In this episode, Nicole opens up about the hardest year of her life, balancing motherhood, money, and a messy business breakup, and how she found the strength to start over and build something entirely her own.0:48 Nicole’s start at Merrill Lynch 2:11 Defining what “ultra-high-net-worth” really means.3:26 Watching $100M+ exits up close early in her career.5:06 Leaving Merrill to go independent and start a firm.6:41 Early struggles learning how to build an RIA.8:01 Finding a niche with pro athletes and exonerees.9:46 First red flags about her business partner.11:41 Partner diverts company resources to other ventures.13:56 Realizing something feels off — considering leaving.15:36 Her baby’s stroke changes everything overnight.17:29 Balancing special-needs motherhood and running the firm.19:11 Discovering the profit over-distributions.20:51 Realizing her capital account is negative $20K.22:31 Quietly preparing her exit and seeking legal advice.23:56 The conversation — telling her partner she’s leaving.25:13 Negotiating the $20K down to $5K.26:06 Launching her own firm, PearlVest Capital.27:01 The shocking math: owning 100% pays more.27:51 Acquiring other firms and empowering women advisors.28:41 Final lessons and emotional close.

In this episode, Molly Nutt shares how she pulled off two very different exits, what she learned about selling potential vs. profit, and how to protect your relationships when business gets personal. If you’ve ever wondered how founders actually navigate the messy, emotional side of selling, this is the one to listen to. 01:05 Meet Molly Nutt: Two exits in one year02:10 Building the CEO Society — from small group to booming community04:20 Selling a business to a friend — the “Friendship Clause” explained06:40 How to negotiate business deals with friends08:00 Running Acorn Digital alongside CEO Society09:25 Accidentally entering e-commerce marketing11:10 Creating Oaks Email Studio — and setting it up to sell13:00 The unexpected offer to buy Oaks15:05 How the sale actually happened16:30 Negotiating the sale — risks, valuation, and detangling finances18:15 Selling “potential” vs. proven revenue20:00 What the buyer really paid for21:10 Life after selling — focusing on Acorn22:00 Why founders struggle to hire — and her advice23:15 What sports taught her about business and risk24:05 Launching “The Growth Season” mentorship25:00 Lessons on negotiation, mentorship, and trusting your gut26:45 Where to find Molly Nutt online

In this raw and unfiltered interview, Sharmin Ali shares how a chance encounter on a flight changed her life forever. From joining a startup that became a unicorn to surviving a cardiac arrest at 32, she reveals what founders never talk about: burnout, bad investor deals, and the price of ambition. 02:00 India → U.S.: Chasing Google, choosing startups04:10 The plane pitch that changed everything06:00 Finding the superpower: sales, growth, Fortune 500s08:30 The $1M pharma pilot at age 2210:45 Rocket ship to unicorn—then time to leave13:20 First startup in India: OTT vision, ugly terms15:50 Eight-figure exit, expensive lessons16:40 Silicon Valley round two: Emotion AI begins19:30 Hustle highs, burnout signs21:10 $200M deal… then a cardiac arrest at 3223:15 “Get me out”: bad venture terms & hard exit25:40 Date your investors, lawyer up, founder gets $0 risk27:10 The 15-month rebuild: therapy, travel, book29:30 Startup #3: Video AI with better terms31:20 Sora’s shadow and a fast acquisition (Oct 2024)33:40 “Bitch, Stop, Please” — why founders must pause35:15 What’s next: content, LinkedIn, community37:00 Want an acquisition? Become attractive, not desperate38:30 Don’t raise just to be rich—entrepreneurship tradeoffs40:00 Founder mental-health playbook (therapist, oxygen mask)42:15 Final takeaways & sign-off

Angela Pointon opens up about what it’s really like to buy out your partners, take on debt, and bet on yourself when everything’s on the line. From the hardest conversations to the relief of letting go, this episode is about courage, burnout, and knowing when to walk away—on your own terms.   01:10 Meet Angela Pointon — Founder of 11outof1103:05 From Freelancer to Founder: How It All Started06:20 Early Growth, Big Lessons, and the Power of Saying Yes09:00 When the Leads Dried Up — and She Took Over Sales11:32 Deciding to Buy Out Her Partners13:00 The Emotional Toll of a Business Breakup15:40 Coaches, Therapy, and Finding the Courage to Buy Them Out17:50 Taking a Loan to Bet on Herself20:10 The Moment She Finally Owned 100%22:00 Business Takes Off — Freedom at a Cost23:48 Why She Decided to Sell Sooner Than Planned25:55 The Seven-Month Sale Process — and Five Offers28:30 The 90-Day Exit: No Regrets, No Looking Back30:10 Life After Selling — Slowing Down Without Stopping31:30 Her Advice to Founders: Don’t Wait to Believe in Yourself

