Best James Creech Podcasts (2024)

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From Bootstrapped Beginnings to Strategic Exit to Brandwatch: The Story of Paladin with James Creech 28:38

11d ago28:38

28:38

This week on The Exit: Before the days of YouTube and TikTok, James Creech was creating videos, little did he know this interest would lead him to one day launch a company focused on content creation. In 2016 when influencer marketing and the creator economy was still finding its feet, James and his partners saw a need for tracking and reporting on…

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ER & Entrepreneurship: John Shufeldt's MeMD Walmart Deal 25:51

4d ago25:51

25:51

This week on The Exit: John Shufeldt was an ER doctor before embarking on a decades-long career as a serial healthcare entrepreneur with three companies and a health-tech VC firm under his belt.He details the sale of his virtual medicine business, MeMD to Walmart in 2021.He recognizes that, while he happened to sell at a peak valuation, it wasn’t d…

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Beyond the Screen: Sara Hirsh Bordo’s Path to Purpose 28:58

18d ago28:58

28:58

This week on The Exit: Among everything Sara Hirsh Bordo has done in her career, from being a marketing executive at Paramount Pictures and MGM Studios, the owner of several acquired businesses, and a 15x award-winning filmmaker, she might now mostly describe herself as an impact-focused creator. Through her production company, Women Rising®, which…

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Dot Com Dreams to Exit Realities with Matt Frary 32:27

25d ago32:27

32:27

This week on The Exit: Matt Frary got his start in online business during the dot com era. After graduating from business school and being unable to find a job, he went on an entrepreneurial journey that would have him building and selling five different online businesses.One thing he learned about himself was how he knew when it was time to sell. …

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From Food-tech Nonprofit to Zomato Acquisition with Srishti Kawatra 30:38

1M ago30:38

30:38

This week on The Exit: Srishti Kawatra describes her journey from founding her food distribution nonprofit while working at her corporate job in India, to being acquired by one of India’s largest food-tech companies, Zomato. She discusses how what started as a partnership inquiry turned into the offer, and what specifically made Zomato so intereste…

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The Journey Beyond the Sale: Lessons from John Rood's Exit 26:17

1M ago26:17

26:17

This week on The Exit: John Rood, author of "Beyond the Exit", shares his journey of exiting his test prep business, Next Step Test Preparation, and the challenges he faced post-exit, including uncertainty, depression, and illness. He discusses the importance of planning for your future beyond the exit, highlighting the need for entrepreneurs to en…

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Selling Success: How Lark Took Flight with Pallavi Golla 30:33

2M ago30:33

30:33

This week on The Exit: Pallavi Golla, serial entrepreneur and mother of two young boys, walks us through her journey of building and selling her bamboo fabric baby activewear business, Lark. She details the challenges faced during the sale process, including the sudden withdrawal of a key investor in 2022, as well as how she leveraged her social me…

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The Moving Parts of a $100M Exit with Ben Faw 30:00

2M ago30:00

30:00

This week on The Exit: Ben Faw has gone through two exits, one of which closed for a $100M valuation.In this conversation, Ben discusses how he selected the business to build, his criteria for finding an M&A advisor at the beginning of the exit process, and some metrics the buyer was looking at that ultimately led to closing the deal.In regards to …

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Build to Exit with David Perez 34:23

2M ago34:23

34:23

This week on The Exit: “If you can’t make a sale, you have no business…but with sales comes rejection.”David Perez is a seasoned entrepreneur who has sold two companies, generated millions from Fortune100 customers, and has served as an advisor for founders and businesses.Through the rollercoaster ride of his business journey, one constant that he …

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Soldier to Seller: Jon Caldwell's Amazon Exit Story 28:17

2M ago28:17

28:17

This week on The Exit: Jon Caldwell, an entrepreneur who transitioned from the army to business, shares his journey from starting a pet supplements brand on Amazon to its successful exit. He highlights the importance of pricing strategies, noting how testing different price points was crucial for his product's success. Despite facing challenges lik…

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A Journey Through Three Exits with Collin Mitchell 28:52

