Insights That Go Beyond the Surface: The Independence by Design™ Podcast
Owning a business shouldn’t feel like a grind. On the Independence by Design™ Podcast, I dive into the real challenges owner-operators face—from mastering financial frameworks to unpacking the psychology behind tough decisions.
Each episode is about giving you actionable insights—whether it’s a deep technical dive or an honest story from someone who’s been in your shoes. My goal? To help you create the time, cash flow, and wealth you’re working toward, one conversation at a time.
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Most Popular Episodes
Discover why thousands of owner-operators turn to The Independence by Design™ Podcast for expert advice and actionable insights. Below are some of the most downloaded and talked-about episodes.
#423: Financial Confusion to Clarity: Unlocking the 14 Ownership KPIs with Tracy Bech
Many business owners struggle to connect their financials to actionable insights and ownership goals. In this episode of Independence by Design™, I sit down with Tracy Bech—founder of the 60-Minute CFO and creator of a financial forecasting system that simplifies the three-statement model—to break down the 14 Ownership KPIs that every owner-operator needs to master.
Tracy Bech
Entreprenuer & Founder of 60-MInute CFO
#422: From Operator to Owner: Redefining the CEO Role with Joel Trammell
I sit down with Joel Trammell—a seasoned entrepreneur who has grown and sold two companies to nine-figure exits—to break down what a CEO truly does, how the role aligns with ownership, and how owners can transition out of day-to-day operations. We explore the strategies and frameworks that enable owner-operators to scale their businesses, delegate effectively, and step fully into their ownership role by managing a CEO with confidence.
Joel Trammell
Author & Entrepreneur
#410: Q3 2024 Economic and M&A Update with ITR Economics, ButcherJoseph and Walker Insights
In this special Quarterly Economic and M&A Update, I’ve pulled together three powerful conversations to help you, the owner-operator, navigate the current economic landscape and make smarter decisions for your business. We’ll start with Brian Beaulieu from ITR Economics, who provides a detailed breakdown of inflation, interest rates, and how the economy might shift in 2025. Then, Jeff Buettner from ButcherJoseph shares critical insights into M&A trends, offering practical advice on how to position your business for growth through strategic acquisitions. Finally, I wrap up with Tom Walker, where we discuss how to manage capital effectively, handle debt, and plan for long-term wealth creation in today’s complex financial environment.
ITR Ecomomics and ButcherJoseph
Quarterly Ecomic and M&A Update
#405: Breaking Founder Dependency: How to Assess, Recruit, and Integrate the Right CEO
Mike shares his unique insights on how to assess a company’s leadership team, the challenges owners face when transitioning from day-to-day operations, and the importance of aligning leadership talent with ownership goals. Mike explains the differences between hiring internally versus externally, and why sometimes promoting from within isn’t always the best option. We also explore the strategic role of a CEO or president and how to identify whether someone has the capacity to think strategically and lead teams effectively.
Mike Frommelt
Partner | Strategic Talent Partners
#402: Tax Mitigation Strategies: Keeping More of What You Earn with Roger Roundy
Roger explains the three phases of wealth—accumulation, preservation, and distribution—and how each phase requires different tax mitigation strategies to maximize wealth. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the tax code as a set of incentives designed to encourage certain behaviors rather than something to be feared. Roger argues that when properly understood, the tax code allows business owners to legally and ethically partner with the government to reduce their tax liabilities, all while staying in compliance with audit protection.
Roger Roundy
CEO of Strategic Associates
#407: Where Does the Multiple in Business Valuations Come From (& How to Double it) w/Ken Sanginario
Ken breaks down critical concepts like the cost of equity, the buildup methodology, deal structures, and how reducing risk plays a major role in increasing your enterprise value. By looking at valuation from both the owner’s and buyer’s perspectives, we provide a comprehensive understanding of what truly drives value and where the multiple comes from. One of the most important takeaways is that this entire process is within your control: by reducing risk and improving operational quality, you can take actionable steps to increase the multiple applied to your business’s cash flow, doubling the value of your business giving you more freedom and options.
