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Jul 2024
32m 46s

1693: How to Sell Your Business and Cash...

Farnoosh Torabi
About this episode

Guest Carrie Kerpen, the founder of the agency Likeable, sold her business for 8 figures and teaches women founders how to successfully exit their businesses.

In the financial world, there are many gender gaps: the wage gap, the investing gap, the funding gap, and the "exit" gap, where exclusively female-founded companies capture a minuscule 0.8% of the total exit value. Carrie shares tips on how to prepare your business for an acquisition.


For more of Carrie's insights, check out her podcast, The Exit Whisperer, and The Whisper Group, her exit-readiness advisory firm dedicated exclusively to women-owned businesses.

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