Building a company to the point of acquisition, especially acquisition by a large corporation, takes a high level of savagery. In particular, core values and company culture need intentionality. Following that time of savage building comes a time of sage reflection, both about how things worked throughout the years, and how all of it shaped and impacted you, individually. 

In today’s episode, I talk with Angie Stocklin about all this. Angie is currently a Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Purdue University, as well as an Angel Investor and a Mentor. Prior to that, she co-founded and built the company, One Click Internet Ventures, to the point of acquisition by Foster Grant, International. We discuss the years when she and her co-founder were scaling the business, including leadership decisions, finding the right team members, instilling core company values, and more.  

“[Company culture] was all very intentional because, at first, it was completely unintentional. And we were naive enough to think that if we just set a good enough example, and we hired people that seemed to have the same values as us… the culture would just happen, and it would just naturally evolve… and that is not what happened.” -- Angie Stocklin

What You’ll Learn

• Moving into the next phase after an acquisition
• Growing a business to acquisition
• Proper and improper priorities
• Embracing leadership roles
• Kind but corrective feedback
• Knowing yourself and finding others that know themselves
• Transitioning to trusting others
• Intentional company culture
• Monitoring the health of core company values
• Ideas for regularly celebrating and reinforcing values
• Making values actionable
• Addressing when people fall short 
• Key growth and evolution
• What makes you feel valued?
• Digesting feedback
• What recharges you most?

Connect with Angie Stocklin

Angie (Easterday) Stocklin is a Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Purdue University, an Angel Investor and Mentor. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Startup Ladies, an organization dedicated to helping women launch and grow scalable startups. Previously, Angie was a Professional Mentor for the Real Business Experience class at Butler University and the Co-Founder and COO of One Click Internet Ventures. One Click was acquired in July of 2018 by Foster Grant, International.

 Describing her role as a Lecturer, Angie says, “I teach students the areas essential to the creation and management of new ventures, including marketing and selling, finance and accounting, project management leadership, team building and ethics.”

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Connect with Daniel Fuller

Daniel is a partner and the VP of Business Development for FullStack PEO and host of the podcast Savage to Sage. He is passionate about seeing people, leaders, cultures, and organizations develop. He says, “When I have the honor of being a part of that maturation process, it's even more satisfying. My life and work are given to empowering teachable, humble, and hungry leaders and teams to create and sustain joyful, strategic, and productive environments.”