Exit Right

About Exit Right

Exit Right with Mike Silver (https://www.linkedin.com/in/experiencemike/) is all about the secrets to starting, scaling, and selling successful advertising agencies. Each episode features proven strategies from top agency founders, marketing experts, and entrepreneurs who have mastered agency growth and exit strategies. Learn how to they started ad agencies, scaled operations, boosted profits, and planned lucrative exits. Gain insights on client acquisition, process optimization, and selling your agency for maximum value—all shared by the very best in the business through light-hearted, casual conversations. Exit Right is an original production by The Drum, a leading publisher for the marketing and media industries. Check out all of our podcasts on TheDrum.com (www.thedrum.com) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

The Drum

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2025

Latest episode

12 Aug 2025

Latest episodes

8 of 12 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Season Finale: Finding purpose beyond the exit with Mike Stopforth

   Host Mike Silver interviews Mike Stopforth about discovering purpose after business success, offering insights for listeners navigating their own post-exit journeys.

2. 

   5 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Resilience and Redemption: Patrick Wells's Story

   Host Mike Silver interviews Patrick Wells about his inspiring journey of resilience and redemption after losing everything and rebuilding his life.

3. 

   29 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Leaving the Golden Handcuffs: Lee Joselowitz's Journey to Entrepreneurial Freedom

   Host Mike Silver interviews Lee Joselowitz, founder of The Quality Edit, about leaving corporate life for entrepreneurship and building brand trust.

4. 

   22 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Resilience and Creativity: The Heart of Storytelling with Craig Hatkoff

   Host Mike Silver interviews Tribeca Film Festival co-founder Craig Hatkoff about weaving resilience and creativity through a career spanning finance, film, and literature.

5. 

   15 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   To the Metaverse and Beyond: Ryan Kieffer's Rapid Rise in Tech

   Host Mike Silver interviews digital pioneer Ryan Kieffer on Exit Right, exploring his rapid rise from selling breadsticks to leading a metaverse agency.

6. 

   8 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT

   Using Diversity as a Strength: How Sam Liu Became a Super Connector

   Mike Silver interviews Sam Liu, founder of Savvy, about his journey from rural UK to global business leader, highlighting how diversity became his strength as a super connector.

7. 

   24 Jun 2025

   High Ambitions: Damian Cox’s Climb from Billboards to Big Wins

   Mike Silver interviews Damian Cox, CEO of Wild Stone, about his entrepreneurial journey from billboards to advertising, revealing how ADHD fuels his creativity and bold ambitions in business and aviation.

8. 

   17 Jun 2025

   Founding Energy: Disrupting Coffee Culture with James Beshara

   Mike Silver interviews James Beshara, founder of Magic Mind, about his entrepreneurial journey, learning from failure, and how serving others fuels entrepreneurial energy.

9. 

   10 Jun 2025

   Freelance to Founder: Rachel Kay’s Playbook for PR Growth and Successful Exits

   Rachel Kay shares her journey with Mike Silver from agency life to founding Rachel Kay Public Relations, highlighting business development tips and exit strategies in this interview.

10. 

    3 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

    Building Sealand: A Sustainable Brand Story with Adrian Hewlett

    Mike Silver interviews Adrian Hewlett, CEO of Sealand, about transitioning from agency life to building a sustainable brand, exploring entrepreneurship, business growth, and global expansion strategies.

11. 

    27 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

    From Car Wash to Agency: Robin Skidmore's Journey

    Robin Skidmore, Founder & CEO of Journey Further, recounts his entrepreneurial path from car washes to a successful agency exit, discussing challenges and company culture in an interview with Mike Silver.

12. 

    20 May 2025

    Exit Right: Trailer

    Mike Silver introduces Exit Right, a podcast exploring strategies for advertising agencies to achieve growth and lucrative exits through interviews with successful founders and marketing experts.

Inside a recent episode

Season Finale: Finding purpose beyond the exit with Mike Stopforth

Published 12 Aug 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Because there might be people, people listening to the show or people in our networks who have experienced like objectively, like real trauma. Like, you know, what would we read about has been kind of catastrophic trauma, but I don't want to diminish the fact that I think for everybody, trauma is really, relative. And for me, a divorce was deeply traumatic and might not have been like a horrible car accident or a lost sort, but it is a loss of sorts. And I think it's worth recognizing that even, even exiting a business is is a loss. It's a loss of identity, it's a loss of connection, it's a loss of community, but mostly it's a loss of the version of you that you thought might have existed beyond that. […]

Who has been a guest on Exit Right

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Mike Stopforth
• Patrick Wells
• Lee Joselowitz
• Craig Hatkoff
• Ryan Kieffer

Podcast Authority Score: 24 / 100

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Quality

49

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0

YouTube

0

Engagement

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