2M ago28:52

28:52

This week on The Exit: Collin Mitchell, Managing Partner at Leadium, shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey with three successful exits, one business which he and his wife grew from zero to $5M in only 26 months.Collin discusses the importance of sales, scaling teams, and the preparedness needed for exits. From starting in sales to foundi…

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The Great Wealth Transfer with Jill Lloyd 30:40

3M ago30:40

30:40

This week on The Exit: Jill Faherty Lloyd is a financial advisor who is truly influential when it comes to financial advisory for women. Jill shares her experience with liquidity events, the importance of being prepared for them, and what you need to know. Having always worked in predominantly male financial services firms, Jill realized that the i…

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Why Money is Key to Validating an Idea with Raja Skogland 29:12

3M ago29:12

29:12

This week on The Exit: Raja Skogland is the perfect example of why timing can be so important. Raja has had multiple exits but her most successful exit all came down to timing. Starting an online accelerator program for early stage companies was always a good concept, but Raja never would have expected the huge growth that came during COVID when ev…

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Playing Hard to Get to Get the Deal Done with Robbie Hardy 31:42

3M ago31:42

31:42

This week on The Exit: From selling her own company to mentoring other women entrepreneurs. This episode of the exit is a full circle entrepreneurial story from starting a business, building it into a successful company, to exiting and becoming an investor helping other women grow their businesses. Robbie tells how timing is everything, she was in …

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Building and Exiting the World’s First Voice Analytics Companies with Alysia Silberg 35:37

3M ago35:37

35:37

This week on The Exit: From developing the world's first voice analytics-driven sales enablement application to working at the UN in championing women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, Alysia Silberg has had a remarkable career and she’s not slowing down. When Alysia built Acceleforce, an AI voice analytics company and the first of its kind in th…

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Achieving Financial Freedom by 40 with Jennifer Pereira 29:58

4M ago29:58

29:58

This week on The Exit: Founder and Managing Partner of the Celestial Group, Jennifer Pereira, shares her goals for achieving financial freedom and why you need to change your mindset about investing in and acquiring cash flowing businesses to be successful. Early on in her career, Jennifer knew she wanted to reach financial freedom and not be tied …

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Treating Marketplace Businesses Like They’re Ecosystems with Elias Chavando 30:24

4M ago30:24

30:24

This week on The Exit, host Steve McGarry sits down with marketplace expert Elias Chavando. The two discuss the intricacies that come with scaling a marketplace and how the strategies used by Elias can be applied to any type of business. Elias is more than qualified to provide wisdom on marketplace businesses, having founded both Progresando.com an…

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The Intricacies of Exiting to a Manufacturer with Mark Samuel 26:46

4M ago26:46

26:46

This week on The Exit: Mark Samuel shares his extensive background in consumer product-related industries, spanning over two decades. His first successful exit involved a meal management venture for sports’ enthusiasts. Mark meticulosly scaled the business over a six-year period, cultivating a small yet reliable team of four. Faced with the pivotal…

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How to Grow from $0 to $9M, Exit & then Do it all Again with Seth Waite 33:41

4M ago33:41

33:41

This week on The Exit: Seth’s entrepreneurial career started very early. By the age of 20 he had already founded and sold his first digital company, a marketplace for plugins and templates for blogs. After leaving law school, Seth started and exited numerous other companies in content and marketing niches, exiting successfully a number of times, af…

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Raising $70 Million and Going Public with Dr. Steve Fox 28:03

5M ago28:03

28:03

This week on The Exit: This is an incredible story of Dr Steve Fox bringing together some of the best minds in the country to change the world of teeth hygiene forever. Raising $70 Million, Dr Fox created a patent to remineralise, restructure, harden and strengthen teeth, improving oral care all over the world. He released 68 patents, took the comp…

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Busting The Most Common Investment Myths with Steffi Baker 31:49

5M ago31:49

31:49

This week on The Exit: Steffi Baker has pushed herself not only in her career as a co-founder and investor, but also as a competitive figure skater, skating in the opening ceremony of the olympics. After the olympics, Steffi moved to London to complete her MBA where she found herself meeting women who were looking to grow their wealth but were cons…

