Welcome to the Startup to Exit podcast where we bring you world-class entrepreneurs and VCs to share their hard-earned success stories and secrets. This podcast has been brought to you by TiE Seattle. TiE is a global non-profit that focuses on fostering entrepreneurship. TiE Seattle offers a range of programs including the GoVertical Startup Creation Weekend, TiE Entrepreneur Institute, and the TiE Seattle Angel Network. We encourage you to become a TiE member so you can gain access to these ...
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Startup Exit Podcasts
Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit. Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail. It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely. Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding. Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors drivin ...
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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 https://flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/
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We help founders make something people want. The Y Combinator Podcast is where builders talk about building. From the earliest days of an idea to scaling a company that changes the world, YC partners and founders share real stories, lessons, and tactics from the frontlines.
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Startup exits are the most sought after events in Silicon Valley, but very few people get to experience them. On the Startup Exits Podcast we chat with founders that started, ran and sold a tech company to learn about how it all went down. This podcast is hosted by Andrew Vasylyk and produced by StartupSoft – visit www.startupsoft.com for more info and other great content.
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Startup Podcast, but Amazing Stories.
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I'm Anastasia Koroleva, a 4x exited founder exploring life after selling a business with some of the most remarkable post-exit entrepreneurs in the world. Together, we rediscover purpose, redefine success, master investing, and build fulfilling lives and families. Having survived a 9-digit exit, I dedicated a decade to researching the deepest challenges faced by entrepreneurs after a business sale. This podcast is the platform to share my and other exited founders' hard-earned wisdom with th ...
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Stu Draper, a serial entrepreneur, knows just how exhilarating it is to launch a startup to the moon. He is a 9-time Inc. 5000 honoree before age 40 with tens of millions generated in revenue from his startups and an angel investor in 8 businesses. He's also the co-author of the bestselling textbook Digital Marketing Essentials. Stu knows just what it takes to transform an innovative idea into a thriving business. Inspired by the creators of groundbreaking ventures, Startups With Stu is an i ...
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Every founder has 1 goal: find product-market fit. We interview the world's most successful startup founders on the 0 to 1 part of their journeys. We've had the founders of Reddit, Gusto, Rappi, Glean, Cohere, Huntress, ID.me and many more. We go deep with entrepreneurs & VCs to provide detailed examples you can steal. Our goal is to understand product-market fit better than anyone on the planet. Rated one of the world's top startup podcasts.
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A show about life-changing business acquisitions and founders who don't follow the Silicon Valley narrative. These stories will inspire you to think differently about how you build your business. And if an exit is in your future, you'll learn practical tips about how to get there. Hosted by Alexis Grant, founder & CEO of They Got Acquired, and produced by Laura Boach.
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Where startup founders raise millions and listeners can invest. Host Josh Muccio takes listeners behind closed-doors and into the room where deals are made. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
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The Startup Junkies podcast is hosted by Jeff Amerine and his team at Startup Junkie Consulting. We’ll cover topics ranging from getting started, planning, growing your business, proving your concept, leadership, marketing, exit strategies and so much more. We’ll interview business owners, entrepreneurs, experts and people we think will bring value to our audience. Subscribe and together we will move your business to the next level.
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Welcome to THE EXIT – where the world’s most successful founders reveal how they built, scaled, and sold their companies for 8, 9, and even 10 figures. Hosted by entrepreneur, advisor, and founder of THE EXIT GROUP (http://www.theexit.group), Adrian Salamunovic, THE EXIT Podcast delivers rare, candid conversations with tech, SaaS, and e-commerce founders who’ve done the hard thing: exited. We go beyond the headlines to unpack what really happened—how the deals came together, what almost kill ...
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Arvid Kahl talks about starting and bootstrapping businesses, how to build an audience, and how to build in public.
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I Breakits nya intervjupodd möter vi Sveriges mest aktuella entreprenörer och techledare – människorna bakom rubrikerna. Vad driver dem? Vilka motgångar har format deras resa? Och varför pratar alla om dem just nu? Varannan vecka får du en fördjupad och personlig inblick i personerna som formar svensk tech – med fokus på tillväxt, innovation och entreprenörskap. 🎙️ Programledare: Jon Mauno Pettersson, vd och chefredaktör på Breakit. 🤝 Parallellt släpper vi även specialavsnitt i samarbete med ...
