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Eric Cline

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
684 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Like, is this real?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Are they messing with us?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

The whole time, we almost didn't believe what was going on.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

And then we started getting offers in.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

And the very first offer that came in, we took the five best โ€“ the M&A company took the five best offers.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

They flew them in.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

They looked at our facility in Fort Lauderdale.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

So we had offers from $147 million to $92 million for 100% of the business.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

And again, I'm like, how the hell โ€“

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

did we build something like this?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

How did we get here?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Like literally pinching ourself,

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

So we structured the company, set up all these trusts and got all the paperwork ready.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

It took about six months to get everything ready to sell.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Did you have a mentor at that time?

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Don.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

My good friend Don Weir, which is out of Fort Lauderdale.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Shout out, Don.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

Yeah, he owns a wealth financial company.

The Level Up Podcast w/ Paul Alex
$147 Million Exit Gone Wrong: Eric Cline Reveals How He Lost Everything and Rebuilt His Life

He manages people money.