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How to Sell a Business That's Not Yet Profitable with Diego Sampaio 29:24

5M ago29:24

29:24

This week on The Exit: Diego Sampaio’s career started at an early age. At 12 he was building websites and coding for friends and family. At 16 he initiated a web hosting service for Brazil. By 18 he founded his first company, marking the beginning of a remarkable ascent. Diego has been part of numerous exits in his entrepreneurial journey, includin…

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Growing to $12M in Annual Revenue and Knowing When To Exit with Redg Snodgrass 29:35

5M ago29:35

29:35

This week on The Exit: Redg’s career started with a role at an eBay startup, where he witnessed the dynamic nature of startups firsthand. Having played a pivotal role in propelling the company from zero to $1M in revenue within a few months, Redg caught the startup bug as he calls it. His journey continued with the creation of a pioneering Apple da…

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The Intricate Relationship Between Failure and Success with Helene Guillaume 25:13

5M ago25:13

25:13

This week on The Exit: Helene Guillaume is focused on changing the world. A big sports person competing in triathlons, playing rugby, swimming and now an amateur surfer, Helene quickly recognised the pain points for women in sport and wanted to do something to improve women’s experiences. Helene founded Wild AI, an organization dedicated to researc…

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Episode 22- Greg Judy at the South Poll Field Day 2023- Greg's On Farm Experiences with weeds, winter grazing, leasing land, finishing cattle, sheep, dung beetles, drought and so much more! 1:02:59

6M ago1:02:59

1:02:59

In this episode I share the recording I took of Greg Judy, Regenerative Rancher, talking at the 2023 South Poll Field Day. He covers A LOT of different topics from -largest expense on a beef cattle operation -weeds -winter grazing -leasing land- pro tips -finishing cattle-are they finished or not? -sheep in your grazing system -soil life- dung beet…

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Exiting to Yahoo for $10M with Eric Marcoullier 34:34

6M ago34:34

34:34

This week on The Exit: Eric Marcoullier went through college wanting to be a DJ, but when he bought a copy of Wired magazine, a lightbulb went off for Eric, he knew that the internet was where he would make his money. Eric moved into online publishing and was part of the team to launch IGN, a video game and entertainment website which was where he …

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Exiting the World’s Largest Boat Rental Marketplace with Sascha Mornell 32:26

6M ago32:26

32:26

This week on The Exit: From the Japanese ice cream industry to US Federal Defense, Sascha Mornell has worked in vastly different industries, but throughout his career, achieving an exit has been the common denominator. Sascha has been a part of three exits, the first of which occurred when he joined a startup called Register.com where he was the fi…

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Turning a Passion for Chicken Wings Into an Exit with Adam Lippin 26:54

6M ago26:54

26:54

This week on The Exit: Embark on an extraordinary journey with Adam Lippin. His path to success is a tale of passion and innovation, his story a testament to his ability to launch and thrive in diverse industries, achieving two incredible exits along the way. First, he introduced authentic Buffalo wings to New York City with Atomic Wings, expanding…

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Episode 21- Debrief of South Poll Field Day, Trends in the breed and Untapped Opportunities 32:42

6M ago32:42

32:42

In this episode I talk with 4 of the break out session leaders from this year's South Poll Field Day to get their thoughts and opinions on - The 15th Annual South Poll Field Day and Cattle Auction (Sept 22-23, 2023) - Debrief -Growing trends they are seeing within the breed -Untapped opportunities that some of us might be leaving on the table in te…

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From the Kitchen to Unilever: Jaime Schmidt’s Exit Story 32:38

6M ago32:38

32:38

This week on The Exit: Jaime’s journey into entrepreneurship began out of necessity. Dissatisfied with her corporate job, she left it all behind and began crafting products in her own kitchen. First it was Kombucha, then it was hot sauces. After finding out she was pregnant, Jaime’s focus shifted. She started creating skincare products for herself …

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12 Key Factors to Focus on when Scaling Your Business for an Exit with Greg Sloan 32:27