Ken Sanginario
Founder of the Value Opportunity Profile
About The Independence by Design™ Podcast
Hey there, I’m Ryan Tansom. I know firsthand what it’s like to feel stuck in the daily grind of running a business. Back in 2009, I jumped into my family’s $21M company when we were losing nearly $1M a year. Over five years, we turned it around and sold it for eight figures—but the journey left me with more questions than answers.
That experience taught me the hard truths about time, cash flow, and wealth—and the one thing most owners don’t have: a roadmap to build a business that truly works for them.
On this podcast, I bring together everything I’ve learned—through 425+ interviews with brilliant minds like Chris Voss, Bo Burlingham, and Mike Michalowicz, and through my own experiences. Whether we’re diving into financial frameworks, breaking down valuations, or hearing raw, unfiltered stories from other owners, my goal is to give you insights you can act on.
If you’re ready to escape the daily grind, make better decisions, and finally design a business that works for you, this is your place.
Working with Ryan has been revolutionary. I have more clarity and less anxiety regarding the financial health of my business. I’m so grateful that I can now use my new mindset, tools and knowledge to grow my company’s equity value.
Steve Schaffer
Owner, Schaffer Manufacturing
The most concrete business practice I learned and adopted in Ryan's workshop was starting to think about our company as a financial asset and realizing we can forecast the business’s value into the future. We now understand that the future cash flow and equity value are the real metrics behind the health of the company.
Anne Dougherty
Owner, ILLUME Advising
As a business owner, I sometimes get into a rhythm or maybe a rut and do things in a certain way, almost methodically. Ryan's workshop allowed me to intentionally disrupt the rhythm and look at things through a different lens.”
Jamie Gmach
Owner, Evolving Solutions
An incredible resource for M&A pros
Ryan's podcast is a weekly ritual for my team. The insights and conversation topics. Ryan and his guests touch on issues that are highly relevant and actionable. We even find ourselves simply forwarding episodes to our clients to help them navigate the exit process. Thanks for the thought leadership!
Steve Gerten
Partner & Advisor, Paradise Capital LLC
Purposeful and Authentic
Ryan never fails to deliver excellent content that is useful and helpful. He asks questions that draw the best out of his guests. Ryan is motivated to help people achieve their purpose and his enthusiasm is tangible. He brings experience and authenticity to every episode.
Jenna Fromm
CEO, Palmer Bus Service
“Ryan Tansom walks the talk. He is incredibly dedicated to helping business owners and leaders ‘grow the value of their business with an end in mind’. My Vistage Members, EOS Clients and Coaching Clients leverage Ryan’s tools, education, workshops, and podcasts. My only regret about Ryan, is that I did not meet him earlier in my professional career.”
Katina Koller
Vistage Chair and EOS© Implementor
Working with Ryan has been revolutionary. I have more clarity and less anxiety regarding the financial health of my business. I’m so grateful that I can now use my new mindset, tools and knowledge to grow my company’s equity value.
Steve Schaffer
Owner, Schaffer Manufacturing
The most concrete business practice I learned and adopted in Ryan's workshop was starting to think about our company as a financial asset and realizing we can forecast the business’s value into the future. We now understand that the future cash flow and equity value are the real metrics behind the health of the company.
Anne Dougherty
Owner, ILLUME Advising
As a business owner, I sometimes get into a rhythm or maybe a rut and do things in a certain way, almost methodically. Ryan's workshop allowed me to intentionally disrupt the rhythm and look at things through a different lens.”
Jamie Gmach
Owner, Evolving Solutions
An incredible resource for M&A pros
Ryan's podcast is a weekly ritual for my team. The insights and conversation topics. Ryan and his guests touch on issues that are highly relevant and actionable. We even find ourselves simply forwarding episodes to our clients to help them navigate the exit process. Thanks for the thought leadership!
Steve Gerten
Partner & Advisor, Paradise Capital LLC
Purposeful and Authentic
Ryan never fails to deliver excellent content that is useful and helpful. He asks questions that draw the best out of his guests. Ryan is motivated to help people achieve their purpose and his enthusiasm is tangible. He brings experience and authenticity to every episode.
