The Exit - Presented By Flippa

This week on The Exit: Scared by unceremoniously losing her job when the newspaper she was working at shut down, Kim vowed to start her own business so she would never need to rely on anyone else again. The result was a 16 year journey of building an Australia-wide event company. Always knowing she would exit, Kim set the business up in a way that would be attractive to any buyer. Listen for all her tips on preparing for not just a successful exit, but a smooth exit. Kim McGuinness is a business consultant & mentor, writer, editor and brainstorming partner. Through CoMojo, she works with business owners to build co-created growth strategies into the DNA of powerhouse businesses, networks and humans. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimmcguinness/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/kimmcguinness CoMojo Website - https://www.comojo.com.au/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

Cecilia Zywicki is a seasoned EdTech entrepreneur who is fascinated by innovation around learning. Cecilia’s first business, Ranku, was planned out on the back of a napkin over martinis in San Francisco with a friend. Ranku was a two-sided marketplace for state university systems to increase student enrollment, and after finding their niche the business started to grow. How did A round financing conversations turn into an acquisition by John Wiley & Sons? Listen to find out. Cecilia Retelle Zywicki is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Of Staff at Student Resource Center ("SRC"), a portfolio company of Avathon Capital. Cecilia is focused on creating and implementing standard operating procedures, building new teams to create exceptional student experiences, and integrating software to easily collect data and build dashboards. Before joining SRC, Cecilia was the COO at PresenceLearning, a leading provider of live online special education-related services. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ceciliacoo/ Website - https://student-resource.org/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: The minute Dru left college he was on the hunt for an opportunity. His desperation took him to a dusty barn in Dallas with an old printing press and a contact written on a napkin for 49% of a business that at the time wasn’t operational. This was the beginning of Popular Ink, which grew to the number one print packaging business in the US, and was acquired by Morgan Stanley for a record multiple. Listen to learn how Dru built the business from nothing and exited to one of the biggest investment management companies. Andrew (Dru) Riess is a visionary executive and profitability catalyst with repeated success growing revenue, optimizing profits, and expanding business footprint within multimillion-dollar corporations, private-equity backed organizations, and entrepreneurial start-ups. Among many achievements Dru founded the company Popular Ink in 2007. Popular Ink, LLC had grown organically to be a leader in short run, high service specialty packaging for health and beauty and nutraceutical mar-kets, before its acquisition by PPC in 2019. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/riess2/ Website - https://innovativegummies.com/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

