by Nick Chi | Aug 5, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Steve Weiss, founder of MuteSix, a creative digital marketing agency he sold to Dentsu, shares his tumultuous journey from troubled youth to successful entrepreneur. After being robbed at gunpoint, Steve decided to make a major pivot in...
by Nick Chi | Jul 29, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Peter Corbett, the previous founder and CEO of iStrategyLabs, a digital agency he bootstrapped and sold to WPP, shares his journey from being laid off at 27 to building a 100-employee agency with tens of millions in revenue over nine years....
by Nick Chi | Jul 22, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Mark McClain, CEO and founder of SailPoint Technologies, shares his journey from corporate roles at IBM and HP to becoming an “accidental entrepreneur” with his first startup, Waveset. After a successful exit selling Waveset to Sun...
by Nick Chi | Jul 15, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Blake Hutchison, CEO of Flippa, discusses Flippa’s new Data Insights feature. The company has developed this tool to provide transparency and valuable market information for online business buyers and sellers. The Data Insights feature...
by Nick Chi | Jul 8, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: MelRose Wild, CEO of Permaculture Capital and Decision Society, discusses the importance of inclusion in the C-suite, particularly for women, and highlights data showing that gender-diverse executive teams and boards outperform their less...
by Nick Chi | Jul 1, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Nancy Solomon, founder & CEO of WomenThink Global, shares insights from her extensive coaching career spanning over 30 years. She discusses her journey from sales to psychology, ultimately finding her calling in coaching women in...
by Nick Chi | Jun 23, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Luke Cooper, General Partner at Latimer Ventures, discusses his journey from poverty to law school and eventually becoming a successful entrepreneur and investor. He recounts his first major exit with a defense contractor, followed by a...
by Nick Chi | Jun 17, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Jordan Dargue, investor and co-founder of Lifted Ventures, began her career in the construction industry before making her way to tech software. Throughout her experiences in various industries, a common theme she noticed was a...
by Nick Chi | Jun 10, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Donald Thompson, founder and CEO of The Diversity Movement, shares insights from his numerous successful business exits, starting from his role in iCubed, which was acquired by Adobe, to leading multiple spin-outs and acquisitions. Donald...
by Nick Chi | Jun 3, 2024 | The Exit
This week on The Exit: Anthony Westfall, an expert in business mergers and acquisitions, shares his insights on growth acquisitions and multiple exits. After working at Cisco during the dot-com bubble, Anthony moved to a startup, got laid off, and transitioned to the...