Jenna Fromm
CEO, Palmer Bus Service
“Ryan Tansom walks the talk. He is incredibly dedicated to helping business owners and leaders ‘grow the value of their business with an end in mind’. My Vistage Members, EOS Clients and Coaching Clients leverage Ryan’s tools, education, workshops, and podcasts. My only regret about Ryan, is that I did not meet him earlier in my professional career.”
Katina Koller
Vistage Chair and EOS© Implementor
A New Way to Think About Business
Owning a business shouldn’t mean sacrificing your freedom. Through the Independence by Design™ Ownership Framework. I’ll help you connect every decision you make—how you spend your time, how you manage cash flow, and how you build equity—to what really matters. It’s about designing your business to serve you, not the other way around.
Why I Do This
I’ve always been curious about what makes businesses—and the people who run them—tick. Whether it’s unpacking a complex financial model, diving into valuations, or exploring the psychology behind why owners make the decisions they do, I follow that curiosity wherever it leads.
Over the course of 425+ podcast interviews with thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and M&A experts, one thing has become clear: most people aren’t telling you the full story. My job is to cut through the noise, simplify the complex, and give you actionable insights you can actually use.
Sometimes that means breaking down the numbers to uncover what’s really driving value. Other times, it’s about listening to the journeys of authors, owners, and experts who share their successes, struggles, and everything in between.
No matter the topic, my goal is always the same: to connect what I uncover back to you. I want to give you the tools, stories, and strategies that help you run a business on your terms, achieve your goals, and create the time, cash flow, and wealth you deserve.
Podcast Archive
Below is a list of all the podcast episodes. After episode 400 the podcast was rebranded to Independence by Design™. The podcasts prior to episode 400 can be found on YouTube. I also have a bunch of playlists on YouTube that are sorted by var
#345: One Wild Ride: Lessons Learned from Buying 48 Businesses During the Pandemic with Jonathan Jay
#258: Creating, Training and Investing in the Next Generation of Acquisition Entrepreneurs
#257: Market Forecasts from ITR Economics: Debt Complacency, Inflation, China - USA Relations and the 2030 Great Depression
#256: Capitalism as an Antidote for Inequality: Collab Capital Raises $50 Million to Invest in Black Entrepreneurs
#255: Value Creation and Multiple Arbitrage by Transforming Analog Businesses into Digital Companies
#254: John Rood: How and Why He Sold His Business and Started a Search Fund
#253: What Should I Do If I Get an Unsolicited Offer to Buy My Company?
#252: Ex-Amazon Employees Raise Millions to Acquire, Build and Grow Enduring Brands.
#251: What Does it Take to Be a Good CEO?
#250: From a Burnt Down Building to a Multi-Million Dollar Sale to Private Equity [Part 2: The Exit Story]
#249: From a Burned Down Building to a Multi-Million Dollar Sale to Private Equity [Part 1: The Growth Story]
#248: Build a Business that Creates the Life You Want to Live
#247: How Clarity of Vision, Certainty of Intent and Powerful Values Impact Leadership and Personal Greatness
#246: What does it take for a company to survive for 100 years in the United States?
#245: Understanding the Customer Profitability Curve: Focus on the Right Clients to Grow Enterprise Value
#244: Dan Martell: From Criminal to SaaS Master, Serial Entrepreneur and Unicorn Investor
#243: What it Takes to Be Unapologetically Ambitious with Shellye Archambeau
#242: Is There Such a Thing as Growing Your Company Too Fast?
