Hello and welcome to the Exit presented by Flipa. This is a 30 minute podcast featuring

amazing entrepreneurs who have been there and they have done it. The Exit talks to

operators who bought and sold businesses of all a different sizes. You'll learn how they did

it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits. It's a world occupied by a small few,

but accessible to many. Now in this episode, I sit down with Blake Hutchinson. He is the CEO

of Flipa and this is a very special episode because Flipa is excited to announce that it has raised

11 million dollars and as the leader and basically the market starter of this industry of buying and

selling businesses, this is a massive deal for the space as a whole and I'm really excited to share

this with the entire Flipa community out there because this is the gold standard now. People

are able to buy and sell directly to each other and Blake talks a lot about his history with

joining Flipa and if you've been around for a while in the ecosystem that is on Flipa, you've

seen some huge changes and that is a direct correlation to Blake joining as CEO and you can definitely

tell if you've been here for five years or so that it is a hockey stick style growth rate of

iterations that have taken place on the Flipa marketplace. So without further ado, I'm excited

for not only this announcement but to sit down with my friend and the CEO of Flipa, Blake Hutchinson.

All right guys, today we have a very special guest here on the exit and it is the CEO

of Flipa Blake Hutchinson. How's it going Blake?

Hey Steve, so good to be on the exit. Thanks for putting together a great podcast.

Yeah, so excited to have you on man and I really, Blake and I have known each other for a few

years at this point which is kind of wild to think about and we've talked on a couple different

podcasts. We've talked about all different types of businesses and I really wanted to kind of

just have the community get to know you a little bit. Dig into your background, you know,

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