Exit Stories
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Exit Stories features tech founders, buyers, and sellers from the Triangle, North Carolina and the Southeast to tell their stories about raising capital and selling their startups.
This program is produced by GrepBeat and hosted by Kevin Mosley of Jurassic Capital.
Season four is sponsored by Robinson Bradshaw, a law firm with a passion for startups. The firm has offices in the Triangle,..
Exit Stories
4M ago
Silvia Aguirre, co-founder of Tax Technology Services (TTS), joins host Kevin Mosley. They talk about Silvia's journey co-founding TTS with her husband after seeing a consistent need in the tax market. She ultimately sold to tax giant, Avalara, and negotiated to keep the company located in the Triangle ..read more
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Dallas Romanowski, co-founder and former CEO of Performance Culture, joins Kevin Mosley. They talk in great detail about Performance Culture's acquisition by Kevin's Jurassic Capital in 2020, from building a long-term relationship to working through diligence to an eventual great outcome for all ..read more
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Host Kevin Mosley chats with Tom Simon, co-founder and CMO of Source3. Source3 was a company focused on digital 3D rights before pivoting to digital music rights – an industry near and dear to the founders' hearts – at the right time. They ultimately partnered with and exited to Facebook in 2017 ..read more
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Windsor Circle co-founder and CEO, Matt Williamson, joins host Kevin Mosley to share his incredible story from seeing a market gap at Bronto and turning that into a massively successful company with a fantastic culture that stood the test of multiple funding rounds and an eventual strategic exit to WhatCounts in 2018.  ..read more
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Digitalsmiths' CEO and co-founder, Ben Weinberger, joins Kevin Mosley as they discuss Ben's journey from a dorm room in Illinois to following his now-wife to SC, then finally to NC as Digitalsmiths helped pioneer the way we watch TV today, ultimately taking VC money to take advantage of the market before exiting to a strategic corporate partner in TiVo in 2014 ..read more
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Doug Kaufman, former CEO of TransLoc, joins Kevin Mosley to share his entrepreneurial journey from getting his doctorate in social psychology to starting multiple companies before joining TransLoc, transforming them to a VC-backed growth company who sold only 18 months after raising to a strategic fit in Ford Mobility ..read more
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Anil Chawla, solo founder and former CEO of ArchiveSocial, joins Kevin Mosley to discuss how his cash flow positive and growing company bypassed traditional VC, eventually selling majority to Level Equity, and how he happily stepped aside as CEO as they gear up for the next stage ..read more
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In the season finale, host Kevin Mosley is joined by Travis Milks, managing partner at Topmark Partners. It's a Florida and Durham-based growth equity firm that focuses on tech-enabled businesses.
The pair discuss the secrets to developing a successful exit strategy, including understanding investment math and driving alignment between early and new investors. Travis also touches on the importance of understanding how investors make money before making exit decisions as a founder.  ..read more
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On today's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with the founder and CEO of TradePending, Brice Englert. It's a software platform serving the automotive industry.
Brice began his career in the space when he was hired by Trade Publishing Company, the folks behind Autotrader, in 2006. About eight years later, He decided to venture out on his own and create TrendPending, which enables buyers and sellers to effectively communicate and understand the value of vehicles in the market. Brice talks about the 10-year journey, from his own acquisition by private equity, the acquisitions they've done tog ..read more
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On this week's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with David Johnson, the founder and former CEO of Raleigh-based certification software startup Atlas Certified. Last year, Atlas was acquired by New York-based CLEAR, an identity verification platform. David helped major companies such as HomeAdvisor, Amazon and Care. com to automate professional license verification, monitoring, and status changes. He has a wealth of experience in the startup world, having founded his first business straight out of Georgetown University's Business School.
During this episode, David will offer his actionable advi ..read more