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The Biotech Startups Podcast by Excedr features weekly conversations with founders, scientists, and investors driving biotech innovation. Host Jon Chee dives into the challenges of building biotech startups, from pre-seed to IPO. New episodes every Monday and Thursday.
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Conversations between the venture investors and operators at Dell Technologies Capital and the people who are building what's next in enterprise technologies.
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Get the inside look at how startup founders and entrepreneurs used Acquire.com (formerly MicroAcquire) to sell their startup or buy an online business. Learn tips on how to vet sellers/buyers, justify valuations, negotiate terms, handle due diligence, asset transfers, escrow, post-acquisition support, and more!
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The Podcast that will help you grow, scale, and exit your professional services firm.
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What would you do if you were starting today? To help, here are half-baked startup ideas, growth marketing tactics, and stories from founders and creators - including my own journey as a bootstrapped business owner. All of the content is centered around helping founders, creators, and investors starting today.
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Uncovering the entrepreneurial journey's of up and coming startup founders, over coffee
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Listen in on my experience & advice from building multiple businesses in the health & fitness space from startup to exit. Besides being a serial entrepreneur I am a passionate family man and love to exercise.
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In the startup world, Give First means simply trying to help anyone—especially entrepreneurs—with no expectation of getting anything back. It's the pay-it-forward principle that builds strong startup networks. Hosts David Cohen and Brad Feld—Techstars cofounders, lifelong entrepreneurs, and startup investors—talk with mentors and founders about what giving first looks like in action, and how it makes great entrepreneurship possible. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, partnerships, and online media + content - collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide.
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Welcome to Seed to Exit, the ultimate podcast all about startups, scaling, and venture capital. Your host is Riece Keck: Startup veteran and recruitment entrepreneur. Join us as we dive into the journeys of startup founders and venture capitalists who share their insights, successes, and lessons learned from seed stage to successful exit. Each episode, we bring you candid conversations with startup founders, executives, and investors. Whether you're looking for inspiration, actionable advice ...
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Every entrepreneurial journey will result in either profit or pivot. In this podcast, I sit down with top-tier founders, VCs, & innovators to uncover the critical decisions that fueled their massive success. We dive deep into their journeys, exploring practical strategies you can apply. Each episode delivers actionable advice & inspiring stories designed to motivate & empower you on your own path. My mission? To decode the art of successful decision-making better than anyone in the world. Ra ...
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Best way to scale? Your peers have the answers. This is the podcast for scaleup founders looking for insightful, actionable wisdom from some of the best operators around. Each week we’ll explore one secret that other founders and experts are using right now and how to implement it. It’s practical wisdom to build the company AND life you want. Hosted by renowned founder coach and advisor James Johnson. You’ve survived to £1m, now let’s scale to £10m+.
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Welcome to Founder 2 Founder, the ultimate podcast for entrepreneurs who refuse to settle for ordinary. Hosted by Sardor Umrdinov, founder and CEO of Home Alliance - a $100+ million tech-enabled home services platform operating nationwide. From bootstrapping his first business to building a horizontally and vertically integrated empire, Sardor brings you raw, unfiltered conversations with successful entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and game-changers who've turned their visions into multi-mil ...
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Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth
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Startuprad.io™ is Europe’s voice on startups, venture capital, and innovation — giving you backstage access to the continent’s most dynamic founders, investors, and tech visionaries. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show has become a trusted source for international audiences who want to understand how Europe builds and scales its next generation of unicorns. Each episode dives deep into the strategies, funding rounds, and market shifts shaping the DACH and broader European startup scene — from ...
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Hosted by best-selling author and entrepreneur Brian Will, the Force Multiplier Mastermind podcast explores real world business lessons not taught in schools. So, if you're a brand new business owner, if you're trying to scale your business, or if you're just thinking about starting a business, this podcast is for you.
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Unscripted conversations with Indian founders about their story and the process of building a company. Hosted by Mazin and Aviral.
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A podcast for entrepreneurs – reverse engineering the formula for successful scale, sale and exit. Inspired conversations with world-class entrepreneurs and the specialists who support them.
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The Lowcountry Revolutionaries podcast shines a spotlight on Charleston, SC’s boldest entrepreneurs from the Chucktown Startups community. Each episode features inspiring stories of innovators pouring their heart and soul into building businesses that position Charleston as a global hub of creativity and American ingenuity. Hosted by Bill Billotte, founder of Veritas Exoscience LLC—a firm dedicated to Truth in Wearable Technology Innovation—this podcast delivers raw, real conversations with ...
