Hi, this is Alisa Likt, and this is Leave Your Mark the podcast, where I brew fresh career advice with some of my most inspiring and successful friends.

It's professional advice that you can action immediately, whether you're just starting out in your career or well on your way.

With a massive to-do list and a large cup of coffee, I promise that you can get it all done and still

have time to post about it.

You may remember Carrie Kirpin, who was one of my earliest guests on the Leave Your Mark

podcast.

Well, she is back and she has transformed her career.

Carrie is the founder and CEO of the Whisper Group, the number one exit readiness advisory

practice for women-owned businesses.

Of course, you might recall prior to launching the Whisper Group, Carrie started and scaled

likable media, a women-led digital agency, which was named the sixth best place to work in New York

City. And let me tell you something, likable media was way before its time. This is when these

agencies did not exist. After successfully navigating the sale of likable, Carrie researched the exit

gap and produced an annual report on the disparities in exit values of female

led companies. And the news was shocking, which is why she went on to build the Whisper

Collective, the only community dedicated exclusively to exited female founders. She is also the author

of Work It Secrets for Success from the Boldest Women in

Business and her upcoming book, The Whisper Way, the secret formula for women entrepreneurs to

scale and sell for life-changing money, is coming out May 2025. She's also the host of the exit

whisperer, a podcast featuring exited female founders.

And she's just a rock star.

And I remember when Carrie was planning all of this and it was like this huge secret that

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