Ever felt stuck running a business you no longer love—but you’re scared to let go? Meet Laura Roos, who sold her company without a broker, while pregnant, and turned the proceeds into her next seven-figure startup. This episode is messy, honest, and full of real talk about what it actually takes to walk away.00:28 Meet Laura Roos01:42 Building Minny & Paul from a $5K bet04:20 First big corporate client and early growth06:05 Expanding beyond Minnesota and scaling operations08:12 The word-of-mouth flywheel and pandemic boom10:18 Hitting the seven-year itch — COO runs the show12:05 The birth of Mary & Jane and the microdosing insight15:10 To sell or not to sell — the burnout vs. new obsession17:32 Why the broker route didn’t fit19:04 The bold move — emailing competitors directly21:02 The first LOI disappointment and the valuation wake-up23:40 Terms that matter — payout timing and sales percentage trap26:00 How she built leverage and negotiated smarter28:10 From cold email to signed deal in under 3 months29:22 Post-sale headaches — the earnout mistake31:20 Renegotiating to freedom — new deal, fixed payouts32:15 Mary & Jane rockets to 7 figures in 18 months34:00 Why microdosing hit differently (and who hated it)35:10 The founder itch — why she’ll never stop building36:12 Advice for small business owners “too small to sell”38:05 Closing reflections and what’s next for Laura

What happens when the person running your company with you ends up buying it from you? Carey Lindman shares how she went from senior care to creating an entirely new category: the postpartum doula. And how she built a business that supported moms when no one else did, and why she ultimately decided to sell her company to her own #2.   01:35 – Meet Carey Lindeman: Building ‘Welcome Home Baby’ 03:02 – From Senior Care to Aftercare Doulas 05:15 – Why Postpartum Doulas Are Different From Night Nurses 07:10 – The Untold Pressure on Mothers (and Why She Threw a Pan) 09:08 – Creating Demand for a Service No One Knew Existed 12:40 – Training & Certifying a New Generation of Doulas 15:05 – Scaling Challenges: Triplets, Twins & Overwhelmed Families 17:15 – Deciding Between Senior Care vs. Baby Care 18:42 – The Big Decision: Selling to Her #2 Employee 20:30 – How She Valued the Business & Structured the Deal 22:05 – Risk, Remortgaging & Buying Without Millions in the Bank 23:55 – Lessons Learned: Don’t Hold On Too Tightly 25:00 – Life After the Exit & Her Next Merger                                                                                                                                                                   

What do you do when you raise venture money… and then realize it’s not the right path? For Elle Hempen, co-founder of The Atlas, the answer was bold: sell just one year later.   In this episode, we talk about how a Google spreadsheet turned into a tech company, why she decided to skip the long VC grind, and how she negotiated an exit during the chaos of COVID. From pitching at Y Combinator while 8 months pregnant to getting a cold email from the exact company she dreamed of selling to, Elle’s story is packed with twists, hard choices, and the kind of honesty you rarely hear in startup land. 00:00 – Intro 02:48 – How a Google Spreadsheet Turned Into a Startup Platform 06:59 – “We Don’t Want to Sell to Cities” (and the Business Model Dilemma) 13:39 – Pregnant at Y Combinator & Pitching Through COVID Chaos 19:16 – The Cold Email That Changed Everything: Enter GovExec 20:18 – Investors Push Back: “You’re Selling Too Early” 21:56 – How Do You Value a Startup With No EBITDA? 25:11 – One of Only 4 Female-Founded Companies to Sell That Year 26:55 – From Founder to Operator: What Life After Acquisition Really Feels Like 29:58 – Walking Away After 5 Years: Why Elle Said ‘I’m Not in the Strategy Anymore’

