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Ted Jenkin has built and sold three companies — including a $3 billion wealth management firm — and today helps founder-led and family-owned businesses maximize their value while minimizing stress.

In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Ted opens up about entrepreneurship, family, fasting, and how discipline drives freedom. He shares his journey from financial advisor to serial entrepreneur and CEO, now helping companies sell smarter through Exit Stage Left Advisors.

🔥 What you’ll learn in this conversation:

• How Ted built and sold three companies, including a $3B wealth management firm
• Why family and business can thrive together
• The value of structure and presence in long-term success
• How fasting and functional fitness fuel his performance
• What true work-life balance looks like (and why it’s a “juggle”)
• His biggest life lesson: turning tragedy into resilience

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⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 – Intro & sponsor (Thankz)

1:30 – Meet Ted Jenkin: serial entrepreneur & CEO of Exit Stage Left Advisors

1:50 – Building and selling three companies, including a $3B wealth management firm

2:49 – Helping founder-led businesses maximize value and minimize stress

3:55 – Family life: 31 years married, three kids working across his companies

6:17 – Finding presence through family, routines, and intentional structure

7:40 – Health transformation: fasting, red light therapy, and holistic wellness

9:57 – ProLon fasting routine and quarterly reset strategy

12:39 – What fun and reading look like for Ted (nonfiction, travel, pickleball)

13:28 – Redefining balance: being present vs. splitting time

15:01 – Pivotal moment: father’s suicide & learning to “figure it out”

16:16 – Advice to founders: drown out the doubters and do the work

17:15 – Where to find Ted (tedjenkin.com + LinkedIn)

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