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Practical Pivots is the go-to source for startup leaders and investors asking, “What do we do next?”. Each episode, we talk with a wide array of experts to guide companies to disrupt the undisruptable, turn setbacks into scale-ups, and transform plateaus into pivots.
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Featured on Inc.com's list of 100 Podcasts That Will Make You Smarter, Better, and Wiser, MSNBC's Your Business, and on the Fit Small Business list of best small business podcasts, this show is designed to help small business owners, salespeople, and new entrepreneurs with the various aspects of business success. We have a great lineup of guests and topics scheduled. We’ll be talking about everything from sales to employee issues; from technology to social media; from work-life balance to ex ...
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Conversations about marketing and business. Hosted by Dave Gerhardt (Founder of Exit Five, Former CMO). If you work in marketing check out exitfive.com
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Why is Tweener Madness taking over Triangle Tweener Talks? Visit https://www.tweenermadness.com to find out! A podcast for builders by builders in the Triangle. We explore the startup journey and stories with local Triangle founders, from the idea to the exit and everything in between. Hosted by serial entrepreneur and founder of the Triangle Tweener Fund Scot Wingo, and produced by Earfluence.
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There is nothing like having Experienced VoicesTM to keep an entrepreneur on track to execute their vision. Check out our Podcast Series that delves into a wide range of of topics that bring to the forefront the critical details of starting and building a successful business.
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Confessionals from Jason M. Grant exposing emotional business, lack of leadership, cowards, liars, psychology, sociology, and everything startup, scaling, and exit strategy. Make friends with apps, prepare for an automatic tomorrow and make money while doing it. Create smile and laugh lines on your face, not from frustration. Ah, f*ck it. Just put it on the Internet.
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The Deep Wealth Podcast - Unlock Your Deep Wealth—In Business and Life
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Your business is your legacy, but does it own you? Most entrepreneurs aren’t ready: 90% of exits fail, and founders leave 50-100%+ of the deal value behind. Not from a bad business, but poor preparation. The Deep Wealth Podcast, hosted by Jeffrey Feldberg, who built a startup from his parents’ attic, rejected a 7-figure offer, and secured a 9-figure exit in 24 months, shares his 90-day Deep Wealth Mastery system. Join top founders and dealmakers for proven exit strategies and profit-boosting ...
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I'm a Husband. Father of six. Wearer of fedoras. Startup co-founder (with an exit). Nonprofit co-founder. I create content about personal growth in life and leadership. This podcast is about my journey while daring greatly. I want to grow, and I want to take others with me.
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Start. Scale. Exit. is a podcast for SaaS founders and tech leaders building real products and real companies. Hosted by Ivan Galvez, founder of Sintesys, the show explores how to scale dev teams, speed up software delivery, and build with an exit in mind — all while avoiding the pitfalls of bad hires and offshore misalignment. Powered by Sintesys, helping startups grow with top-tier talent from Latin America.
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From Startups to the Stock Exchange: How Callum Laing Took 100 Companies Public and Redefined the Exit Gam
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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth?With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business.You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit --In this episode of The Exit, host Steve sits down with Callum Lai…
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Why the Housing Crisis is Getting Worse & Product Lessons from a $100M Startup Exit | Mark Freedman
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🏠 Is Canada’s dream of home ownership officially dead? In this episode of the Profit or Pivot Podcast, I sit down with Mark Freedman, entrepreneur, investor, and former Head of Product who helped lead a startup to a $100M+ exit, to talk about building and scaling businesses, product leadership, and why real estate in Canada and other major cities i…
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From Idea to $650M Exit: Lessons in Building AI Startups
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Jake Heller is the co-founder & CEO of Casetext, the AI legal startup behind CoCounsel, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters for $650 million.In his talk at AI Startup School on June 17th, 2025, he shared how his team did it—from picking the right idea to building AI products that actually work—and how founders can turn a cool demo into a reliable…
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How Xaver Lehmann Recovered from Burnout After a $60 M Startup Exit
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He sold his AI startup for $60 million — and fell apart. In this raw and powerful conversation, Xaver Lehmann, co-founder and former CEO of e-bot7, opens up about burnout, loss, and recovery after one of Europe’s biggest AI exits. What happens when you achieve everything you ever wanted — and it breaks you? 💡 What you’ll learn in this episode: – Ho…
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Startup Spotlight: GONE.COM - Giving Goods a Second Life for a Healthy Planet
