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Growth + Exit

Susan Kearney and Heather Bennett

This is the Growth + Exit Podcast, where owners of privately held, middle-market companies talk about founding, scaling, and exiting their businesses successfully.

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74 episodes

  1. Exiting a Business From the Viewpoint of the Co-founder Who Stayed 48:06
  2. Building and Selling a Podcast Production Company 39:15
  3. How 2 Broken Computers and 2 Guys Built and Sold a Successful IT Company 48:23
  4. How To Scale Through Strong Leadership and Accountability 48:03
  5. How Italian Clothing, Trolleys in New York, Personalized Songs, and a Jetski Led to 3 Exits 42:49
  6. Family Business Owners: 12 Questions You Need To Answer 55:27
  7. How Entrepreneurs Can Build Scalable Companies That Last 40:33
  8. The Benefits of Co-Founding in Professional Services 39:43
  9. Key To Entrepreneurial Success: Pick the Right Partner 39:47
  10. 2 Exits, 1 Mission: How Building Investor Relations Companies Created Mavericks 40:30
  11. How To Build a Resilient Business Through Strong Leadership 38:29
  12. Building Your Deal Team: Chief Financial Officer 41:13
  13. Derisking a Financial Climate Solutions Startup With a Board of Directors 49:55
  14. The Strategic Plan for Second-Generation Leaders Wanting To Buy and Grow a Family Business 37:15
  15. Getting to Exit: Planning by the Book 52:07
  16. Three-Time Ironman Finisher and Three-Time Tech Founder Shares the Secrets to Success 44:22
  17. An M&A Strategist Turned Founder Empowers Through AI and Community 35:30
  18. Building Your Deal Team: Transaction Attorney 36:27
  19. How a Wedding Media Magnate Is Redefining the Exit Process for Female Founders 42:42
  20. How To Build a High-Trust Marketing Agency 54:10
  21. Finding a Capital Partner for a Healthcare Services and Technology Company 51:26
  22. How To Use AI To Grow Your Business — Without Ever Putting People Second 44:27
  23. How To Lead With Authenticity 44:09
  24. Disrupting Hospitality: How To Run Successful Restaurants and Music Venues 40:42
  25. How To Be Outrageously Successful in Business From a Master Vistage Chair 41:43
  26. Turning Customer Feedback Into Startup Growth 48:24
  27. An AI Entrepreneur Explains the Difference Between Being a Builder Versus a Sustainer 47:48
  28. Growing and Selling a Wholesale Business 34:04
  29. Venture Capital Explained and Why You Should Invest in Women-Owned Businesses 48:30
  30. Delegate To Grow Fast: Lessons From a Founder and Angel Investor 39:47
  31. How To Be the Best and the Brightest: Choose To Be Challenged for Over 30 Years 46:05
  32. Lessons Learned From a Year of Growth + Exit: Highlights for Business Owners 23:10
  33. Accelerating Value in Private Equity Through Best-In-Class Brand Strategy 48:07
  34. Building a Resilient Business Through Leadership, Culture, and Growth 44:49
  35. How To Start a Business With a Sprinter Van 45:30
  36. The Business of Creating Entrepreneurs: Rapid Growth Through Renting Food Trailers 43:10
  37. Bankruptcy Ends a Multi-Generation Family Business: A Cautionary Tale 51:49
  38. Capital Market Readiness: What Every Middle Market Founder Needs To Know 32:21
  39. Using Strategic Acquisitions To Prepare for an Exit in Tech Services 46:32
  40. Scaling Through Freedom: How Founders Can Build Businesses That Run Without Them 29:52
  41. Growing Two Family Manufacturing Businesses Through People-First Leadership 46:43
  42. The North Stars To Building a Successful Cybersecurity Technology Company 50:15
  43. Building Relationships One Real Estate Deal at a Time 42:25
  44. The Importance of Strong Leadership 11:16
  45. Pushing the Bar Higher for Digital Marketers and Entrepreneurs 45:22
  46. Empowering Employees To Make Your Company and Your Clients' Companies Better 39:53
  47. Why Sales Skills Create Winning Founders: Selling After Decades of Success 39:22
  48. Just Start: Advice on When To Take the Entrepreneurial Leap 42:18
  49. Scaling to Industry Leader in Telecommunications Infrastructure 42:42
  50. How To Launch a Tech Company Into Space 37:23