
From Angel To Exit
Hosted by Bruce Eckfeldt and Bruce · Bruce Eckfeldt
5.0from 2 ratings
- 59
- Episodes
- 54
- Transcribed
- 2
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About From Angel To Exit
From Angel To Exit is a business podcast exploring the entrepreneurial journey of scaling a business from raising your first round of funding to exiting. We cover the trials and tribulations that founders face, the pitfalls and pratfalls you want to avoid, as well as the joy and impact that success can bring. Join us on our next episode, where we speak about the challenges that real leaders face growing and scaling their organizations and how they’ve overcome them to achieve success and make their mark.
- Publisher
- Bruce Eckfeldt
- Category
- business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 3 Jun 2025
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 59 episodes have a transcript.

23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
58: From Founder Dependence to Freedom: How to Build a Business That Thrives Without You

2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
57: Worried About Your Exit? How to Use ESOP to Create Liquidity, Tax Benefits, and Employee Wealth

26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
56: Exit Planning Starts Early: Strengthen Financials and Leadership to Maximize Business Valuation - Dan Bauer
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58: From Founder Dependence to Freedom: How to Build a Business That Thrives Without You
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] to make that business more attractive from a buyer's point of view. What have you noticed and what are people doing right and what do people do wrong around this? Yeah, going back to get paid first, do that. If there's any possible way to do that, get paid in advance. And then a company culture is a secret weapon. It's who, not how. If you have great players and then if you have people that want to be there, You will do great. You can dominate any industry. I have a paper business in a digital world. We crush it. The rest of the paper business and printing down 10% a year, decline, decline to zero. […]
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- Kyle Ewing
- Larry Kaplan
- Dan Bauer
- Rick McPartlin
- David Lekach
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Bruce Eckfeldt and Bruce host the show. Published by Bruce Eckfeldt.
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