From $0 to Multiple Exits: How Jeet Banerjee Turned Teenage Hustle into Million-Dollar Exits

The Exit - Presented By Flippa

Technology

5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- In this episode of The Exit: At just 17, Jeet Banerjee knew the 9-to-5 life wasn’t for him. In this candid and inspiring episode, Jeet joins Steve McGarry to break down his journey from teenage odd jobs to becoming a serial entrepreneur with multiple successful exits. He shares how he turned a basic web design hobby into a digital marketing agency, then parlayed that into a college admissions platform that reached 500,000+ users and was ultimately acquired for its rich dataset. Jeet dives deep into: Why documentation and SOPs are essential—even if you’re not planning to sell (yet) How reaching out proactively (instead of waiting) helped him close an acquisition The untapped goldmine of customer data in eCommerce—and how he used it to scale a home décor DTC brand Why direct mail still works in the digital age His mindset on negotiation, knowing your walk-away number, and failing forward Plus, he closes with the advice he’d give his younger self—and anyone starting out: “Failure is just an event. It only defines you if you let it.” -- Jeet Banerjee is a serial entrepreneur and digital marketing expert who has led multiple acquisitions in the tech and e-commerce spaces. Jeet is a TEDx speaker, has been featured in several major publications, and is an advisor/consultant to many well renowned companies. Jeet is extremely passionate about using his digital marketing expertise to help other brands and businesses find more of their target customers! Jeet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jebanerjee/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejeetbanerjee/ -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You’ll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

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0:00.0	Before we get into the exit today, I want to talk about the certified M&A advisors that are on Flippa.
0:06.1	If you are an operator right now running a business and you're thinking about exiting,
0:10.8	you are going to want to get a free online business valuation on the exit landing page.
0:16.7	Without a doubt, it is the smartest thing you can do to start a process and get yourself organized.
0:23.0	So you're going to go to the URL, flippa.com, slash exit, to check out more, and let's jump into
0:28.1	the interview.
0:29.2	Below and welcome to the exit presented by Flipup, the number one platform to buy and sell online
0:34.2	businesses.
0:35.2	Flipa manages over a billion in deal value annually and combines
0:39.4	expert buy and sell side advisory with its market leading valuation tool, deal room,
0:43.9	off market offering, market insights, an AI-based deal-by-deal matching engine. Now for the exit.
0:50.9	The exit is a 30-minute podcast featuring awesome entrepreneurs who have been there and they
0:54.8	have done it. The exit talks to operators who have bought and sold businesses of all different sizes.
1:00.3	You learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits. It's a world
1:05.1	occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. On this episode of the exit, I sit down with
1:10.7	Jeet Banerjee.
1:12.2	He's a fantastic serial entrepreneur
1:13.9	who walks us through his multiple successful exits.
1:18.4	And one of my favorite parts about this
1:20.4	is really digging into how data translates across
1:24.7	different types of businesses.
1:27.0	He really starts with this education-based platform
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