#241: Trust is an Entrepreneur's Most Valuable Asset with David Horsager
#240: How Service Express Grew by Double Digits Year- Over- Year from $2.8M to $240M
#239: Grasshopper Founder Shares Metrics and Strategies that Earned a $170 Million Sale to Citrix
#238: Why the Greatest Entrepreneurship Hurdle is all in Your Mind with Mike Smerklo
#237: The Road Less Traveled: How Sandra Conquered Silicon Valley on Her Own Terms
#236: Day Trader Turns Entrepreneur: How to Identify Market Trends and Create Value
#235: PIVOT! How One Trade Show Company Ended 2020 with More Cash Than They Started
#234: $0 to $10 Million in Four Years: How One SaaS Start-up Scaled & Sold Without Outside Capital
#233: Dominate Your Industry By Increasing Your Revenue Per Employee with Daniel Marcos
#232: My Vanity Metric is Cash Flow: How SureSwift Capital Acquired 38 Businesses in 5 years
#231: Why Buying and Selling Companies is a Barbaric Sport with Elliott Holland
#230: How One Woman Raised Millions in a World Where Men Control the Capital with Sarah Dusek
#229: Curating Your Life: How to End the Struggle for Work-Life Balance
#228: Contagious Culture: How to Show Up, Set the Tone, and Intentionally Create an Organization That Thrives
#227: Zero to Sold in 24 Months: How to Start, Run & Sell a Bootstrapped Business
#226: Shift Your Mindset: Quit Solving for Annual Income & Start Growing a More Valuable Business
#225: Owning Your Exit (Part 2): How Saud Pivoted PolicyMedical, Grew Exponentially and Sold to Private Equity
#224: Owning Your Exit (Part 1): Underground Nightclub Owner Turns Healthcare Tech Entrepreneur
#223: Scale Up Your Business Using the 6 Peaks of Value Creation with Nick Bradley
#222: The Ultimate Guide to Executive Compensation Plans: Aligning Short- and Long-Term Incentives to Value Creation
#221: From Hitting Rock Bottom After an Exit to Building a Real Estate Empire Managing over 6,500 Properties
#220: The Alter Ego Effect: Helping Ambitious Entrepreneurs Do Hard Things & Overcome Their Limiting Beliefs
#219: How Giving Up More Control Can 2x Enterprise Value with Allie Taylor, PhD & Business Psychologist
#218: Gen Z and Their Impact on Business and Our Economy
#217: 13 Years Post ESOP: Leading & Growing the Company Through the Lens of the Next Generation President
#216: Bridging the Capital Gap: Growth Capital vs. Private Equity & Traditional Lending
#215: How to Integrate Your Entrepreneurial ‘Why’, Conscious Capitalism & Intentional Growth with Ann Dougherty
#214: A Deep Dive into 10 Years of Research on the Highest Performing U.S. Private Companies
#213: The Ultimate Guide on How Private Equity Works and Makes Money with Sunny Vanderbeck
#212: The Impact of Remote Working on Business Valuations, CRE, Company Culture and the Economy
#211: What it Takes to Finish Big with Bo Burlingham
#210: How to Be Unf♥ckwithable
#209: Buying, Growing and Selling Companies: Lessons Learned from Doing Over 340 Deals
#208: How One Attorney Turned into an E-Commerce Entrepreneur & Sold Her Brand for 7-Figures
#207: Finding the Flow State: How Entrepreneurs Can Tap into Their Fullest Potential
#206: How SRC Holdings Grew 2x in Value After the Last 5 Recessions & Saved $100M Preparing for the Next One
#205: Growing & Selling an 8-Figure Digital Agency: How to Create Freedom Before and After the Sale
#204: Selling Better World Books (One of the First B-Corps) to the Creator of Amazon's Alexa with Xavier Helgesen
#203: 3 Steps to Reset Your Sales Strategy & Reach Your Ideal Clients with Gary Braun
#202: Lessons Learned from Growing a Company from $0 to $100M+ and Selling to a Private Equity Firm
#201: The Current and Future State of Business Valuations
#200: Life After Business Is Now Intentional Growth: The Story Behind 200 Episodes & the Name Change
#199: How to reinvent yourself in times of transition and find your life's purpose with Mike Lee
