The Big Exit Show
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Robin Haak Reveals the Keys to a Successful Company Exit
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show, hosts Johan and Anke sit down with Robin Haak, a seasoned entrepreneur and investor, to delve into the fascinati...
Achieving the impossible Anthony's journey from bootstrapping to selling Swogo
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, Anthony shares his entrepreneurial journey, starting from his early fascination with sales at the age of 12 to founding Swogo, a...
Navigating Acquisition and Growth Hurdles: Ferdinand Goetzen's Reveall Journey
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, hosts Johan and Anke dive into the intriguing journey of Ferdinand Goetzen and his company Reveall. Ferdinand discusses the rapid gro...
Navigating Highs and Lows: Manoj Adithya's Journey to a $55 Million Acquisition Offer
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, hosts Anke and Johan engage in a deeply reflective conversation with Manoj Adithya, the founder who sold his company, Roam AI, las...
Building Legacies: Successful Exits and Ethical Conduct in Business with Josef Brunner
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have a special guest – the dynamic entrepreneur, Josef Brunner. Josef, who founded his first company at 16, has since sold multiple busines...
Selling Eshgro: How Anton Loeffen Transformed Eshgro into a Cloud Industry Leader
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anton’s journey is remarkable; from writing his first software at age 14 and becoming a programming finalist at 17, to founding his first company at...
Selling Flow Pilots Dewi's Exit Strategy, Finding the Right Partner for Growth
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Dewi, the former CEO and co-founder of Flow Pilots, to discuss her remarkable entrepreneurial journey and the invaluable lessons she ...
Selling Usabilla navigating the Big Exit Marc van Agteren's Insights
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show, Marc gives details about Usabilla's significant pivot in 2012, which involved shifting focus to enterprise clien...
Selling The Wonder weeks the sale story of Xaviera Plooij's Strategic Exit
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Big Exit Show, where we delve deep into the heart-stopping world of entrepreneurship and the bittersweet symphony of...
Selling TAPPwater, TAPPing into Success Magnus' Journey from Start-up to Big Exit
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode, is a fascinating tale of ambition, strategy, and the significance of timing in the business world. With us are our insightful guest...
Selling Appical to Indeed a personal founder’s tale of resilience and recovery
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to The Big Exit Show! I'm Johan, and with me is Anke, and today, we dive deep into the world of entrepreneurial grit and personal triumph...
Selling Crossinx to Unified Post from Bankruptcy to Tech Success
18 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode from "The Big Exit Show" we have the privilege of speaking with Marcus Laube, a true paragon of business acumen and perseverance. His ...
Selling Insided to Gainsight: Insights to Exit, Robin van Lieshout on Building and Selling a Software Giant
21 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In today's episode, we're delving into the remarkable entrepreneurial journey of Robin van Lieshout, the founder who recently led his company Insided ...
Selling Givve to Up group - Patrick Löffler's power of workplace culture in successful exits
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of The Big Exit Show, hosts Johan and Anke sit down with Patrick Löffler, the former snowboarder and entrepreneur behind the successf...
Selling Th3rd to Snapchat - Rudo and Esther talking about the journey they had with their company
05 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We kick off this new season with not only new guests but also a new co-host, Anke Huiskes. A startup operator and angel investor building NP-Hard Vent...
Selling Ubimax to Teamviewer - Hendrik Witt on taking advantage of the right moment
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Hendrik Witt of Ubimax. Witt sold his augmented reality solution to Teamviewer in 2020. A story with m...
Selling Iversity to Springer Nature - Hannes Klöpper on making an exit during though times
15 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to serial entrepreneur Hannes Klöpper. Hannes is currently building a new company called HelloBetter, bu...
Selling Vamp to CircleCI - Olaf Molenveld on the exit of his tech company
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Olaf Molenveld who sold his scaleup Vamp to one of the world's most popular CI/CD platforms - CircleCI...
Taking a SaaS-company public (twice) - the story of Stian Rustad from 24SevenOffice
11 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Stian Rustad who founded the Norwegian ERP cloud solution 24SevenOffice in 1997. Rustad, who currently...
Selling Gadero to Egeria - Henk Jan Bijmolt on the exit of his successful webshop
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Henk Jan Bijmolt who founded the webshop Gadero that specializes in large wooden objects such as fence...
Short - Emma Tracey (Honeypot) on getting supply and demand for your marketplace startup
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this short story of The Big Exit Show Emma Tracey of Honeypot explains how they solved the “chicken and the egg problem” and got supply and dem...
Short - Emma Tracey (Honeypot) on starting a tech startup without a tech background
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this short story from The Big Exit Show you hear entrepreneur Emma Tracy who sold her company Honeypot to XING about starting in the tech world wit...
Short - Geert-Jan Smits (Flinders) on the discussion points while raising money
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this audio snippet of The Big Exit Show by Peak, Geert-Jan Smits answers what the main points of discussion were while raising money for Flinders f...
Selling Cumulocity to Software AG - Bernd Gross on selling his IoT-startup
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Bernd Gross who founded IoT-platform Cumulocity in 2010 in Düsseldorf. He sold the company nine years...
Short - Geert-Jan Smits (Flinders) on selling his house to fund his startup
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this audio snippet of The Big Exit Show by Peak, entrepreneur Geert-Jan Smits of Flinders explains why he had to sell his house in order to fund in...
Selling Usabilla and Human.co - Paul Veugen on his multiple startup exits
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Paul Veugen who founded Usabilla, which was sold to SurveyMonkey and the iOS app of the year Human.co ...
Selling neobank Holvi and reacquiring it - the founder story of Tuomas Toivonen
16 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Tuomas Toivonen who sold his Finnish neobank Holvi to the Spanish multinational BBVA, only to reacquir...
Selling Signavio to SAP - Dr. Gero Decker on the mega-exit of his Berlin-based scaleup
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Dr. Gero Decker who sold his Berlin-based software firm for business process automation Signavio to te...
Selling Exact and Yuki - Arco van Nieuwland about exiting multiple software companies
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Arco van Nieuwland who started the accounting software giant Exact in 1984 which he sold many year lat...
Selling United Wardrobe to Vinted - Thijs Verheul and Sjuul Berden on the exit of their startup
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Thijs Verheul and Sjuul Berden who sold their online marketplace for vintage fashion United Wardrobe t...
Selling PRSS to Apple - Jochem Wijnands on the exit of his startup
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Jochem Wijnands who sold his magazine-app startup PRSS to Apple. You will learn: Why Jochem sold his ...
Selling Nightbalance to Philips - Eline Vrijland on the exit of her startup
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Eline Vrijland who sold her medtech startup Nightbalance in 2018 to Philips. You will learn: How Elin...
Selling Honeypot to XING - Emma Tracey on the exit of her startup
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Emma Tracey who sold her job platform for developers Honeypot in 2019 to the publicly listed XING. You...
Selling Roadmap to Emburse - Jeroen van Velzen on the exit of his startup
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Jeroen van Velzen who sold his corporate travel SaaS-company Roadmap in in 2021 to the American conglo...
Selling Flinders to Nine United - Geert Jan Smits on the exit of his startup
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Big Exit Show we talk to Geert Jan Smits who sold his design furniture e-commerce company Flinders in 2021 to the Danish Nine U...