Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features an in-depth discussion with a Founder who has been in the trenches with his business, meeting the marketplace of podcasters with successeful funding rounds and a platform that makes it turn key for podcasters to get started. What’s fascinating is that after two years of pursuing his product launch he is now looking for an exit, and a job. This is a tough, honest and revealing story that mirrors the journey of countless start-up Founders who have massive skills to produce products but who often arrive at an intersection marked, “exit here,” and that translates into getting a job. The arc of the exit just isn’t being talked about enough and that’s why we are here...so, let’s jump in and get started!

Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a multi-generational expert in the world of Mergers and Acquisitions, Brian Sommer, a Partner with the international group, CDI Global. That said, Brian is no stranger to the struggle for start-ups and entrepreneurs and has helped develop and support Shark-Tank like experiences and curriculum for students pursuing the dream. Lots to learn from someone who knows a lot about both, the sale of a business and the buying of one. Exciting listen here how the arc of the exit just isn’t being talked about enough...until now. That’s why we are here...so, let’s get started!

Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a Founder who had a fortuitous exit with his software for the automobile business. Ford vs Ferrari this is not but what we learn is how powerful getting it right early on with one vendor can lead to a system-wide application to an entire industry sector. Now of course, timing was a big factor but like many other Founders who have had successful exits, it all began with one vendor which led to an Acquisition. The arc of the exit just isn’t being talked about enough and that’s why we are here...so, let’s get started!

Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a serial entrepreneur who by his own admission has indeed, had a very successful exit alongside several others that never made it off the launch pad. What is the secret sauce for when to begin thinking about the exit? Well, listen up because it is sooner than you think and to do it well takes a lot of grit...and balance. The arc of the exit just isn’t being talked about enough and that’s why we are here...so, let’s get started!

Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with a particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. In our last episode we talked about Merger & Acquisition readiness for your business. This episode is about, in many respects, the HOW of best practices to get there, and be ready with systems and best practices fully integrated into your business operations and culture... from the ground up. This ensures continuity, growth and integration with the impacts of an exit for you, your buyer and your team. Matthew Abrams joins us again for WatchPitch with Entrepreneurial Operating Systems or EOS as a best practice baseline for the start-up eco-system as well as the active and growing business that is looking at a future exit. This just isn’t being talked about enough and that’s why we are here...so, let’s get started!

Welcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we get started with a particular focus on exits for start-ups and entrepreneurs and business owners...the exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. To get us started we have an in-depth conversation with the global company, Viking Mergers and Acquisitions and one of their Managing Partners, Jeff McKeehan. You will be surprised to learn about how long an exit might actually take and what to be thinking about as you begin to look over your bow, at the horizon. This episode will offer strategies you can start applying tomorrow. Super important topic for the start-up eco-system that just isn’t being talked about enough...so let’s get started!

So is it really all just about PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS? Will we always be stuck in this pattern that even neurologists will tell us compromises our ability to be using the full capacity of our brain activity. Organization development experts and consultants Maureen McCarthy and Zelle Nelson from Collaborative Awareness and the Blueprint of We join us on our 40th Podcast and Videocast now to dive into a new model of focusing on what we desire and inventing new possibilities that then excites our brain and engages all of its intelligence. Powerful applications to your self, to inner team dynamics, with your clients and strategic partners and the practice of collaboration. You will be inspired...Let’s get started...

What happens when an Engineer who is traditionally focused on nodes and paths realizes how the mechanics of that actually apply not just to objects and electrical connections but also to people. Our guest today is Chris Filipiak, also known as the Connector. His business is connecting for sales and he actually embeds himself in companies to help with that very process. Huge discoveries in our conversation together about how to do this (including scaring the crap out of yourself) and beginning with where its all starts, our intention. You will be inspired...Let’s get started...

Mary O’Connor is dedicated to people getting into sync with one another so they can be empowered to improve this planet and whatever else their business is doing to make that happen. We discuss the mechanics and design of persuasive conversations that lead to enrollment. And this means being able to ask, how can I help. What are the problems you are having and there might be a few solutions I have. But your solutions, your reasons for connecting just aren’t going to be received well if we haven’t connected. Super valuable tools discussed...you will be inspired...Let’s get started...

How does an Investor, and eventually an investor group actually get formed? What are the values that fuel any investor group and when looking at that triple bottom line of people, profit and planet or community, how can these be measured for successful investing. Well this next podcast dives into the timeline of Kelly Campbell who along with the Investors of the Asheville Investment Club, are hosting the Big Scary Fish Tank Pitch competition where over $500,000 is at stake. And, we get inside the “tipping points” of investor decision-making. You will learn and you will be inspired...Let’s get started...