#198: From Freelancer to Selling to a Private Equity Firm: How to Grow Long-Term Value with Lloyd Wolf
#197: Forecasting the Recovery & Cutting Through the Noise with ITR Economics with Alex Chausovsky
#196: Solving Problems Through Payroll: How to Separate Your Management Role from Ownership in a Family Business with Sara Stern
#195: What's Going to Get You Ahead is Your People: How One Entrepreneur 4x His EBITDA with Chris Meroff
#194: Mastering Your Cash Flow: How to Get Clear, Get Intentional and Get Going with Pat Hobby
#193: Post COVID-19: The future of the economy, business valuations, private equity and more with Ilan Jacobson
#192: The Art of the Turnaround Industry: How to Fix Any Business in 100 Days with Jeff Sands
#191: A Deep Dive into the CARES Act and What it Means for Business Owners with Jim Stelten
#190: The Chairman of NY Signature Bank on COVID-19, the Economy and How to Manage in Uncertainty with Scott Shay
#189: How to Hire a CEO and Replace Yourself with Mike Frommelt
#188: Facing Death and Doing Deals: How to Take Setbacks and Turn them into Comebacks with Andy Billman
#187: Buyer's Buy for Their Own Reasons - Why You Should Be Happy With the 1st Bite of the Apple with Todd Eberhardt
#186: 3 ways to Tap into Local City Incentive Packages to Fuel Your Growth (Labor, Capital & Tax Credits) with Justin Erickson
#185: 5 Buyers, the Ability to Walk Away at Any Moment, and a Final $12.5M all Cash Deal with Steve Prefontaine
#184: Agile M&A: Master the Process of Buying or Selling a Company to Close Faster and Maximize Value with Kison Patel
#183: Growth Consumes Capital: How David Grew from $0 to $50M then Acquired 14 Companies and Sold to a Strategic Buyer with David Tramontana
#182: The 8 Pillars of Trust that Will Accelerate or Destroy a Company with David Horsager
#181: Selling a Company Twice: Once to a Strategic Buyer & Again 10 Years Later to a PE Firm with Gayle McCann
#180: 6 Components to Creating a High Performing Sales Team with Gary Braun (Ep.4 of Value Growth Series)
#179: The Role of a CFO: See Into the Future With Your Business Financials with Pat Hobby (Ep.3 of Value Growth Series)
#178: 10 Steps to Create a Strategic Plan and Increase the Value of Your Business with Greg Meredith (Ep.2 of Value Growth Series)
#177: How to Increase the Value of Your Business with Ken Sanginario (Ep.1 of Value Growth Series)
#176 The 5 Growth & Exit Principles and Recap of 2019's Top Interviews
#175: How to Save Yourself Millions in Your Exit by Hiring the Right Team of Advisors with Todd Ganos
#174: The Entrepreneurial Leap with Gino Wickman
#173: Growing and Selling a Company from the Integrator (2nd in Command)'s Perspective with Jonathan Thielen
#172: How to Create a Vision to Align Your Business and Your Life with Chris Yonker
#171: Why the Time to Sell Is When You're Doing Well with Chad Peterson
#170: How One Week Killed the Perfect Billion Dollar Deal with Sunny Vanderbeck
#169: How to Build a Company that Manages Itself: Living in the Owner's Box after Implementing EOS with Daniel Moshe
#168: Selling a Business to a Family Office: an Insider's Perspective with Paul Moffatt
#167: Rock the Recession: How Successful Leaders Prepare for, Thrive During, and Create Wealth After Downturns with Jonathan Slain
#166: What I Learned From Selling My Business & What I Will Do Differently Next Time with Dan Cooper
#165: Conscious Capitalism: Inside the Movement with Alexander McCobin & Dan Golden
#164: What Should I Do with the Company That I've Built? with Hannah Paramore
#163: Rebuilding with Purpose: How Growth and Burnout Can Lead to a Better Business Model with Mike Sowers
#162: What is an ESOP: A Deep Dive on How Employee Stock Ownership Plans Work with Dave Diehl
#161: The Role of an M&A Attorney, Due Diligence and How to Maximize Your Sale Price with Daniel Grimsrud
#160: Get Your Business Out of Your Brain & Increase the Value of Your Company with Chris Ronzio
