WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & Investors - Season 4, Episode 47 - Food & Sustainability Founder Courtney Bell and Her Heartful Exit with Ungraded Produce

Season 4, Episode 47 - Food & Sustainability Founder Courtney Bell and Her Heartful Exit with Ungraded Produce

03/23/20 • 72 min

WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & Investors

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. And our program today features an in-depth discussion with a Founder who did just that, she sold her company. Courtney Bell is passionate about Food and sustainability. Her story starts during her Junior year during an internship in Detroit but with an idea that was going to be launched back in Raleigh - Durham finishing up her Senior year at Duke University. We get into the specifics of her building a company, Ungraded Produce from the ground up with a tiny corner of a cold storage unit and the trunk of her car. The story is fresh from only a few months ago and in this conversation you will discover a roadmap that must always return to your well being and what is best for your customers. 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!

I especially love this story because Courtney’s heart never leaves the room. Never leaves the business and the people who she has partnered with whether it’s her customers, her employees or her supporters. And most certainly, if our hearts as Founders are not in our business, then as a leader, we will not get to that finish line, whether that is in 2-years, 5 or 50-ears. We are thrilled you watched and/or listened to this WatchPitch Episode as we continue to explore the world of exits, mergers and acquisitions for business Founders and Owners ! Thank you for listening and/or watching the WatchPitch channel and podcast.

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undefined - Season 4, Episode 46 - Positioning for an Exit on Linked In with Auxbus Founder Dan Radin, Creator of a 1-stop Software Platform for Podcasting

Season 4, Episode 46 - Positioning for an Exit on Linked In with Auxbus Founder Dan Radin, Creator of a 1-stop Software Platform for Podcasting

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 successful 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!

HUGE and personal story here with discoveries about everythng from the type of investor capital to engage for your start-up and the importance of your personal connections when seeking capital to acknowledging our strengths and our weaknesses when building your business life cycle from A to Exit. We will keep you posted as to Dan’s progress and the future of Auxbus in future episodes so be sure to SUBSCRIBE. We are thrilled you watched and/or listened to this WatchPitch Episode as we continue to explore the world of exits, mergers and acquisitons for business Founders and Owners ! Thank you for listening and/or watching the WatchPitch channel and podcast.

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Season 4, Episode 48 - When a Banker Enters Deal Flow for an Exit Strategy - with David Madison at Home Trust Bank

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 guest today is David Madison, a serial business owner with 30+ years of Finance experience who is the guy you go to if you want to buy a business, or sell it. At the core of his guiding principles is the three-legged stool of any successful exit: a solid performing business independent of its owner/Founder, a buyer who knows how to execute that business and the culture fit involved with the blending of any Merger or Acquisition. Transition risk is real and in this episode you will learn more about it and how to lower that risk. 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!

Red flags, yellow flags and green flags for any exit strategy are real. Understanding how red flags can kill your exit strategy is reason enough to plan ahead and eliminate them so that what you have left is a structure for transition with your business that supports your exit...and, your partner’s newly acquired business. We are thrilled you watched and/or listened to this WatchPitch Episode as we continue to explore the world of exits, mergers and acquisitions for business Founders and Owners ! Thank you for listening and/or watching the WatchPitch channel and podcast.