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My Favourite Failure: "We signed a deal with the devil" Glenn Poulos
My Favourite Failure: "We signed a deal with the devil" Glenn Poulos
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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Glenn Poulos is a successful founder, who exited from his company in 2022. But that was his second exit. His first, 15 years before, was a very different story.
He thought he had achieved the entrepreneur's dream, an eight-figure exit, after selling his business to a public company. With the shares he got in return he was going to be a multi-millionaire.
Instead, he was left with hardly anything, and no job, after having to fire a hundred people.
What happened?
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He thought he had achieved the entrepreneur's dream, an eight-figure exit, after selling his business to a public company. With the shares he got in return he was going to be a multi-millionaire.
Instead, he was left with hardly anything, and no job, after having to fire a hundred people.
What happened?
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If you have any feedback, we’d love to hear it. What would make the show better?
hello@secretleaders.com
Sponsor links:
personio.com/secretleaders
Released:
Aug 10, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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