The Exit Episodes

What happens after you raise the money?

We all know that the goal of a startup is to eventually exit. But when do you exit? For how much? And how do you know who to sell to? What if they completely ruin the thing you’ve spent years of your life building? We’ve all seen that story play out.

On our new segment, The Exit, we talk to startup founders who’ve done the impossible, sold their startup for hundreds of millions. How does it feel to finally accomplish the dream? And is that dream all it’s cracked up to be?

On The Pitch, real startup founders pitch real investors for real money. And on The Exit, we tell the rest of the story.
May 8, 2024

#132 The Exit: Selling Shipt for $550 Million

Since the beginning of The Pitch, we’ve told one story: what it’s like to raise money for a startup. But what about the rest of the journey? On our new segment, The Exit, we talk to startup founders who’ve done the impossibl…
Guest: Bill Smith