get paid for their work as an independent creator. Corbett’s first dive into owning a business wasn’t the best experience but it taught him a lot. Rebounding from that with a fun business experience, Corbett created, ran, and sold a Spanish tutorial service. With his coll...

Today we’re talking with Kate Nowlan, co-founder of women's athletic apparel company Graced By Grit. Kate always had the traits of an entrepreneur, always finding ways to improve things, always with a side hustle, but she didn’t consider herself an entrepreneur until she started Grace By Grit. She goes over how the company came about, how they met the acquiring company, and how the acquisition hap...

Today we’re talking to Theresa Fette, the co-founder and CEO of Digital Trust, the world’s first, largest, and most secure cryptocurrency IRA platform. With beginnings as a tax attorney, Theresa has a unique perspective on buying and selling businesses. Not only has she sold a few of her own, but she’s helped many others in the sale process. Theresa’s attorney/accountant background led her to be a...

Today we’re talking with Jason Flick, former co-founder and CEO of You.i TV. As a successful serial entrepreneur he has a lot of knowledge to share. Going from the corporate world to his first startup, Jason found some early success. As the space evolved he had to as well, and with the iPhone transforming the space he knew he needed to be a part of it all. As the way people related to technology c...

Today we’re talking to Harsh Patel, co-founder and CEO of MakerSquare. Harsh taught himself to code in his free time and then started his own coding boot camp with a friend. The company then went through multiple exits over the years, growing and growing. Some offers came to them and some offers were sought out. Some acquisitions were easy while others didn’t go as smoothly. Harsh has dealt with m...

Today we’re talking to John Warrilow, founder of Value Builder and author of The Art of Selling Your Business. John’s newest book teaches entrepreneurs tactics to make the most of their business sales and how to avoid predatory offers. He also wrote Built to Sell about ten years ago and had such interest in the principles described within that he started the Value Builder System to help entreprene...