Michelle Caba, a former Wall Street professional, transformed a failing nail salon into a successful local business, eventually selling it with a considerable profit. Michelle discusses her journey from Wall Street to business ownership, emphasizing the importance of strategic planning, market research, and innovative services like CBD manicures. Now she helps other business transform digitally to achieve the same growth!01:07 – Wall Street Dropout Buys a Nail Salon?!02:38 – From Failing Salon to Local Empire09:07 – CBD Manicures?! The Wild Strategy That Worked15:28 – The Brutal Decision: Why She Finally Sold21:25 – Life After Selling: From Salons to Consulting24:14 – The Hard Truth Every Entrepreneur Needs to Hear27:26 – Her Biggest Lesson (And What She’d Do Differently)

Julie Cole, co-founder of Mabel’s Labels, didn’t just survive the boys’ club of business—she doubled her valuation and sold to industry giant Avery. In this episode, she reveals the messy truth about co-founders, the brutal tricks buyers use to wear you down, and why staying passionate after the sale might be the ultimate win. 03:15 – From Basement Idea to Business Plan05:20 – Why Women Exit Workforces to Build Businesses07:00 – Creating a Product That Actually Worked09:00 – Word of Mouth, Mom Blogs & Early Social Media Growth11:20 – Scaling with Smart Partnerships & Summer Camps13:00 – The Challenges of Having 4 Co-Founders15:00 – Bootstrapping vs. Dilution: Why They Said No to Investors17:00 – When Avery Came Knocking: The Unexpected Exit Call19:10 – How They Negotiated Without Burning Bridges21:00 – Avoiding Fatigue & Leaving Money on the Table23:00 – Staying Happy After the Sale (Almost a Decade Later)25:00 – Lessons on Family, Branding & Staying Passionate

Suzanne Shelton built one of the top sustainability communications agencies in the US from scratch, then shocked the experts by selling it for double her target price. In this episode, she spills the unfiltered truth: the gut-wrenching moments, the bets that almost broke her, and the secrets behind her once-in-a-lifetime exit.01:20 – Starting With Nothing: Her Accidental Agency Journey03:40 – Agency Owners Told ‘You’ll Never Sell’06:00 – Planting the Sustainability Flag: The Risk That Paid Off08:10 – The Greenwashing Gold Rush & Real Industry Challenges11:00 – When Big Clients Come Knocking (and Why She Said ‘No’)13:20 – Turning Down Fortune 100s: Scarcity or Smart Strategy?15:10 – Betting the Company—And Her Own Salary—On the Future17:30 – The Pain of Specializing (and Losing 80% of Her Staff)19:10 – Surviving the Agency Trenches & Going All-In on Niche21:00 – Deciding to Sell: The Real Reasons23:00 – How She Picked the Buyer (Money vs. Mission)25:00 – Rejecting “Disrespectful” Offers & Why Earnouts Suck26:30 – What No One Tells You About LOIs27:40 – Losing Control After the Sale: What She Misses Most29:00 – Building Her Next Chapter—Without the Stress31:00 – Advice for Founders: The One Thing You Must Do Before You Sell32:19 – Wrap-Up & Final Lessons

Ever wondered if you could risk it all—your savings, your sanity, your entire career—on a food you love? Erin Wade did just that. Fired from her law job and flat-out rejected by banks, she built a cult mac & cheese restaurant that broke every rule and every record. In this episode, Erin tells the unfiltered truth about betting everything, surviving the chaos, and what it really feels like to sell your “baby” to a VC-backed food giant.01:00 – Fired From Law, Chasing Mac & Cheese Dreams01:32 – The Crazy Restaurant Gamble: No Money, All In04:25 – Friends Said She Was Nuts06:15 – Two Weeks From Total Failure08:20 – How to Survive Entrepreneurial Panic10:05 – Betting Everything on One Dish12:10 – The Secret Sauce: Pricing for Hype13:55 – Lines Out the Door—But No Profit15:18 – Outperforming 99% of Restaurants16:55 – Building a Business People Actually Want to Work At18:30 – Radical Transparency: Open Book Management20:15 – Buying Out Her Partner After 6 Years22:10 – Turning Down Investors—Until Divorce Changed Everything24:00 – The VC-Backed Tech-Food Takeover26:05 – Selling Her "Baby"—And Regretting It?27:42 – What Happens After You Sell (and They Don’t Want Your Help)29:08 – From Burnout to Bestseller: Writing The Mac & Cheese Millionaire