7M ago32:27

32:27

This week on The Exit: What do you do when you’ve spent years scaling your company with the goal of an exit but the acquiring company falls through? This is what happened to Greg Sloan who started his financial services business one year before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). After getting through the GFC, Greg decided it was time to build the b…

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Bringing Diversity into Entrepreneurship with Andrea Inokon 28:41

7M ago28:41

28:41

This week on The Exit: Faced with the harsh realities of gender and racial discrimination in her career, Andrea, a lawyer by training, made a transformative decision to become an entrepreneur. Her initial venture aimed to empower women with the essential tools and resources needed to combat workplace discrimination. As Andrea continued her journey,…

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Pioneering Industry Transformation with Sergio Ribeiro 26:39

7M ago26:39

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This week on The Exit: Sergio Ribeiro, founder and CEO of Radiolife, has always thrived on embracing challenges. Armed with a computer science background, he embarked on an entrepreneurial journey after completing his education. His first business took shape in the telecom industry, driven by his realization of the stifling monopolization in the Br…

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Episode 20 - Josh Creech, Albertville, Alabama - Their South Poll Story and hosting the 15th Annual South Poll Field Day 48:56

7M ago48:56

48:56

Get to know Josh Creech of Creech Farms in Albertville, AL. Josh and his father, Doug, have been raising South Poll cattle for 10 years and will be hosting the 15th Annual South Poll Field Day and Cattle Auction this year! Listen as we discuss: -How the Creech's got into the South Poll breed -What traits they were needing in a breed of cattle to he…

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Building Businesses with Veteran Entrepreneur Lara Morgan 28:22

7M ago28:22

28:22

This week on The Exit: We have a very special returning guest, who was in the first ever episode of the show. Lara Morgan needs no introduction – she's an exceptional investor in the health and wellness sectors and a seasoned entrepreneur. We're catching up on her journey, discussing the gender gap in entrepreneurship, and diving into her most rece…

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Bridging the Gender Gap in VC with Delilah Panio 32:12

8M ago32:12

32:12

This week on The Exit: Delilah Panio has been in the capital markets for over 25 years, and since the very start of her career, she noticed that VC is a male-dominated industry. Disturbed by the glaring disparity in funding opportunities between women and their male counterparts, she has passionately dedicated herself to bridging this financial div…

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Episode 19 - Teddy Gentry, Fort Payne, Alabama - Making a living in the cattle business 1:12:45

8M ago1:12:45

1:12:45

Are you trying to make a living in the cattle business? Then today's episode is for you! In today's podcast I talk with the creator of the South Poll Grass Cattle breed, Teddy Gentry. Folks may recognize his name from being one of the founders and the bass player in the band Alabama. While we don't talk music today, we do discuss: -Why he decided t…

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From Selling a PDF to Exiting a SaaS Company for 7-Figures with Brecht Palombo 30:03

8M ago30:03

30:03

This week on The Exit: Brecht Palombo’s business was down 90% year-on-year after the Global Financial Crisis when he knew he had to find another way to make money. With one baby, and another on the way, Brecht was researching lender data in order to find new opportunities when the idea came to him. If he was wanting this information, surely others …

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Pete the Cat And The Tip-Top Tree House | Written by James Dean 1:51

8M ago1:51

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Pete the Cat Snow Daze | Written by James Dean 2:34

8M ago2:34

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Pete the Cat Sir Pete The Brave | Written by James Dean 2:22

8M ago2:22

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Putting $1 Billion in the Hands of Female Founders with Sarah Chen-Spellings 36:47

8M ago36:47

36:47

This week on The Exit: Sarah’s path to entrepreneurship has been one of many twists and turns, eventually leading her to co-found an investment fund with the goal of putting $1 Billion in the hands of female founders. At the age of nine, Sarah was working as a TV host in Malaysia where she learnt the value of earning a salary, self-promotion and an…

10M ago23:32

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This week on The Exit: Andrew Christodoulides’s family immigrated to the US to pursue a better life. During his first year of college, a setback occurred when his father lost his job, compelling Andrew to find additional ways to support his family. Andrew was studying and working at the same time, and his boss at the time asked him to research call…

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