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Hosted by Susan Kearney and Heather Bennett · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 61 episodes
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This is the Growth + Exit Podcast, where owners of privately held, middle-market companies talk about founding, scaling, and exiting their businesses successfully.
Susan Kearney and Heather Bennett hosts Growth + Exit, a business show with 61 episodes published.
Scott Ryan is the Founder and CEO of Investature, a sustainable finance and fintech company helping organizations align retirement benefits, investment choices, and financed-emissions goals. He leads the company's strate
Jeff Aplin is the CEO of Aplin, a Canadian staffing and recruiting firm providing temporary, contract, permanent, and IT talent solutions across North America. He leads the company's growth strategy, acquisitions, capita
David Reid is the Founder of Plan B Gurus, a consulting firm that helps business owners strengthen operations, build value, and prepare for successful exits. A seasoned CEO, board advisor, and the author of Getting to Ex
Tony Medrano is the Co-founder and CEO of LongevityPlan.AI, a physician-supervised wellness company using peptide protocols, health data, and AI to support longevity, recovery, and performance. A three-time tech startup
Molly McCartan is the Managing Partner at The Whisper Group, an M&A and exit-readiness advisory firm helping women founders scale and sell their companies. She is also the Founder and CEO of The Mom Pact, a career strate
Newt Fowler is a Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, a global law firm advising businesses on corporate, transactional, and regulatory matters. He helps companies, investors, and entrepreneurs navigate mergers and acquisit
Maggie Lord is the Co-founder of The Whisper Group, an exit-readiness advisory firm and community helping women business owners scale and sell their companies. In her role, she advises female founders on exit readiness,
Ari Pirutinsky is the Founder and CEO of Steady Growth Partners, a digital marketing agency focused on long-term, data-driven growth strategies. In this role, he leads client strategy, oversees service delivery, and work
Tom Jacobs is the Founder and Board Partner at Avanza + MedHQ, which provides outpatient advisory services and administrative solutions to the healthcare industry. Under his leadership, MedHQ expanded its service offerin
Andy Crestodina is the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Orbit Media Studios, an award-winning digital agency. With over 20 years of experience in analytics, SEO, content strategy, AI, and website optimization, h
Lynda Ellis is the CEO of Capitol Concierge, a leading provider of corporate, residential, and commercial concierge services. She joined the company in 1998 and later purchased it in 2007, guiding its growth into a natio
Robert Gomez is the Owner of Beat Kitchen, a popular Chicago live music venue and restaurant known for its blend of food, drinks, and nightly performances. With over 30 years of experience in the food and beverage indust
Mikki Williams, CSP, CPAE Speaker Hall of Fame, is an international speaker, storyteller, author, and executive speech coach. She holds both the Certified Speaking Professional designation and the CPAE Speaker Hall of Fa
Catherine Connelly is the Founder and Fractional Head of Marketing at Connelly Ventures, LLC, a marketing advisory firm that helps entrepreneurs and growing teams build scalable, practical marketing strategies. As an ent
Kathleen Perley is the Founder and CEO of AdaIR, an AI intelligence platform for capital market communication. She is a linguist-turned-entrepreneur and an AI thought leader focused on making advanced technology practica
Rob Stepen is a Certified Business Performance Advisor at Insperity, a leading human resources and business performance solutions company. With decades of experience as a business owner, he helps organizations improve ef
Julie Castro Abrams is the CEO and Chair of How Women Lead, a national network of executive women dedicated to advancing gender equity, expanding board representation, and increasing access to capital for women-led compa
Adam Spector is the Founder and CEO of Chore, a startup that helps founders offload back-office operations through fractional chief-of-staff services. As a four-time founder, startup advisor, and investor, he has backed
Tim Padgett is the Founder of Pepper Group, a B2B full-service marketing agency that provides branding, lead generation, and sales services. As CEO, he blends creativity with business strategy to help organizations commu
Susan Kearney is the Managing Director, Board Member, and Partner at Newport LLC, a business advisory firm helping middle-market companies grow and exit. Before Newport, she was the COO of Network for Good, where she ach
Catherine Connelly
Founder and Fractional Head of Marketing · Connelly Ventures, LLC
1 appearance on this show
Adam Spector
Founder and CEO · Chore
1 appearance on this show
Jeff Aplin
Aplin
1 appearance on this show
Maggie Lord
The Whisper Group
1 appearance on this show
Lynda Ellis
Capitol Concierge
1 appearance on this show
Kathleen Perley
AdaIR
1 appearance on this show
Rob Stepen
Insperity
1 appearance on this show
Julie Castro Abrams
How Women Lead
1 appearance on this show
Susan Kearney
Newport LLC
1 appearance on this show
Scott Markman
MonogramGroup
1 appearance on this show
Jim Fitzgerald
Paycile
1 appearance on this show
Brookelyn Avila
Van Sharks
1 appearance on this show
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Growth + Exit is hosted by Susan Kearney and Heather Bennett. The show is categorised under business (management) and has published 61 episodes.
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