Ever wondered what really happens after you sell your business? Ashley Deland built and sold a top vegan restaurant—then watched the new owners burn it to the ground. In this raw, unfiltered conversation, Ashley and host Carrie Kerpen get brutally honest about burnout, regret, and the secrets nobody tells you about scaling and exiting. This episode is for anyone who thinks selling is the happy ending. Spoiler: it’s just the start of a whole new story.   01:00 – Meet Ashley: From Trend-Hopper to Serial Founder02:15 – Why She Ditched Corporate for Entrepreneurship03:45 – How Opening a Yoga Studio Changed Everything05:00 – Riding the Trends: Juice Bars and Vegan Restaurants07:00 – The Real Cost of Starting Businesses Alone08:30 – Scaling a Restaurant to Sell: The Hard Truth10:10 – She Sold For Double—But There’s a Catch11:15 – Burnout, Breakdown, and the Year She Took Off13:00 – What It Feels Like Watching Your Business Collapse14:30 – Letting Go: The Emotional Side of Selling16:00 – Lessons She Wishes She Knew Sooner17:10 – The Power of Vulnerability and Owning Your Story19:00 – Turning Loss Into Purpose: The Birth of “Unreserved”20:15 – Starting a Movement for Women Founders22:00 – What Nobody Tells You About Exiting23:45 – Upcoming Book, Summit, and Where Ashley Is Now25:00 – Surviving Chaos: Wrapping Up the Wildest Interview26:15 – Final Thoughts & How to Connect with Ashley

When everyone told Andrea to play it safe, she rewrote the rules and doubled her worth. In this episode, two powerhouse founders share the real story behind selling a business, risking everything, and turning partnership into a power move. Forget the “happily ever after” exit story—this is what actually happens when women decide to cash out and level up. 00:30 – Meet Andrea & Andrea: The Story Begins01:30 – From Side Hustle to Serious Business03:05 – When Growth Gets Scary04:00 – The Immigrant Who Broke the Rules05:10 – The Truth About Female Founders & Family06:30 – Choosing Partnership Over Hiring08:00 – Why Chemistry Beats Numbers09:15 – Secrets to Surviving Tough Negotiations10:40 – Building Trust While Closing Deals12:00 – What’s Next? Wine, Growth, and the Big Picture13:15 – The Real Reason This Acquisition Worked

Colleen West hustled her way from a tiny condo and a fax machine to a multi-million dollar exit. In this raw, inspiring episode, she shares how heartbreak fueled her business empire, why she refused to play by corporate rules, and the bold moves that doubled her revenue during COVID. If you've ever felt stuck, this story will make you rethink what’s possible.   Chapters:  01:30 — Divorce, Babies, and No Degree04:00 — Court Reporting School: From Survival to Skill06:30 — Starting Her Business From a Condo09:00 — Faking It, Fax Machines & Hustling Clients12:00 — Balancing Growth and Motherhood15:00 — Buying Another Business (and Mortgaging the House)18:00 — Running Two Companies at Once20:30 — Turning Down Bad Offers23:00 — COVID, Free Zoom, and Doubling Revenue26:00 — Cutting Costs & Skyrocketing Value29:00 — The Big Offer Returns — Her Terms Win33:00 — The Hardest Part: Due Diligence & Protecting Employees36:00 — Signing the Deal & Emotional Goodbye38:30 — Life After the Exit: Family, Freedom & Joy41:00 — Final Reflections & Advice

Joyce Marter didn’t just build a therapy business—she survived betrayal, took on millions in debt, and still managed a seven-figure exit. In this episode, she gets brutally honest about the moment her co-founder quit by email (and CC’d the staff), how she rebuilt from financial rock bottom, and the mindset shifts that helped her turn chaos into a multimillion-dollar win. If you've ever felt like you're drowning while everyone else thinks you're thriving—this one’s for you.   Chapters: 01:22 – Building a Therapy Empire with $50003:44 – Scaling Fast… and Falling into Cashflow Hell07:02 – The Shocking Co-Founder Exit (via Email!)09:15 – Half the Staff Walks Out — Now What?11:00 – Asking for Help and Facing the Truth12:30 – “Your Business Is Worth Seven Figures”14:05 – Restructuring: The Office Manager Problem15:44 – Mindset Work and the Power of Meditation17:10 – Using Therapy Tools to Fix Financial Trauma18:56 – Scarcity Mindset Rooted in Family History21:00 – The Road to Exit: Vision Boards and Vetting Buyers23:08 – Rejecting the Sexiest Deal (and Why It Paid Off)25:20 – Three Paydays: Equity, Rollovers, and More26:56 – Refusing Last-Minute Terms — Even at 7 Figures29:10 – How to Truly Shift Your Financial Mindset32:00 – Why Money Is About Flow, Not Fear34:18 – Intergenerational Financial Trauma is Real36:00 – Final Advice and How to Learn from Joyce

