In this episode of Startup Different, we reflect on our previous conversation with Laurie Barkman, a business transition expert. We discuss the psychology behind selling a business, the importance of planning for exits, and the role of culture and employee engagement in startups. The conversation also touches on intrapreneurship and the resources available for entrepreneurs looking to transition their businesses. We emphasize the need for founders to think about their exit strategies early on and share personal anecdotes from our own experiences in selling our company.

Welcome to Startup Different! This week we’re excited to welcome a sherpa - specifically a business transition sherpa, to the show!

Laurie Barkman, The Business Transition Sherpa®, is the former CEO of a $100 million dollar revenue company that was sold to a Fortune 50. She guides business owners through the often overwhelming process of transition planning and facilitates sell-side and buy-side transactions in the lower middle market.

Laurie is an adjunct faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, Amazon best-selling author of "The Business Transition Handbook," and host of the award-winning Succession Stories Podcast and the new show “the entrepreneur gene”. And she’s here to kickoff Season 5!

It's been over a year since the Startup Different Podcast kicked off, so we decided to re-record our origin story. We'll give you our backgrounds and tell you about our experience running and eventually exiting our business AppArmor.

Let's get into it! This is Startup Different!

Say hello to season five of Startup Different.

This season, we're starting things off with a bonus episode: Get to Know a Sinkinson, is our episode zero that retells our origins and the story of our company, AppArmor.

Then, like previous seasons, we move back into interviews with expert guests from our Startup Different studio.

You can look forward to a business transition Sherpa, multiple founders that have exited for hundreds of millions, and some of the most exciting and up and coming entrepreneurs.

We're Dave and Chris. This is Startup Different. We're having a good time and paying it forward to entrepreneurs with a hype-free, myth-busting business blueprint. Find us wherever you get your podcasts and check out our new book to see how we can help you with your business.

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https://www.startupdifferent.com

Last week we spoke with Nathan Yeung of “Find your audience”. While having one of the more interesting business models out there, Nathan also tried to squash a huge myth about marketing - mostly that we kinda suck at it. Today we deep dive into Nathan’s myth busting and talk about the good o’l days of organic content.

It’s Startup Different with the Sinkinson Bros.

With years of experience as a leader in marketing operations, Nathan helps mid-market businesses build, enhance, or support their marketing functions and drive value creation. He’s a B2B SaaS Marketing Leader, Guest Lecturer, Consumer Psychology Geek and Dad, delivering companies marketing functions that become revenue engines. And he’s with us today on another fantabulous episode of Startup Different.

Last week we spoke to Ameya Juvekar, a serial entrepreneur in the consumer marketing space. His startups in the consumer health worked in tandem to deliver considerable and meaningful value for his customers and their patients. Today Chris and I explore Amaya’s businesses and how working as an intraprenear helped get him going.

Welcome to Startup Different!

Once upon a time, Chris and I had a few different businesses on the go. It’s not uncommon for early founders to do this as they’re trying to figure out what works in the market.

But that definitely doesn’t mean it’s easy. Today, we’re speaking with Ameya Juvekar, an entrepreneur with a diverse background in business, marketing, revenue generation, and technology. He’ll be talking about his two companies, ScaleUp42 - a marketing firm that specializes in customer acquisition for health and wellness clinics - and HealthBuddha.ca - a platform that connects patients to the best rated nearby naturopaths .

It’s interview time on Startup Different!