Exiting a business is something special and not everyone gets to do it graciously or profitably. My guest today Fleur Madden is a career entrepreneur with 20 years in business running 4 of her own companies. She is an award-winning businesswoman, experienced CEO/Founder/ Board Member, recognised industry expert and women in business speaker who was recently recognized as being in the Top 25 Businesswomen in QLD. She is currently the CEO for Women’s jobs site Freelancing Gems which helps women redefine their 9 to 5 by connecting them to their next meaningful part time, freelance, contract roles. She is also the CEO and Founder of The Ginsburg Firm that coaches Female Founders to scale or sell their business. She is passionate about the advancement of women, the future of work for women, diversity, inclusion, closing the gender pay gap and women being paid what they are worth. Fleur started her first company The Red Republic at 23 that she sold 14 years later to a multinational listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Along her journey, she has acquired other businesses, founded an online beauty company Lulu and Lipstick that she sold in 2016, where just prior her makeup were in the gift bags for the 2016 Oscars. Fleur is a BIG believer that when women thrive, our communities thrive, and therefore works tirelessly raising funds and awareness for her chosen charities that support women and their children, The Forgotten Woman, Women’s Legal Service and The Children’s Hospital Foundation. You might have seen Fleur over the years in articles in The Collective, Marie Claire, Latte, Today Extra, Studio Ten and The Urban List. She has spoken at conferences around the world in Hong Kong, LA, NYC, Atlanta, South Africa and also in Australia. Fleur is a mum to Josiah and Theodore and wife to Jimmy, she lived in NYC in her early 30’s, loves Pina Coladas and has a Camilla fetish. Her favourite saying driving her in business is “ Don’t Play Small.”Hear from Fleur on:

1. A business exit strategy is a plan that a founder or owner of a business makes to sell their company or share in a company, to other investors or other firms. Initial public offerings (IPOs), strategic acquisitions, and management buyouts are among the more common exit strategies an owner might pursue. What has been your experience in these areas with your former businesses?

2. So how do you decide it’s time to sell or leave?

3. What if you are not sure you want to go but are being forced?

4. Are there some common errors as one exit?.

5. Do brokers come into this process for selling a business or are there other ways this works for all parties, so it is streamlined?

6. Takeaway: What is your final message on The Politics of Business Exits?

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