#159: Taking Checks vs Giving Checks: 5 Key Elements to 15% Annual Growth with Duane Smith
#158: Learn How to Profit First & Take Control of Your Business with Mike Michalowicz
#157: Chasing Perfection - Shatter the Illusion; Minimize Self-Doubt & Maximize Success with Sue Hawkes
#156: The Great Game of Business – The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company with Jack Stack
#155: Buy, then Build and Sell After 5 Years - How to Create Wealth and Run a Business with Mike Wickham
#154: The Critical Role of Women in Changing Business and Leadership with Mary Key
#153: How to Sell Your Business for an Outrageous Price with Kevin Short
#152: Scaling from 0 to $170 Million with a 40 Hour Work YEAR with Scott Fritz
#151: One Hell of a Story - Family Buyout, Acquisitions, ESOP, Leadership Issues, Sale to a PE and Finding a Life After with Steve Harlamert
#150: Entrepreneurship is an Addiction: Multiple Exits and Back at it Again with Mike Jackness
#149: What If Your Company Had Its Own Private Stock Market? with Chris and Graham McConnell
#148: Axial: The Platform to To Help You Buy & Sell Companies with Peter Lehrman
#147: An Unfiltered Discussion on Financing Growth, Selling a Business and the Future State of M&A with Ilan Jacobson
#146: How to Sell a SaaS, E-Commerce or Digitally Native Company with Chris Shipferling & Jason Somerville
#145: Exponential Growth Using a Social Mission & Conscious Capitalism with Ben Vandenwymelenberg
#144: The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers with Brent Beshore
#143: 'Female Viagra' Founder Exits for $1 Billion and Gets Company Back for Free with Cindy Eckert
#142: How to Play Defense - Tax Tips and Tricks to Net More $$ with Vincenzo Villamena
#141: Buying and Selling Restaurants: How to Make a Profitable Business and Change an Industry with Matty O'Reilly
#140: Selling the Family Business: A Son’s Perspective with John Garutti III
#139: Lost and Founder – Tales from Startup to Exit with Rand Fishkin
#138: Opportunity Zones: What are they and how do they work? with Brian Forcier
#137: Why Culture Matters – One BHAG and a $38 Million PE Recap with Jill Nelson
#136: The ‘Texas Shootout’ Partnership Exit [Part 2 – The Exit] with Michael Kaplan
#135: Scaling from $300k to $18 Million [Part 1 The Growth Story] with Michael Kaplan
#134: 6 Figure Income After the Exit Through a Leveraged Funded Platform with Bill Smith
#133: Scaling from $10 to $30 Million in 3 yrs through Sales and M&A with Troy Berg
#132: Philanthropy, Charitable Tax Strategies and a Life After Business with Luther Ranheim
#131: Understanding Business Valuations & Value Drivers: How to Double the Value of Your Company with Ken Sanginario
#130: Structuring the Deal: Equity, Debt, Mezzanine, Notes and more with Matt Boettner
#129: $9M in Revenue, $4.5M EBITDA and a $55 Million Exit with Stephanie Breedlove
#128: Planning a Strategic Exit From Your Business with Mark Daoust
#127: Buying a Company for $5,500 and Selling It for 6 Figures within 4 Years with Colin Engstrom
#126: From Startup to Selling to GoDaddy with Alex McClafferty
#125: 2018 Life After Business Recap & The 5 GEXP Principles
#126: Growing and Selling a Company: Stories from Before, During and After the Exit with Tom Heller
#124: Why Your Reputation is Crucial in Your Exit with Mike Mooney
#122: The Acquisition Entrepreneur: Buying Companies and Growing Value with Walker Deibel
#121: Why You Should Sell The Family Business with Dr. Tom Deans
#120: How to Play the M&A Game: De-Risking, Building Value and Selling a Company with Dave Kauppi
#119:10 Year Economic Forecast: 2019 Downturn, 2030 Depression with Alex Chausovsky
#118: Secrets of Growth: Data, Trends and Insights from the Middle Market with Tom Stewart
#117: 6-Year Lawsuit and $1 Million in Fees: What I Learned After My Exit with Michael Dash
