In the debut episode of Growth2Exit, host Jeff Kalil sits down with Sara Stock, business attorney and owner of Stock Legal in St. Louis. Jeff (a former Army helicopter pilot) and Sara draw parallels between flying and running a business: pre-flight checklists, weight-and-balance, and planning your route all the way to the exit. They dig into why legal shouldn't be a gating item that keeps owners from scaling, how to cast your vision and plan the end at the beginning, why incentive equity and your early tax election matter more than most founders realize, and how death by a thousand cuts quietly bleeds your profits, plus the rapid-fire game, a listener's challenge, and what goat yoga and gooey butter cake have to do with your business. Guest: Sara Stock, owner of Stock Legal (St. Louis). Host: Jeff Kalil, VR Business Brokers of St. Louis, business broker and certified business appraiser. Learn more at growth2exit.com.