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Clearview Social launched in 2013.

They scaled up to 2021 to over $2 million in ARR,

and ultimately were generating real EBITDA, 400 to 700K per year.

They sold for 13X EBITDA in 2021.

Adrian owned 60% of the business.

Employees owned about 9% of a 15% option pool. So they celebrated there about 15 folks in that option pool as well. And again, at the exit, Adrian

then said, okay, 70% of the cash came up front, 20% in year two. And then the last in year three,

or sorry, in year two, which he's just finishing out now, moving on to his next thing,

which is helping and consulting companies hit that first million dollar mark.

Hey folks, my guest today is Adrian Day and his passion is helping in companies scale.

He learned this by accident.

Three years ago, he's asked to volunteer as a coach for a group of young entrepreneurs as part

of EO Accelerator in Utah.

He was hesitant because he was building his own SaaS company, but he agreed. In his first year, he helped multiple young companies grow and reach a million bucks in

revenue. In the process, he actually ended up selling his own company, Clearview Social. At the time

of sale, they had over 60,000 users in 12 countries. We had the pleasure of interviewing him back in 2020

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