Antonia helped build one of the most iconic period brands in the world. In this episode, she takes us inside the real, messy, deeply human journey of launching Thinx: from her pink pajama shame moment at 13 to raising millions, writing her own patent, and co-founding a brand that changed the way we talk about periods.   But that’s only the first half of the story.   She opens up about what it actually felt like to raise money, negotiate with strategic partners, and sit in rooms where you slowly lose control of the brand you built. What happens when you and your co-founders don’t want the same future? What do you do when the investors are offering the deal of a lifetime? 01:10 – Meet Antonia: From Classical Musician to Brand Builder 04:30 – The Origin of Thinx: A Three-Legged Race & a Bikini Bottom 08:00 – From India to Innovation: Solving Global Period Poverty 11:15 – The Girl Effect: Empowering Girls by Keeping Them in School 14:20 – Designing Smart Underwear: Antimicrobial, Leak-Proof & Chic 17:40 – First Funding: From Music Studio to Kickstarter 21:30 – “Failure to Launch” & Taking the Leap 24:10 – Family & Friends Round + The $25K Investor Who Made $1M 27:50 – When Deals Don’t Close: Due Diligence with UK Partner 31:40 – Sri Lanka Email Changes Everything: MAS Becomes Strategic Partner 36:00 – Why the Subway Ads Made People Stop & Stare 38:45 – Educating the Public on “Underwear for Periods” 41:00 – Kimberly-Clark Enters the Picture 43:20 – Losing Control of Product Design After Investment 45:00 – Birth of Her Next Venture: The Shoe Brand Idea 48:15 – $2.1M Kickstarter for Her Shoe Brand in 90 Days 51:00 – Was She Ready to Leave Thinx? 53:10 – The Co-Founder Rift: Different Timelines, Different Visions 56:40 – Lessons in Equity, Contracts & Business Breakups 59:15 – Don’t Assume Love = Legal Protection 01:01:30 – Why She Has No Regrets (But Learned the Hard Way)

She built a company from scratch to serve medically fragile children — and sold it for double her valuation. In this powerful and emotional episode, Coco Sellman shares the full story behind founding her home healthcare agency inspired by her stepdaughter, scaling it to $7M in just 18 months, surviving the pandemic, navigating investors and partnerships, negotiating a merger, and finally landing the perfect exit with a major children’s hospital.   From starting without funding to surviving impossible cash flow gaps and sitting across from private equity in a room full of men — Coco breaks down what it really takes to exit on your terms. If you’re building with purpose but want a serious business outcome… this one is a must-listen.   01:15 – Meet Coco Sellman & Her Mission-Driven Business 04:30 – A Medically Fragile Child Sparked the Business Idea 08:50 – Why No One Would Take Her Stepdaughter 12:10 – From Purpose to Business Opportunity 16:25 – How She Started a Home Healthcare Agency 21:00 – 18 Months of Operating Without Reimbursement 24:10 – Bootstrapping vs. Raising Investment Early 27:15 – From Zero to $7M in Revenue 30:40 – Why Nurses Were the Real Growth Bottleneck 33:15 – How to Attract & Retain 15 Nurses a Month 35:50 – Taking on Her First Angel Investor 39:00 – What Makes a “Perfect” Investor 42:15 – Pandemic Hits: Her Growth Strategy Breaks 44:40 – Planning the Merger 48:25 – How She Negotiated the Deal 52:00 – The Reality of Merging Operations 55:30 – Losing Her Team, Gaining Scale 59:00 – Surprise: Medicaid Rate Increases by 31% 01:02:00 – Connecticut Children’s Hospital Reaches Out 01:04:40 – When You Realize You Could’ve Gone Solo 01:07:00 – How to Build for an Exit While Scaling Fast 01:09:30 – The Final Deal & Why She Has No Regrets

