Turning a Passion for Chicken Wings Into an Exit with Adam Lippin

The Exit - Presented By Flippa

Technology

5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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This week on The Exit: Embark on an extraordinary journey with Adam Lippin. His path to success is a tale of passion and innovation, his story a testament to his ability to launch and thrive in diverse industries, achieving two incredible exits along the way. First, he introduced authentic Buffalo wings to New York City with Atomic Wings, expanding it to 33 locations and exiting to Dunkin Donut. Then came Cuddlist, a pioneering concept designed to combat loneliness in our modern lives. He transformed it into a network of practitioners who provided solace and connection to thousands, then he successfully exited. Now, he's working on Hear Me, an app for emotional support and peer connection to tackle loneliness and promote mental health. This episode holds invaluable lessons for aspiring and seasoned entrepreneurs alike: it’s a celebration of relentless experimentation, and of commitment to following one’s passions, wherever they may lead. Adam Lippin is the founder and CEO of HearMe. Where they are striving to make mental health support accessible, affordable, and immediate. Adam launched HearMe in 2018 with the same core value that connection is a fundamental human necessity. Adam has expressed that he has experienced first-hand the profound impact of having a person there for him that shared his experience. So, at HearMe, they are seeking to recreate those extraordinary and life-affirming experiences at scale through the evidence-backed power of peer support. Prior to HearMe, Adam Co-founded Cuddlist, an international cuddle therapy service with over 10,000 trained practitioners. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamlippin/ HearMe: https://www.hearme.app/ Cuddilist: https://cuddlist.com/ Flippa’s First Access: https://flippa.com/exit For a Free Flippa Business Valuation: flippa.com/freevaluation -- 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	Hello and welcome to the exit presented by Flip Up the number one platform to buy and sell online businesses
0:05.9	Flipa manages over a billion in deal value annually and combines expert buy and sell side Advisory with its market leading valuation tool,
0:14.2	Deal Room, Off Market Offering, Market Insights,
0:17.3	an AI-based deal-by-deal matching engine.
0:20.7	Now for the exit.
0:21.9	The exit is a 30 minute podcast featuring awesome
0:24.4	entrepreneurs who have been there and they have done it. The exit talks to
0:27.6	operators who have bought and sold businesses of all different sizes. You learn
0:31.5	how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world
0:34.8	of exits.
0:35.8	It's a world occupied by a small few but accessible to many.
0:39.8	On this episode I sit down with Adam Lippin. He's an awesome entrepreneur who went from a company called Atomic Wings.
0:47.0	It was a Buffalo Wings store scaling that, exiting that, and then starting an application called Cuttlist.
0:56.1	And these two businesses are so different, and it's so unique to sit down with Adam and walk
1:01.6	through the similarities through two separate businesses
1:06.0	that are in totally different industries and talking through exiting both of these.
1:10.9	So these were back-to- back exits and right after he exited his company
1:16.1	the atomic wings he said he was only basically slowed down for about a minute and
1:20.8	then started up his next venture and he's currently working on
1:24.7	hear me that is venture backed startup that he's currently fundraising for and it's a team of
1:30.3	eight and it's a really fantastic concept that you'll have to stick around to the end of the
1:34.4	interview to listen to everything that he's building.
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