In this episode of the Coffee Shop Conversation Show, we unpack one of the most crucial — and often avoided — topics in entrepreneurship: Exit Strategies.
Whether you’re planning to sell your business, hand it over to the next generation, bring in partners, merge, or simply step away without losing the value you’ve built — having a clear exit strategy is essential. This conversation shifts the mindset from running a business to building a business that works beyond you.
🎯 If you’re serious about long-term growth, sustainability, and freedom, this episode will help you start planning with intention.
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💬 What We Discuss in This Episode
✅ The different exit strategy options available to entrepreneurs
✅ How to prepare your business financially and operationally
✅ Common exit-planning mistakes and how to avoid them
✅ What buyers, successors, and investors really look for
✅ When exit planning should actually begin (hint: sooner than you think)
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👥 Entrepreneurs Featured in This Episode
(Feel free to reach out for a virtual coffee! ☕)
🔗 Sondra Ray – https://www.linkedin.com/in/getitdonecoachinganvaservices
🔗 Peter Hingston – https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-hingston-4089a51a6/
🔗 Marlon August - linkedin.com/in/marlonaugust
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🙏 A Big Thank You to Our Sponsors
🎶 Intro music produced by Peach Jam Records
https://www.linkedin.com/company/peach-jam-records-inc/
🎤 Vocals by Cheyanne Summer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheyanne-summer/
📸 Photography by Joanne Moorhouse – Global Virtual Photography
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joannemoorhouse
🎬 Video Intro by Sommerville Lombard
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sommerville-lombard/
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💡 About Explore ProTech
We’re looking for the 500 most fun, authentic, caring, and ambitious entrepreneurs in the world to join our community.
If that sounds like you, book a meeting with Peter & Nestene here:
👉 https://exploreprotech.com/bookings/
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👍 If you enjoyed this episode
Please like, subscribe, and share the show so we can reach and support even more entrepreneurs around the world.
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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 - Tribe Song
01:56 - Sondra Ray: Hallo and Welcome!!
02:45 - Sondra Ray: Today's topic
06:06 - Peter Hingston: Be prepared
07:59 - Sondra Ray: Don't just disappear
10:03 - Sondra Ray: Know your business and numbers
12:41 - Peter Hingston: Be as prepared as if you are handing over a legacy to your own child
16:09 - Sondra Ray: Leave instructions as much as you can
21:16 - Peter Hingston: Last Will and Testament
24:25 - Sondra Ray: Hiring the professionals and finding those resources
28:51 - Marlon August: Always at your fingertips
36:23 - Sondra Ray: Multiple legs and Multiple streams
38:06 - Peter Hingston: Add it to your process from the beginning
41:03 - Sondra Ray: Have your resources in place
42:15 - Marlon August: You want to be able to protect everybody
46:37 - Sondra Ray: Wrapping up
47:17 - Peter Hingston: May all your wildest entrepreneurial dreams come true