Branching Out: TreeFork Strategies
Host Elizabeth Shea sits down with seasoned founders and CEOs who have successfully sold their companies through a strategic or financial transaction. They discuss the thinking and planning that went into their decision to sell, what worked well, what they would do differently, and the valuable lessons they would pass along to founders with a sale on the horizon. This is a podcast for business owners looking for a playbook to use in order to approach their own sale with confidence and clarity.
Podcasting since 2025 • 13 episodes
Branching Out: TreeFork Strategies
Latest Episodes
Stock Your Shaving Cream: Interview with Sean Griffey
Elizabeth Shea sits down with Sean Griffey, co-founder and former CEO of Industry Dive, to discuss his journey of building a bootstrapped media company and navigating two successful exits. Sean shares how he and his co-founders left stable care...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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27:28
Stress Test the Deal: Interview with John Burns
Elizabeth Shea sits down with John Burns, founder and managing director at Clare Advisors, a boutique M&A advisory firm specializing in marketing and advertising services agencies. John explains the advisor’s role throughout a sell-side pro...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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26:12
Know Your "Why": Interview with Karl Sigerist
In this episode of Branching Out, Elizabeth Shea is joined by Karl Sigerist, author of Selling Your Canadian Business, a book written for founders contemplating the sale of their privately owned, lower middle market Canadian b...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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25:56
Set Up to Sell: Interview with Ab Emam
Ab Emam shares how WDG evolved from a single website project for a friend into a full-scale, midmarket agency he deliberately built for sale. He breaks down why founders should plan years before they initiate a transaction, why hiring the right...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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30:27
Building Deal Value: Interview with Jim Datovech
In this episode of Branching Out, Elizabeth Shea sits down with Jim Datovech, former CEO of LKC Technologies, to explore the long road from acquiring a medical device company to refining the product and orchestrating a successful exit....
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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21:17