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Send us a text Yashovardhan Wagh is the co-founder & CEO of Gone.com, a Seattle-based circular commerce company giving quality goods a second life through local supply chains. He previously built supply chains for Amazon and other Fortune 100 companies. His mission: to build a national circular economy so future generations can thrive on a healthy …
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From Two Small Projects to Profitable Exits on Acquire.com
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Running small projects may not be glamorous. But for Thomas Ulman, it was the smartest way to scale and sell. His founder story shows how improving what already works can lead to clean, profitable exits. He took over Waitlist.email, a launch waitlist tool for founders, and Text.run, a minimalist personal-site builder. Instead of starting from scrat…
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🧬 No VC, No Problem: Building a Profitable Exit | Sandra Shpilberg (Part 3/4)
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🧬 The Biotech Startups Podcast is powered by Excedr—helping life science startups accelerate R&D and commercialization with founder-friendly equipment leasing. Skip the upfront costs, stay lean, and focus on breakthrough science. As a TBSP listener, you can get exclusive perks through Excedr’s partner network—special savings, promotions, and more. …
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He tried to return $200K to investors 30 days in—then exited to Microsoft 5 years later. | Alex Sherman, Founder of Bluefish AI
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Alex had $2,000 in his checking account when Microsoft acquired his last company. For years, he paid himself $30K while his friends made six figures at corporate jobs. He had only 2 months of runway for 18 straight months. Then retail media exploded and everything changed—he went from grinding against the current to riding a wave. After selling to …
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CFO Bal Bhullar: Taking Your Startup to Exit
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All startups face the same fundamental challenge: having enough capital to grow and achieve their goals. At the center of navigating that challenge is the role of a seasoned CFO—someone who can align financial strategy with the company’s ambitions. For those fortunate enough to reach the stage of considering going public or being acquired, the jour…
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In this conversation, Diane Helbig interviews Cinthia Pacheco, the founder of Digital Bloom IQ, about effective digital marketing strategies for small businesses. They discuss the importance of leveraging websites for lead generation, the benefits of collaboration for credibility, and how to interpret marketing data to make informed business decisi…
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🧬 Autonomous Labs: The Future of Cell Culture | Jimmy Sastra (Part 3/4)
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He built a $20B public company, left—then raised a $100M Series A. | Dheeraj Pandey, Founder of Nutanix & DevRev
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Dheeraj built Nutanix into a $20B public company—then walked away to start DevRev. He just raised a $100M Series A. This episode breaks down why most founders "sell and run" (chase new logos instead of delivering value), why that strategy fails, and how Dheeraj thinks about building platforms with use cases instead of just features. He explains why…
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What Your Messaging is Missing: How to Close the Meaning Gap (with Diane Wiredu, Founder of Lion Words)
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#300 Drive | This episode is from Drive 2025, our 2-day in-person event for B2B marketers in Burlington, VT. It features Diane Wiredu, Founder of Lion Words and expert in B2B messaging and positioning. She shared a killer talk on “What Your Messaging Is Missing,” breaking down why most B2B copy sounds the same and how to close the meaning gap by fo…
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October 2025 Deep Dive – AI Startups, Venture Capital & Fintech in DACH
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🏁 The Deep Dive is here. Germany, Austria and Switzerland enter a new startup cycle where the headline isn’t “Who raised the biggest check?” but “Who’s building the most defensible foundation?” Hosts Jörn ‘Joe’ Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down October 2025’s most important stories in AI, fintech, venture capital, and climate tech. 🔎 What Y…
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How Do I Scale as a Leader Without Losing What Made Me Effective? - The Peer Effect Post Bag
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"What got you here won't get you there." James Johnson and Freddie Birley tackle the question: How do you scale yourself as a leader without losing what made you effective in the first place? In this Post Bag episode, James and Freddie explore the tension between staying authentic and evolving as your company grows. They unpack why some founders th…
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Ep 141: India’s Only Listed Dental Company ft. Laxmi Dental
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Join us as we talk to Sameer Merchant, the MD & CEO of Laxmi Dental Limited about their story.Sameer Merchant is a Certified Dental Technician (CDT) who began his entrepreneurial journey in 2001 by co-founding Laxmi Dental Limited with Rajesh. Over the years, he has travelled extensively to countries including Japan, Italy, Germany, the USA, the UK…
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421: Why You Should Never Start a Software Business
