Exit Interview  CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN

After Hitting $200 Million in Sales, This Kombucha Entrepreneur Found Her Buyer Hiding in Plain Sight

Health-Ade Kombucha co-founder Daina Trout took 30 meetings with potential buyers, until her first investor came up with a new exit strategy.

Exit Interview MARCEL SCHWANTES

3 Top Reasons Why Your Best Employees Are Quitting

The reasons your employees are quitting haven't changed over time, but managers have yet to learn the lessons.

Exit Interview KEVIN J. RYAN

Meet a Founder Who's Pulled Off the Rarest of Feats: Taking His Company Public Twice

After steering Cvent through an IPO and an acquisition, Reggie Aggarwal managed to pull off a successful SPAC merger.

Exit Interview RANA EL KALIOUBY

6 Lessons From a Startup Exit

Selling your company is a second, full-time job. Here's how to do it right

Exit Interview JASON ATEN

Jack Dorsey's Resignation Letter from Twitter Reveals a Harsh Truth About Leadership Most People Never Learn

Twitter's co-founder says he doesn't want to be a "single point of failure."

Exit Interview JEFF STEEN

The CEO of Spanx Just Thanked Each Employee with $10k. Why She Did It Is Even More Impressive.

Sara Blakely worked for 21 years and just sold majority stake in her company for $1.2 billion. But she didn't do it alone -- and that is what matters the most.

Exit Interview GABRIELLE BIENASZ

WeWork Has Taught Entrepreneurs a Lot of Lessons (Both Good and Bad). Its Latest: How to Go Public

After a series of extreme highs and lows in recent years, the co-working space giant went public through a SPAC merger.

Exit Interview REBECCA DECZYNSKI

In Its IPO, Rent the Runway Is Eyeing a $1.3 Billion Valuation. It Owes It All to This Adaptation Strategy

After a particularly tough pandemic year, here's how the luxury fashion rental service turned itself around.


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