This week on the Exit: meet Jon Carson. He is a multi-exit education entrepreneur, with 30 years of experience starting, scaling and exiting businesses. With four multi-million exits under his belt — from a beer keg delivery service in college to the largest education website on the internet — Jon has plenty to teach us all. Listen to get inspired for your next exit.
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Mastering the Art of Exiting with Jon Carson
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Steve McGarry
An entrepreneur, content creator, and investor based in sunny Tampa, Florida. In 2015, while living in San Francisco, Steve sold his first fintech startup LendLayer to Max Levchin’s (founder of PayPal) consumer finance company Affirm.
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