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The brutal truth about SaaS nobody tells you. Here’s the thing: I’m about to share all the reasons why you should never, ever start a software business. And yes, I’m fully aware that I’m talking to an audience of software founders. This is somewhat sarcastic, somewhat ironic twist on the great things about entrepreneurship. And the problems you'll …
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In this conversation, Lee Salz emphasizes the importance of the first meeting in sales, highlighting that its core purpose is to generate enough interest for a follow-up. He stresses that every successful meeting should conclude with a scheduled next step, ensuring that the momentum is maintained and the client remains engaged. Lee Salz is a global…
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🧬 Lessons From Building the World's First Robotic Cloud Lab | Jimmy Sastra (Part 2/4)
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Justin Donald: The Post‑Wealth Work‑Life Balance
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One of the hardest parts of life after an exit is striking that balance. On the one hand, enjoying the incredible lifestyle we've earned. On the other, protecting and growing the wealth it took so much to build. My friend Justin Donald has lived that tension and he wrote a best selling book about it and created a community called Lifestyle Investor…
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What Makes a Business Unsellable — And How to Fix It
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It’s a question we hear all the time: “Is my business sellable?” In most cases, the answer is yes. But there are a few factors that can make selling your company harder than it should be or even impossible. In this episode of They Got Acquired, Lexi shares the four biggest reasons a company might be unsellable, and how to correct them before you’re…
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He built a new database in his bedroom—now he powers Cursor, Notion and Anthropic. | Simon Eskildsen, Founder of turbopuffer
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Simon spent 10 years at Shopify scaling databases to millions of requests per second. Then he discovered vector databases were so expensive that companies couldn't launch AI features. So he solved it. When Cursor emailed about their crushing costs, Simon flew to San Francisco unannounced. They migrated their entire workload within a week, cutting t…
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GTM Growth Decoded: 100 Companies, 3 Stages, 1 System with Sangram Vajre, Co-Founder & CEO of GTM Partners
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#299 Drive | This episode is from Drive 2025, our 2 day in-person event for B2B marketers in Burlington, VT. Our first speaker was Sangram Vajre, Co-founder and CEO of GTM Partners and expert in GTM strategy. He shared a great session on building a repeatable GTM Operating System for sustainable growth, offering insight from 100 companies on what s…
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Sales Stuck? Expert Sales Coach and Founder Ursula Mentjes Reveals Her Proven Playbook to Skyrocket Revenue Growth (#486)
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Send us a text Unlock Proven Strategies for a Lucrative Business Exit—Subscribe to The Deep Wealth Podcast Today Have Questions About Growing Profits And Maximizing Your Business Exit? Submit Them Here, and We'll Answer Them on the Podcast! “ Trust yourself, you know way more than you think.” - Ursula Mentjes Exclusive Insights from This Week's Epi…
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#77 - “Everyone Exits - You’re either bought out, pushed out or wheeled out” - with Brian Hill
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Send us a text Today on The Bulletproof Entrepreneur, I’m joined by Brian Hill — ex-soldier, endurance athlete, entrepreneur, and the founder of a business called Pathfinders. Brian’s also just published a fantastic new book called Everyone Exits, which is a step-by-step blueprint for business owners who are scaling towards a successful sale. I rea…
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Europe’s AI Supercluster: How DACH Startups Are Outpacing Silicon Valley
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What if Europe — not Silicon Valley — defined the future of AI? In this October 2025 episode of Startuprad.io Startup News, hosts Jörn “Joe” Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down the latest stories shaping Europe’s AI Supercluster, led by DeepL, Black Forest Labs, and N8N. From record climate tech funding to biotech breakthroughs and industrial…
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Nichole Sterling built the AI product she wished she had as an elected official. Will investors see the $2.2 trillion opportunity she sees? Or will this pitch get stuck in committee. This is The Pitch for My Town AI. Featuring investors Charles Hudson, Elizabeth Yin, Jesse Middleton, and Dawn Dobras. ... Watch Nichole’s pitch uncut on Patreon (@The…
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Building the Future of Work: AI, Mental Health, and Leading with Humanity with Asim Amin
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"I don't want to live a stressed out human experience. Mental health isn't a luxury – it's survival." Asim Amin built Plumm, a Series A HR platform with 40+ team members, after standing on his balcony three nights in a row contemplating suicide. His journey from that dark place to building the future of work reveals a truth most founders won't admi…
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How Sameer Dholakia Led SendGrid to IPO and Exit
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In this episode of the Give First podcast, Brad Feld sits down with Sameer Dholakia, partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and former CEO of SendGrid, the first Techstars company to go public. When Sameer joined SendGrid, growth was slowing and the company was losing money. Under his leadership, it became a $250M business, went public, and was later…
