The ExitEngine™ Podcast

By Jo Stapleton and John Canniffe

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How do I sell my business? How can I make my business more valuable? When should I plan to exit my business? All these questions and more are covered on The ExitEngine™ Podcast. Join M&A and Exit Planning experts Jo Stapleton and John Canniffe, the co-founders of ExitEngine™, as they introduce you to Exit Planning as the most important business planning exercise that you can do to ensure that you control your business destiny.

Episode Date
Ep 85 | Don’t Sell Your Business For The Wrong Reasons with Micah Fraim
Mar 27, 2026
Ep 84 | The Power of PEOs for Growing Companies with Pete Samson
Mar 20, 2026
EP 83 | Why Founder-Led Companies Struggle to Scale — The Brain Science Behind Better Teams with John Myers and Duncan Austin
Mar 13, 2026
EP 82 | Financial Clarity = Exit Power: Why Every Founder Must Know Their Financial Truth with Cody Price
Mar 06, 2026
Ep 81 | Frozen Founders: The Psychology Behind Exit Decisions w/ Jeff Munn
Feb 27, 2026
Ep 80 | The Private Equity Playbook for Exiting Founders with Aaron Alpeter
Feb 20, 2026
Ep 79 | Designing Your Business for Exit with Christie Kaplan
Feb 13, 2026
Ep 77 | What Can the CIA Teach Us About Exit Planning?
Jan 31, 2026
Ep76 | Building Exit-Worthy Growth Engines with AI
Jan 24, 2026
EP 75 | AI, M&A, and the New Rules of Exit Planning with Jeff Willinger
Jan 16, 2026
Ep 74 | You’re Not Ready to Sell (Even If You Think You Are) with Stefania Arca
Jan 09, 2026
Ep 73 | Anatomy of a Sellable Business: The Total Exit Value System™ - (Encore Presentation)
Jan 02, 2026
Ep 72 | 10 Exit Planning Moves That Instantly Increase Business Value - (Encore Presentation)
Dec 26, 2025
Ep 71 | The Trust Lever: How Founder Visibility Builds Exit Value
Dec 19, 2025
Ep 70 | Sabotage! How You're Instinctively Killing Your Own Exit
Dec 12, 2025
EP 69| The IP Playbook Every Founder Needs to Learn Now!
Dec 05, 2025
Ep 68: Your Systems Are Costing You Millions
Nov 28, 2025
EP 67: Common Legal Traps That Will Kill Your Exit Deal
Nov 21, 2025
Ep 66 | The 7 Deadly Assumptions That Will Kill Your Business Sale
Nov 14, 2025
Ep 65: The ESG Mindset Shift Every Founder Needs Before Exit
Nov 07, 2025
Ep 64 | Is Your Business Leaking Profit?
Oct 31, 2025
EP 63: Is Your Lack of Self-Awareness Holding You Back?
Oct 24, 2025
Ep 62 | Will Your TECH Stack Destroy or Multiply Your Company’s Value?
Oct 17, 2025
Episode 61: How HR is Killing Your Overall Business Value
Oct 10, 2025
Ep 60: Family Business Chaos: Turning Dysfunction Into a Sellable Company
Oct 02, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode Fifty Nine: Working toward the best outcome
Sep 26, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 58: The Intuitive Leader
Sep 19, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 57: Moving to the Exit
Sep 12, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 56: Strategic Networking
Sep 05, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 55: Moving from Founder to Chairperson
Aug 29, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 54: Insurance, Derisking, and Improving Valuation
Aug 22, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 53: High Stakes Conversations
Aug 15, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 52: Meet Svenja Floberg Thiel
Aug 08, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 51: The Super Stress of Negotiation
Aug 01, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 50: Meet Judy Schramm!
Jul 25, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 49: How did we get here?
Jul 18, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Number 48: Meet Reed Hansen!
Jul 11, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode Forty Seven: Meet Jenny Marofsky!
Jul 04, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Epsiode 46: Meet Steve Curran
Jun 27, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 45: Meet Jennifer Cresswell
Jun 20, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 44: The Backdoor to Business Value
Jun 13, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 43: Meet Cory Bruscia
Jun 06, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 42: Meet Duane Williams
May 30, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 41: Stay or Go/Sell or Grow?
May 23, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 40: Meet Reuben Shears
May 16, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 39: Meet Tish Squillaro
May 09, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 38: Meet Shaun Lee & Joe Olwig from 6 Levers
May 02, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 37: Meet Upswell's Eric Goodstat
Apr 25, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 36: Meet Bradley Rausch
Apr 18, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 35: Ryan Provost & Norman Strobel on the Booz Box Phenomena!
Apr 11, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 34: Meet Maria Meadows
Apr 04, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 33: Build to Sell!
Mar 28, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 32: Craig Keegan on Rollups
Mar 14, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 31: A Field Guide to Identifying Buyers
Mar 07, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 30: Getting Down and Dirty with Due Diligence
Feb 28, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 29: A Day in the Life
Feb 14, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 28: Jason Fishman on Crowdfunding
Feb 07, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 27: Meet Rob Freeman (Risk Management + Insurance)
Jan 31, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 26: Know Your Brand Story
Jan 17, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 25: Identifying a Strategic Buyer
Jan 10, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 24: The Total Exit Value (TEV) System
Jan 03, 2025
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 23: With a Little Help From Your Friends
Dec 27, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 22: Finding Hidden Value!
Dec 20, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 21: The Fine Art of Failure
Dec 13, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 20: Post_Thanksgiving Reflections
Dec 06, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 19: The myths and realities of succession planning
Nov 29, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 18: ESOPs aka Employee Stock Ownership Plans! (with Kelly Finnell)
Nov 22, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast 17: Life in the Business Universe Post Election
Nov 15, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 16: The Biggest Mistake You Can Make
Nov 08, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 15: A conversation with Financial Planner/Wealth Manager Phil Heness
Nov 01, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 14: The view from the buyer's side!
Oct 25, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 13: The 3 Most Important Financial Reports You Need To Know
Oct 18, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 12: Your Paths to Exiting
Oct 11, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 11: Closing the Value Gap
Oct 04, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 10: The Emotional Side of Exit Planning
Sep 27, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 9: Is Your Business Marketable?
Sep 20, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 8: The Power of Community
Sep 11, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 7: Ten Actionable Items you need to address right now
Sep 05, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 6: The Brave New World of Real Estate
Aug 27, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 5: Preparing for Due Diligence
Aug 16, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 4: Understanding Private Equity Groups
Aug 09, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast Episode 3: The Emotions of Exit
Jul 26, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast: Episode 2
Jul 24, 2024
The Exit Engine Podcast: Episode 1
Jul 12, 2024