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Exit Interview

Sweetgreen’s $364 Million IPO Brought Major Growth Plans, but Also New Challenges

Exit Interview
Ben Sherry
Sweetgreen co-founder Jonathan Neman says navigating the volatility of the stock market can be hard to stomach.

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

Exit Interview
Ben Sherry
Health-Ade Kombucha co-founder Daina Trout took 30 meetings with potential buyers, until her first investor came up with a new exit strategy.
Reggie Aggarwal, founder and CEO of Cvent.

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

Exit Interview
Kevin J. Ryan

Reggie Aggarwal led Cvent through an IPO, in 2013, as well as a $1.65 billion sale that took the event-software company private three years …

Andy Ory.

How This Founder Sold His Company Without a Single In-Person Meeting

Exit Interview
Graham Winfrey

Shortly after the sale of his second company­–the communications hardware maker Acme Packet, which Oracle acquired for $2.1 billion in …

This Founder Had Several Options for Selling His Company. Then He Got a Note That Made His Choice Easy

Exit Interview
Christine Lagorio-Chafkin

While managing private wealth at J.P. Morgan, Andre Swanston saw clients withdrawing funds to angel-invest in startups. “I thought most of t…

Doug Hirsch

This Founder Took on One of the U.S. Health Care System’s Biggest Problems and Saved Customers $30 Billion

Exit Interview
Graham Winfrey

In 2011, tech industry veteran Doug Hirsch launched digital health care marketplace GoodRx with Scott Marlette and Trevor Bezdek. With 20 mi…

Brandin Cohen, founder of Liquid I.V.

How This Founder’s Drink Mix Company Made Fans of Justin Bieber, the L.A. Lakers, and Unilever

Exit Interview
Graham Winfrey

Peak Performance Powder: In 2012, when he was 24 years old, Cohen founded Liquid I.V., which makes an electrolyte drink mix. Eight years lat…

King sold Tate's for $100 million to the Riverside Company, a private equity firm, but kept a minority stake. Four years later, Oreo maker Mondelez International bought the entire business for $500 million.

A Bad Business Deal Cost This Cookie Mogul Her First Company. What She Learned From It Helped Her Build a $500 Million Empire

Exit Interview
Diana Ransom

Following the sale of her business, Southampton, New York-based Tate's Bake Shop, Kathleen King retired in 2018. It was a move she'd…

Nicole Tanner's company, Swig, sells customized fountain drinks in sizes ranging from 16 to 44 ounces. Tanner likes hers with a sugar cookie on the side.

How This Entrepreneur Built and Sold Utah’s 17-Store ‘Dirty Soda’ Empire

Exit Interview
Kimberly Weisul

Nicole Tanner co-founded Swig, a St. George, Utah-based drive-through “dirty soda” fountain, with her husband, Todd, in 2010. Over the next …

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