Exits – Advice from Experts

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Exits

Calgary

$200.0/min 4.9 58 $3.33/min

I have built technology ventures, both in the US and Canada with successful exits through acquisitions and a nine figure IPO. My background is weighted towards sales and marketing, particularly in the B2B space. I now help other companies move from startup to sustainability when I'm not behind the wheel of my tractor. More about me at http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsullivanky

Pietari Grohn

San Francisco, California

$350.0/min 5.0 31 $5.83/min

Silicon Valley startup and venture capital attorney. Formerly founder of Vivio and Rviewr. Practical and business-minded counsel.

James Camp

New York, NY

$500.0/min 5.0 19 $8.33/min

Has created digital strategies for enterprises including Mckinsey & Company, Lionsgate, and more. Exited 2 companies. Google Launchpad Mentor on growth strategies and customer acquisition in London and MaGIC in Kuala Lumpur. KPI driven, with roots in performance marketing. Exited a lead gen firm/Ad Network 10 years ago. Most recently exited a strategy consulting firm I cofounded for $30m+.

Edgar Tirado

San Diego, CA

$150.0/min 5.0 4 $2.5/min

100+ Mergers and Acquisition transactions (exceeding over $10 billion in aggregate deal value), which include over 6 years with Fenwick & West, LLP in Silicon Valley, over 2 years with DLA Piper LLP (US) in San Diego and currently with a firm that I have formed with a few of my former Fenwick colleagues. Merger. Company Sale.

Justin Ferriman

Los Angeles

$400.0/min 5.0 2 $6.67/min

Coaching WordPress Founders. Not just talk - sold LearnDash with 32% YoY growth & 76% profit margins. NOTE: All calls also include Zoom.

Alex Lawrence

Bountiful, Utah

$200.0/min 5.0 65 $3.33/min

Founder, Co-Founder, Partner, President of 9 companies. Sold 7 of them. Bootstrapped and VC backed. Started in retail/franchising and commercial RE, transitioned to software/Internet. Decent dude, love to help/connect others.

Dexter Boyce

London, England, GBR

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

A proven commercial, finance and operations lead with experience restructuring, scaling and exiting high-growth tech companies across the AI, SaaS, e-Commerce, FMCG, Education & Financial Services sectors. . My focus lies in building scalable finance and FP&A functions that: • are optimised for data-driven decision-making • fuel efficient international expansion (including in the US) • prime startups for Fundraising and/or Exit.

Thomas Leffler

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

As a proven CEO, President, and serial entrepreneur, I've spent decades building and scaling companies from startups to $100M+ organizations. I've also driven significant growth and transformation within Fortune 500 environments. I've led successful turnarounds, executed strategic acquisitions, accelerated growth, and delivered exits through both strong and challenging markets. Alongside my operating and board work, I coach senior leaders and CEOs, helping them navigate growth, transition into bigger roles, and lead with more clarity and confidence. I'm currently taking on a limited number of new coaching clients. At Project Insight, I increased new business revenue by over 50% and reduced customer churn by over 15%. At Rivers Edge Pharmacy, I led the turnaround, restored profitability and achieved an exit. As President and Founder of iMatrix Software, I gained hundreds of clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. I offer CEO and CRO advice to companies with $3M–$100M in revenue, with project and fractional leadership engagements also available. Our conversation will focus on your business challenge, the decisions you need to make and practical next steps.

Paul Karaffa

Honolulu, HI

$400.0/min N/A 0 $6.67/min

Ex-CEO & Exit Junkie. Also: founder, mentor, angel investor, IT services expert, and scaling ninja. On a mission to help founders crush their goals.

Cosmin Bardan

Dubai, UAE

$300.0/min N/A 0 $5/min

THE CHARITY WOW ACADEMY RECEIVES 100% OF THE REVENUE FROM CONSULTING! In 2017, I started three Amazon US private label e-commerce brands with my business partner and only five remote employees. In just three years, we grew these brands to over $10 million each in annual revenue. Although the products of these three brands are completely unrelated, we were able to replicate our success on Amazon.com using a systemized process that can be applied to any product category. In October 2021, we sold two of the brands to an Amazon aggregator, allowing us to diversify our investment portfolio and focus our full attention on the remaining brand. As in all aspects of life, the Amazon private label model has patterns, rules, and strategies that, when followed diligently, produce results like ours. By building three 8-figure Amazon e-commerce brands in the last six years, we have consistently proven that our strategies work and can be replicated. Of course, hard work and commitment are essential, but I strongly believe that all healthy, long-term businesses with great growth potential require these two ingredients. The Amazon private label space is one of the best ways to invest your hard work and commitment if you are looking to build an online business with full location freedom and relatively low fixed costs. I am passionate about helping others grow their Amazon US private label brands, prevent them from following ineffective strategies, and take their products to the next level. Please feel free to contact me if you would like any assistance. I would love to help your ideas reach their potential in the Amazon E-commerce space!

Rich Gorman

New York, New York

$350.0/min N/A 0 $5.83/min

As a pioneer in online direct response marketing, Rich Gorman has built hundreds of direct response campaigns that have achieved scale and has invested in dozens of startups. I'm an expert in direct response, internet start-ups, publishing, and performance marketing.

Sean Sheppard

ÜT: 33.235697,-111.843906

$200.0/min N/A 33 $3.33/min

I specialize in accelerating growth in companies across a wide range of industries and markets.

Christian Hunter

Santa Barbara, CA

$60.0/min N/A 0 $1/min

Started, ran, and sold a few successful startups. Pretty narrowly focused on direct to consumer service companies. If you have a customer-facing offering you think can be significantly scaled, let's talk. BACKGROUND: My first startup sale (Bargain.com) went for $64.5 million in cash deal to a NASDAQ traded company My second startup sale (inq.com / TouchCommerce) went to another NASDAQ traded company in a cash and stock deal worth $215 million.

Gary Gilchrist

New York, NY

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

Gary works exclusively with CEOs, private equity firms and key executives to define the capabilities and strategies required for organizational readiness to grow sales revenues by 2-3x and identify key targets for growth. He is an expert at enhancing the sales infrastructure and strategies needed to institutionalize sales processes that form the DNA needed to bring start-up companies over the finish line. As a hands-on executive he has a unique combination of strategic sales management and tactical execution, ideally suited for an organization with aggressive growth goals and sales turnaround. Over the course of his career, he’s successfully helped multiple startups transform their sales organizations by putting the operational best practices in place leading them to a merger or acquisition by Fortune 1000 companies. Gary has managed Sales Teams and Business Development for various organizations across his career including software and data companies such as Experian, Dunn & Bradstreet, West Corporation, and On24. He brings proven methodologies for sales leadership, demand generation, organic and business development, new product launches, account growth, compensation and incentive planning and a host of other best practices. His work is defined by the goals of his clients with the aim of taking them from Good 2 Great. (G2G!) Gary is a sought-after coach and mentor with experience across the variety of sales disciplines and strategies needed to achieve success in the services, software and technology industries.