#115: 8 Ways to Increase The Value of Your Business with John Warillow
#114: Taxes and Selling a Business: How to Calculate Net Proceeds with Ryan Turbes
#113: Business Valuations: Deep Dive with a Certified Business Valuator with Brandon Hall
#112: Building a 134-Year-Old Company Using The Purest Form of Capitalism with Daniel Goldstein
#111: 3 Phases to a Transaction: How to Maximize the Sale with Hagen Rogers
#112: How to Grow Your Company with Storytelling and a Simple Message with David Mann
#111: M&A is Messy: The Impact of Company Culture Pre and Post Sale with Jennifer Fondrevay
#109: How Much Do You Need to Sell Your Company for? The Goal: Lifetime Cash Flow with Brandon Wood
#108 - How to Use Insurance In Your Exit Plan
#107: Protect the Value of Your Business: How to Use Insurance In Your Exit Plan with Chris Steffl
#106: Friends Don’t Let Friends Overpay on Taxes: A Deep Dive into Cost Segregation with Jodi Nielsen and David Deshotels
#105: Passion, Planning and Perseverance: One Man’s Story of Surviving Y2K as a Tech Company
#104: Passion, Planning and Perseverance: One Man’s Story of Surviving Y2K as a Tech Company with Scott Schwefel
#103: Measure What Really Matters When You Exit Your Company with Mike Rynchek
#102: Selling Your Business: Plan for a Life After with Laura Rich
#101: Private Equity Recapitalization: How it Works with Mike O'Neill
#100 The Ability to Pivot: A Home Run Exit Story with Ryan Born
#99: Serial Entrepreneur Exits Multiple Industries with Jeff Smith
#98: 3 IPOs – How to Look at Your Company Through Wall Street’s Eyes with Roger Sippi
#97: How to Hire an Investment Banker to Sell Your Company with Mark Jordan
#96: Build a Platform and Run the Business like You Are Selling Tomorrow with Arlin Sorensen
#95: 8-Figure Payday, Freedom Fast Lane Host Ryan Moran Talks About His Exit with Ryan Moran
#94: On the Other Side of a Company Sale: An Owner’s Look Back with Linda Nottingham
#93: TaxAct CoFounder Scales Company after PE Firm Acquisition and Exits a Second Time with Cammie Greif
#92: Protecting Yourself in a Business Partnership with Corey Northcutt
#91: Increase the Value of Your Customer Base to a Business Buyer with Anthony Bahr
#90: Valuing a Business: The Seller’s Perspective (Part 2) with Bobby Kingsbury
#89: Valuing a Business: The Buyer’s Perspective (Part 1) with Bobby Kingsbury
#88: Strategic Growth and Exit Planning with Multiple Owners with Vicki Raport
#87: Dig In to Find Your Authentic Self with Erin Weed
#86: Employees Are What Make a Company Valuable with Sherry Deutschmann
#85: The Cost of Losing Your Biggest Customer with Larry Anderson
#84: How to Grow and Exit a Digital Agency with Karim Marucchi
#83: How EOS® and Traction® Can Help You and Your Business with Mike Paton
#82: Why You Should Sell When Your Business is on Top with Sabina Teshler
#81: 3X the Value of Your Company with Recurring Revenue with Loren Horsager
#80: 2018 M&A Market Outlook with Bill Casey
#79: Do Nothing & Take Control of Your Business and Life with Rob Dube
#78: Tax Reform 2018 Overview with James Markham
#77: Owner of Drip Sells to Leadpages Without Losing Sight of his Principles with Rob Walling
#76: How to Sell a Company and be Happy in a Life After with Marcelo de Fuentes
#75: 3 Things in a Great Business Exit with Geoff Green
#74: Negotiating the Sale of Your Business as if Your Life Depends on it with Chris Voss
#73: An Entrepreneur’s Journey to Selling a Business with Kelly Caldwell
#72: Transferring the Family Business to the Next Generation with James Bly and Carrie Hall
#71: Defer Capital Gains in a 1031 Exchange When Selling a Business with Brian Forcier
#70: How to Avoid Seller’s Regret in a Business Exit with Bobby Martin
#69: Inside the World of Venture Capital with Jeff Grabow
#68: How to Sell Your Business to a Strategic Buyer with Josh Elizetxe
#67: Selling Multiple Irish Bars and 2 GINGERS Whiskey with Kierran Folliard
