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In the season finale, host Kevin Mosley is joined by Travis Milks, managing partner at Topmark Partners. It's a Florida and Durham-based growth equity firm that focuses on tech-enabled businesses.


The pair discuss the secrets to developing a successful exit strategy, including understanding investment math and driving alignment between early and new investors. Travis also touches on the importance of understanding how investors make money before making exit decisions as a founder. 

On today's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with the founder and CEO of TradePending, Brice Englert. It's a software platform serving the automotive industry.


Brice began his career in the space when he was hired by Trade Publishing Company, the folks behind Autotrader, in 2006. About eight years later, He decided to venture out on his own and create TrendPending, which enables buyers and sellers to effectively communicate and understand the value of vehicles in the market. Brice talks about the 10-year journey, from his own acquisition by private equity, the acquisitions they've done together since, and to the impact of having a career coach and strategic advisor.


Thanks to our season sponsor, Robinson Bradshaw.

On this week's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with David Johnson, the founder and former CEO of Raleigh-based certification software startup Atlas Certified. Last year, Atlas was acquired by New York-based CLEAR, an identity verification platform. David helped major companies such as HomeAdvisor, Amazon and Care. com to automate professional license verification, monitoring, and status changes. He has a wealth of experience in the startup world, having founded his first business straight out of Georgetown University's Business School.


During this episode, David will offer his actionable advice on how to stay ahead of well-funded competitors, the importance of "smart money", and his best three lessons for entrepreneurs.

In this week's episode, host Kevin Mosley chats with Michael O'Hare, who's a seasoned M&A advisor and investment banker. For the last 15 years, he has worked at RTP-based KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he is responsible for new business generation and M&A execution. Michael talks about early relationship-building, fundraising preparation, market trends and more.

On this week's episode, Kevin chats with Ben Hartmere, former CEO and president of InMotionNow, a company that has since rebranded as Lytho.


Under his leadership, InMotionNow grew into a software-as-a-service platform that helps businesses manage their content product and marketing campaigns. He shares his insights on scaling a sales organization, the investment process, and their exit strategy. He reflects on the lessons he learned being a non-founder CEO. He also gives us a glimpse into his newest venture, Map My Customers, a CRM platform designed for field sales teams.

In this episode, host Kevin Mosley is chatting Rob Crowe, the founder and former CEO of Matchwell, a tech platform that aims to transform healthcare workforce management. He talks about outsourcing their MVP product and launching it eight months before the pandemic hit. Rob initially had plans to bootstrap the company but quickly realized for how fast he wanted to build it, they needed outside funding. You'll hear how he navigated the world of venture capitalists, and raised $4.5 million in just 90 days


Matchwell was marketed as the rebellious alternative to healthcare facilities to find workers–Rob even jokes about growing a long beard to match the brand's persona. In July 2022, Matchwell was acquired by Medical Solutions, one of the nation's largest healthcare talent ecosystems.