Join host Chantell Preston, a seasoned professional with over two decades of experience in healthcare operations, project management, and consulting, as she shares invaluable insights and lessons learned from navigating the complexities of career advancement and personal satisfaction.
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Be The Glitter, Not The Glue, with Carrie Kerpen
What if the business you built could become the wealth-generating asset that changes your life—not just once, but again and again?
In this episode of *Get Real, Get Results*, host Chantell Preston sits down with Carrie Kerpen, CEO and founder of The Whisper Group and author of *The Whisper Way*, to unpack the truth about women, exits, and the wealth-building conversations no one is having. After her own 8-figure exit from one of the first social media agencies, Carrie discovered a glaring gap in the market: women weren't just exiting for less—many didn't even know exiting was an option.
Chantell and Carrie get refreshingly honest about the emotional rollercoaster of selling a business, the identity crisis that follows, and why "success" keeps shifting the higher you climb. Carrie shares her WHISPER framework, explains why every business should be built to be sellable (even if you never sell), and reveals the biggest mistakes founders make that quietly slash their exit value.
You'll learn:
- Why being "the glitter, not the glue" is essential for a strong exit
- How to make your revenue RED: Recurring, Expected, and Diversified
- The tax strategies most founders don't know about until it's too late
- How to reinvent your identity after the deal is done
- Why asking for help is the entrepreneurial superpower women underuse
Whether you're years away from an exit or just starting to dream about one, this conversation will change how you think about the business you're building—and the wealth you deserve.
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Timestamps
00:00 - Why no amount of money ever felt like enough
00:27 - Welcome to Get Real, Get Results
01:01 - Meet Carrie Kerpen and the origin of The Whisper Group
03:31 - The exit gap: why women don't know selling is an option
06:34 - Turning a lifestyle business into a life-changing asset
07:16 - The Whisper framework: starting with your "why"
09:11 - Carrie's hardest chapter: life after an 8-figure exit
13:03 - The identity crisis no exited founder talks about
13:41 - How Carrie reinvented herself with one video a day for a year
16:13 - Why founders rush into the next thing (and why you shouldn't)
16:56 - Redefining success from money to fulfillment
19:11 - How women undervalue their businesses—and what to fix
21:04 - The two biggest mistakes women make before an exit
22:35 - Reinvention at any age: just start
25:14 - The art of asking without guilt
27:30 - Carrie's vision: a fund for women founders
29:52 - Be the glitter, not the glue: building a sellable business
32:01 - Three tweaks to make your business exit-ready
34:41 - Normalizing wealth-building conversations for women
35:15 - The Whisper Group relaunch and an exclusive acquisition announcement
36:30 - Final reflections and Chantell's book launch
Inside a recent episode
From the Red Carpet to Rock Bottom, with Kristina Guerrero
Published 24 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I was hoping that the poor little girl who came from nothing and had a really hard childhood would somehow be validated by this success, would somehow be healed with this kind of money, would be better off and feel more worthy if I had all of this success and again don't get me wrong it was exciting and amazing and I'll never ever take it for granted but it didn't heal the parts of me that I thought it was going to heal it didn't fulfill those parts of me that I was like well once I become you know, famous or once I make all of this money or once I have this status, then I will feel complete and I will feel whole. […]
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