#66: Is Your Business Future Proof? with Brad Yasar
#65: Emotions of Selling a Business with Sherry Walling
#64: 7 Business Exits in the Pursuit of Passion with Travis Steffen
#63: Scalable, Repeatable and Profitable Growth with Erik Huberman
#62: How to Build a Board of Directors with Jim Zuehlke
#61: How to Increase the Value of Your Company with Ken Sanginario
#60: How to Buy and Sell a Business with Jim Sulciner
#59: Tax Advantages of an ESOP Exit Strategy with Daniel Zugell
#58: Choosing IPO as an Exit Strategy with Cathy Demers
#57: Exit Your Business to Find Passion Again with Troy Schuette
#56: ‘The SBA Guy’ Talks Business Financing with John Thwing
#55: Find Your Purpose in Business and Life with Kevin McCarthy
#54: The Missed Exit with Tim Hall
#53: Family Business Succession Planning with Wayne Rivers
#52: I’ve Sold My Business, Now What? with Cody McLain
#51: How to Get Your Online Business Ready for Sale with Thomas Smale
#50: Selling a Law Firm for All Cash with Tom Fafinski
#49: Getting Unstuck and Selling Companies with Kenyon Blunt
#48: Divestopedia Co-founder Talks Business Valuations with John Carvalho
#47: What is a Family Office? with Richard Wilson
#46: Designing Your Key Employee Golden Handcuffs with Dyanne Ross - Hanson
#45: Always Be Ready to Sell Your Business with Stuart Sorkin
#44: Getting Acquired by Google with Mike Nunez
#43: The Perfect Exit with Keran
#42: Train Your Brain to Reach Peak Potential – Interview with Dr. Patrick Porter
#41: Using an Exit to Fund a Venture in AI Dan Faggella
#40: Deciding to Sell and What Comes Next Mark Raderstorf
#39: 5 Bold Choices For You & Your Business Jay Coughlan
#38: Understanding Your Customer & Defining Progress Bob Moesta
#37: Pursuing Happiness in Life and Business marc miller
#36: The ROI of Company Culture in a Business Sale Paul Spiegelman
#35: Granting Wishes as an Entrepreneur Mia Hoagberg
#34: Journey to an Extraordinary Life Stever Robbins
#33: Successful Exits Require Planning John Brown
#32: Leveraging the Digital World to Grow Business Value Mark Daoust
#31: Hunting the Next Best Venture Clint
#30: How to Sell an Online business chris yates
#29: From Bankrupt to $270 Million Dollars with Norm Brodksy
#28: Use Your Business to Change Lives with Tana Greene
#27: How to Scale Your Company and Sell It with Terry Lammers
#26: Stop and Reflect on What You Want From Your Business Joe Sweeney
#25: How to Increase Your EBITDA by 15% Jaminson West
#24: Data is Crucial When You Sell Your Company Rob Nelson
#23: The Ripple Effect - 10 Years of EY's Winning Women Podcast
#22: Do You Want to Be King or Do You Want to Be Rich? Nina Hale
#21: Business Valuations: You Tell Me the Price, I’ll Tell You the Terms Scott Miller
#20: How to Live the 2nd Half of Life Lloyd Reeb
#19: Moving from Success to Significance Dean Niewolny
#18: Use Your Company Cash Flow as an Annuity Matt Shoup
#19: How to Sell a Professional Services Firm for Top Dollar Pamela Dennis
#18: How to Minimize Taxes When Selling a Business Todd Ganos
#17: Building a Business Legacy Andrew Warner
#14: You Can’t Increase Business Value by Making Cuts Turning a Business Around After Husband (CEO) Passes Kathleen
#13: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top with Bo Burlingham
#12: Is Your Company Worth Anything? Eric Gustafson
#11: Selling Your Business to a Private Equity Group with Bobby Kingsbury
#10: Why I Love My Business Allie Harding
#9: The Exit Planning Institute Chris Snider
#8: Sell Your Family Business to Your Kids Jon Schindel
#7: Plan to Sell Your Business - Sam Thompson
#6: Selling a Family Business Chris Goebel
#5: Selling a Business to Your Employees - Andre Schnabl
#4: Exiting a Family Business - Kurt Theriault
#3: 2 Open-Heart Surgeries, 10 Bucket Lists & The 3-Week Retirement Conrad Braun
#2: Don’t Regret Selling Your Company with Kristy Gusick
#1: Built to Sell with John Warrillow