Touraj wrote the book on successfully exiting a business. Quickly realizing his passion for creating products, after working at a VC firm which he describes as an on-the-job MBA, Touraj left to start his entrepreneur journey. Starting and selling multiple businesses, Touraj has experienced it all, from fire sale to successful exits, including selling Webs to Vistaprint for $117.5M. Listen to learn from Touraj’s challenges and successes. Personal &/or Company Bio: Touraj is a strategic and entrepreneurial leader with a passion for bringing innovative and delightful products and services to the masses. He currently is the President and COO of Serve Robotics. Serve Robotics is shaping the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery. Serve designs, develops and operates zero-emission robots that serve people in public spaces, starting with food delivery. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tparang/ Website - https://www.serverobotics.com/ Twitter @Touraj - https://twitter.com/touraj His Book - https://www.exitpath.net/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: Scott had the elusive unicorn exit when he sold Workfront to Adobe for $1.5 billion. From teaching seminary, his career took a dramatic turn when he fell into marketing, before teaching himself to code in the very early days of the internet. He soon found himself frustrated with the administration of marketing, so Scott created Workfront, a project management software. Listen to find out how the business grew, eventually being acquired by Adobe in a 3 week negotiation. Scott Johnson founded Workfront, which is now Adobe Workfront after the acquisition from Adobe for $1.5 billion. Adobe Workfront is the leader in enterprise work. What it provides to companies is a single system to support planning, collaboration, and governance to unlock organizational productivity and create exceptional experiences. Scott is now focused on his current company Motivosity. Their goal is to help companies drive engagement and retention by helping employees be happy about going to work with their best-in-class employee recognition software platform. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottjohnsonutah/ Website - https://www.motivosity.com/ Website - https://business.adobe.com/products/workfront/main.html -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: Fintech guru, Daniel Bessmert, shares his experience founding and scaling 3 companies all in the finance and payment space, and then exiting. Some successfully and some less though. Listen to find out what he’s learnt from his long career and why he always tests to verify, and how to structure deals. Daniel is the current CEO of Great Week, which is a banking, payments, and accounting platform for business owners. Their platform is thoughtfully designed with businesses in mind in order for companies and people to grow. Their mission is to give their clients administration tools, so they can focus on what they do best and love the most. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielbessmert/ Website - https://greatweek.com/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: Denise Hammel Isaacson shares what dedication and a desire for change can achieve, and how to scale intellectual property through technology. Denise built an organizational culture consulting company, scaling it to 65 countries before successfully exiting to Earnst & Young. Listen to learn how valuing and selling consulting companies is different to technology companies, and the importance of demonstrating scalability in what you’ve created. As well as being the CEO of RevWork Inc, Denise is also a member Marshall Goldsmith's Legacy Team of 100 Coaches, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Women's Association, and the former Co-Chair of the Life Sciences Committee of Athena and the Co-Chair of Education for the National Diversity Council. RevWork, Inc. is on a mission to revolutionize learning, and in doing so, is taking today’s most forward-thinking organizations to new heights. RevWork’s next generation nudge-creation platform taps into the science of habit formation to deliver behavioral learning that transforms individual performance and organizational results. The company continued to study the efficacy of its technology with organizational clients while tackling the challenge of understanding how to break down the cognitive barriers inhibiting modern learning and development programs by tapping into the science of habit formation. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisehummel/ Website - www.revwork.ai -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This Week on The Exit: Farhad accidentally got into the startup ecosystem and now has 14 years of entrepreneurial experience under his belt. He co-founded his first business and built it with the small investment of $30K, ultimately growing to $6M in annual revenue. When he exited that business the founders weren’t necessarily looking to sell. But then their biggest client made them an offer that was too good to say no to. Listen to find out what Farhad did next. As the Founder and CEO of Mamazen, Farhad has 14 years of experience in the digital field, 7 of which as an entrepreneur, and a successful exit with his former startup Pony Zero. Mamazen’s aim as a startup studio is building game-changing startups from the ground up thanks to deep market knowledge, comprehensive analysis, standardized processes, and a unique philosophy approach. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadalessandromohammadi/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mamazen/ Website - https://mamazen.it/en/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: Natalie is a serial business builder and exiter having co-founded 6 businesses. Having recently completed her latest exit, Natalie took a well earned break, which she believes is key to recharging and having the energy to take on the next entrepreneurial endeavor. Natalie shares why an exit can be an emotional rollercoaster, and how she navigated continuing growth and keeping staff engaged while going through the sale process. Listen to find out more. Hatch is an investment platform that gives Kiwi investors easier and more affordable access to global share markets. After Hatch was acquired, Nat got curious about shaping the future of work. Diverse organizations perform better, yet globally, women still make up just 8% of corporate CEOs and 29% of board seats. Women are uniquely equipped to step up and create equitable, purposeful and outcomes-focused workplaces. Powrsuit (https://powrsuit.com/) is a community adopting a fresh form of leadership - one that’s better for people, profit and the planet. Today, Powrsuit is a free newsletter, but it’s also the first step towards an audacious vision. Instagram @Iamnatsays - https://www.instagram.com/iamnatsays/ Website - https://powrsuit.com/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

This week on The Exit: In Meagan’s perspective, the future of acquisition is in communities, and this is exactly why her first business, an electronic music company was acquired. This was Meagan’s first exit, the business was a non-traditional, cash-heavy operation, nothing like what her second exit would be. Her second exit was as the COO for a corporate business in the astroid mining industry. What exactly does that mean? Listen to find out more. Meagan is one of the leading female voices in the space industry, an experienced space startup executive, and the host of the Mission Eve podcast that aims to increase the number of women in the space industry. SpaceFund is a venture capital firm investing in the emerging, rapid-growth space startup ecosystem. SpaceFund was created to bridge the two most important revolutions of this generation – NewSpace and Digital Finance. LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/meagan/ Website - https://spacefund.com/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/