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Unplug. Unlearn. Unchain. AI Entrepreneur Joshua Hale’s Proven Path To Freedom From Systems And Stress (#485)
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Send us a text Unlock Proven Strategies for a Lucrative Business Exit—Subscribe to The Deep Wealth Podcast Today Have Questions About Growing Profits And Maximizing Your Business Exit? Submit Them Here, and We'll Answer Them on the Podcast! “ Have fun and enjoy life.” - Joshua Hale Exclusive Insights from This Week's Episodes In this powerful episo…
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🧬 The Rebellious Mindset That Builds Successful Startups | Jimmy Sastra (Part 1/4)
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In this conversation, Diane Helbig interviews Justin Allen Montgomery, founder of ProCourse Start, about how professionals can transform their expertise into scalable continuing education businesses. Justin emphasizes the importance of recognizing one's knowledge as a valuableasset and discusses strategies for creating passive income without relyin…
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The Eight-Figure Miss: Hard-Won Lessons From Multiple Exits with Danny Davis
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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth?With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business.You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit --Danny Davis, CEO of Hyperfi, shares hard-won lessons from multipl…
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I Can't Let Go of Control - How Do I Trust My Team? - Peer Effect Post Bag
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"I'm struggling to let go of control as we grow. How do I trust my team without everything falling apart?" Elizabeth's question exposes the founder's dilemma: you can't scale by doing everything yourself, but delegation feels terrifying. James Johnson and Freddie Birley tackle the pendulum swing from idealistic trust to micromanagement - and how to…
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He burned $4M to hit $100K ARR—but with 1 big change, he grew to $4.5M ARR in just 12 months. | Guy Podjarny, Founder of Snyk & Tessl
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Guy spent 2 years and $4M building Snyk to $100K ARR. Thousands of developers loved the product. They just wouldn't pay. Then he figured out the problem: he had product-user fit, but not product-buyer fit. Developers loved Snyk. Security teams (the actual buyers) didn't care about it. The distance between user and buyer was killing him. So Guy spen…
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I Answered 15 Questions About Work and Life from the Exit Five Team
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#298 Q&A | OK I asked my team for some questions; a bit of a mailbag type of episode. So I sat down solo for this one and answered 15 questions from the Exit Five team about work, life, marketing, and everything in between. We got into everything from my daily routine and how I think about LinkedIn, to the best career advice I’ve ever gotten, what …
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From Vision to Victory: Erin Pacitti on Building Boundless Marketing and Driving Million-Dollar Growth
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Send us a text Join Bill and his guest Erin Pacitti, Erin is the President and Founder of Boundless Marketing Co. Her background managing go-to-market campaigns, large-scale PR initiatives, and marketing programs for a major non-profit and over 100 other businesses taught her how to look at the big picture and design effective, well-rounded plans t…
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Crafting Connections: Cory Robertson’s Journey in Impactful Storytelling
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Send us a text Join Bill and his guest Cory Robertson. Emmy award winning storyteller, Cory graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in Communications and Journalism. After working in the media as a journalist, Cory started a Real Estate business with an emphasis on visual marketing for his clients. He is experienced in writing, …
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27: De ONG a Startup: El viaje emprendedor de Diego Angarita
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Summary En este inspirador episodio de Querido Emprendedor, Ignacio Balderrama conversa con Diego Angarita, un gerente de producto en Walmart con una trayectoria única que combina emprendimiento, trabajo en organizaciones sin fines de lucro y una profunda conexión con la comunidad latina. Diego relata su labor en Massachusetts con jóvenes puertorri…
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In this conversation, Debbie Jenkins discusses how to transform chaotic thinking into clear business assets through structured publishing and frameworks. She emphasizes the importance of intellectual property as a perspective rather than just a legal concept, and introduces the idea of minimum viable assets as a way to create value without overwhel…
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420: AI for the Code-Writing Purist: How to Use AI Without Surrendering Your Keyboard
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I know you're out there. The developer who watches their colleagues enthusiastically embrace Claude Code and Cursor, having AI write entire feature sets while you proudly type every semicolon by hand. The founder who sees AI-generated code as a ticking time bomb of bugs and security vulnerabilities. The software entrepreneur who believes that real …
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