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Making The Grade

ScaleWise, Tom Glason
Making The Grade
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  • Building for a Smart Exit - Scaling Lessons from Serial Entrepreneur Justin Fitzpatrick
    What does it really take to graduate from seed to exit in today’s start-up climate?In our first episode of our Making the Grade Podcast, we’re joined by serial founder and currently CEO of ESG Book, Justin Fitzpatrick, to unpack the real story behind startup growth. From the messy pivots, M&A strategies, co-founder dynamics, and what it really looks like when you fall off the VC track, Justin shares his first-hand experience of growing and exiting multiple businesses, and leaves us with plenty of practical advice to help you scale more wisely.Episode Chapters: 02:04 - Justin’s career journey as a serial entrepreneur 04:55 - From scaling pains to pivoting and product-market-fit reality checks 09:42 -  Finding the right co-founder 15:15 - Why poor win rates aren’t always a sales problem 17:34 - Building resilience as a CEO 21:41 - M&A lessons from the trenches & what makes an acquisition work 28:40 - Falling off the VC Track & finding alternatives 31:42 -  What founders actually need to graduate to the next round 33:54 - Why sustainable growth is smarter growth Enjoyed today's episode of Making The Grade? If you took something valuable from the episode, we'd love for you to... ✔️ Leave us a rating and review on your favourite podcast platform. ✔️ Share your ideas or guest suggestions with us at [email protected]✔️ Stay in the loop with the latest from Making The Grade and ScaleWise by following us on LinkedIn or YouTube. See you again next week!
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  • Making The Grade Season Trailer
    Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail.Less than 1 in 100 start-ups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit.These humbling stats often leave founders less than optimistic. 😩So, how can building a successful business feel less like an uphill battle?And how can you scale a business with actual options to exit in 2025, and beyond?💥 To help us get answers to all of the above questions, and more, we’re excited to share the upcoming launch of our brand new podcast: Making The Grade.Every Thursday, you’ll be able to tune in and hear first-hand experiences from Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders as we explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates.But we won’t just be discussing the obvious problems at hand.You’ll be leaving every episode with actionable insights, expert advice and hopefully, feeling a little bit more optimistic about thriving in a competitive market and scaling more wisely.Our first episode will launch next Thursday, July 31st. But until then, make sure you tune into our season trailer to get a preview of some of the fascinating conversations we had. Enjoyed today's episode of Making The Grade? If you took something valuable from the episode, we'd love for you to... ✔️ Leave us a rating and review on your favourite podcast platform. ✔️ Share your ideas or guest suggestions with us at [email protected]✔️ Stay in the loop with the latest from Making The Grade and ScaleWise by following us on LinkedIn or YouTube. See you again next week!
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  • Welcome to Making The Grade
    Enjoyed today's episode of Making The Grade?  If you took something valuable from the episode, we'd love for you to...  ✔️ Leave us a rating and review on your favourite podcast platform.  ✔️ Share your ideas or guest suggestions with us at [email protected] ✔️ Stay in the loop with the latest from Making The Grade and ScaleWise by following us on LinkedIn or YouTube.  See you again next week! 
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About Making The Grade

Less than 1 in 100 Startups manage to achieve funding beyond Series D or an exit. Investors typically expect 8 out of 10 of the businesses they invest in to fail. It’s time to make building a business less depressing and scale more wisely. Tune into Making The Grade to hear first-hand experiences of venture-backed software companies in their journeys from Seed to Series B funding. Every week, we’ll be joined by Founders, Investors and senior Go-To-Market Leaders to explore the factors driving the decline in graduation rates, misaligned go-to-market operations and ineffective sales and marketing strategies. All while making you leave every episode with actionable insights and expert advice to help you navigate these common Startup hurdles and thrive in a competitive market, showing that it can be done differently.
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