In this episode of The Exit Whisperer, we sit down with Ali von Paris, founder of Route One Apparel, a Maryland-themed clothing company that went from a viral college T-shirt idea to a self-funded powerhouse. Ali dives into the early hustle of building a business from scratch, learning e-commerce when it was still the wild west, scaling to 4,000+ SKUs, and eventually navigating the emotional and strategic complexities of selling her business.   If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to exit a company you built from the ground up—or how to scale a community-rooted brand into a full-blown movement—this one’s for you. 00:00 - Intro: Meet Ali von Paris 01:30 - The Viral T-Shirt That Changed Everything 04:00 - Turning a Hobby Into a Business 08:45 - Growing with No Outside Funding 12:20 - Getting Shut Down (and Why It Fueled Her) 16:10 - First Office, First Employees, First Big Wins 19:50 - Licensing with Old Bay & Maryland Legends 24:00 - Learning the Business Side (The Hard Way) 28:30 - Fixing Inefficiencies That Held Her Back 32:00 - How a Sequin Jacket Made $500k 36:15 - The Emotional Shift That Led to Selling 41:00 - The Number That Meant Financial Freedom 45:00 - Finding Identity Beyond the Business 49:00 - What Selling Actually Looked Like 54:00 - Her Next Chapter (and a Call for Like-Minded Founders)

In this episode of The Exit Whisperer, Michelle Wahler shares the incredible 18-year journey of building Beyond Yoga—a body-positive, female-founded activewear brand that made comfort, inclusivity, and authenticity its mission from day one. From hand-illustrated T-shirts to a strategic, self-funded apparel company acquired by Levi Strauss & Co., Michelle unpacks every twist in her story: childhood influences, bootstrapping struggles, wholesale wins, emotional negotiations, and her mindset shift post-exit.   Whether you’re scaling your first business or considering your final chapter, this is a masterclass in leading with values and building a brand people love.   00:00 - Intro: Who is Michelle Wahler? 01:45 - Losing Her Dad’s Business, Gaining a Mission 05:30 - From Unsweetened T-Shirts to Activewear Vision 08:20 - Meeting Her Co-Founder and Starting Beyond Yoga 13:40 - The Business Was Built for Real Women 17:25 - Why They Never Raised Venture Capital 21:50 - Early Wholesale Wins & Studio-by-Studio Growth 26:00 - Doubling Year After Year (Until the Recession) 30:40 - The Moment They Took Finances In-House 35:00 - Cold LinkedIn Message from Levi’s 39:15 - “Build or Buy?” and the Levi’s Strategy 42:40 - Reflecting on Earlier Offers and Knowing Their Worth 47:00 - Why She Said No to Fast Growth 52:10 - Controlling Distribution and Staying True to the Brand 56:40 - The Integrity Behind Every Decision 01:00:00 - Closing Thoughts on Exit and Identity

Carrie sits down with Jennifer Vazquez, a single mother who overcame bankruptcy and the failure of her first business to build and sell a series of successful childcare centers.   Jennifer shares her journey of acquiring, scaling, and eventually selling three childcare centers for double their valuation. She discusses key strategies such as seller financing, and the benefits of buying existing businesses over starting from scratch.   Jennifer also delves into her transition from running childcare centers to her current role as an EOS coach, helping other entrepreneurs achieve success. Her story is filled with persistence, grit, and invaluable insights for anyone navigating the entrepreneurial landscape.     00:30 Meet Jennifer Vazquez: A Story of Resilience 00:47 From Bankruptcy to Business Success 01:24 The Journey of Buying and Scaling Childcare Centers 02:13 Welcome Jennifer: The Interview Begins 02:54 Jennifer's First Business Acquisition 04:54 Overcoming Financial Hurdles 06:01 Scaling Up: The Second and Third Acquisitions 08:40 The Power of Networking and Mastermind Groups 14:50 Implementing EOS: A Game Changer 15:25 Implementing EOS for Business Efficiency 15:44 Achieving Business Goals and Centralized Management 16:56 Empowering the Team and Growing Profits 17:20 Decision to Sell and Overcoming Challenges 18:29 Navigating COVID and Business Resilience 19:51 Negotiating the Sale and Financial Strategies 25:59 Post-Sale Reflections and EOS Coaching 28:59 Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs 30:56 Conclusion and Contact Information