23mile Podcast
23mile Podcast
Podcast Description
Your startup has survived the early, unpredictable days and you're now wondering: what's next?
23mile is your guide to the massive opportunities and complex challenges founders face when scaling up. We focus on the game-changing moves that define a company's legacy: mastering growth, navigating mergers and acquisitions, and overcoming the obstacles that stand between you and the next level.
Each week, hear the hard-won wisdom from the founders, investors, and deal-makers who have built, bought, and sold companies for a living.
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The podcast focuses on significant startup growth topics, including mastering exit strategies, navigating mergers and acquisitions, and facing scaling challenges, with episodes like Yasen Dimitrov's journey to a $100 million exit and Frances Simowitz's management buyout adventure.
Building an enduring company is the true proof of success
23mile Podcast brings you candid conversations with leaders who have gone the distance, sharing unfiltered lessons on scaling their companies, conquering setbacks, and engineering their exits.
What happens when your startup gets shut down right after a life-changing exit? You buy it back and sell it again.
Former Wall Street analyst Ziyaad Ahmed shares the wild story of building Spotii—the Middle East's pioneering Buy Now Pay Later platform—with his sister, selling it to Australian giant Zip after 18 months, watching it get shut down, then reacquiring their own company and flipping it again just 3 months later.
From bootstrapping in a pandemic to landing Amazon as a client, from Citadel hedge fund to Silicon Valley to Dubai entrepreneur—this is a masterclass in grit, enterprise sales, and why the best founders think like investors.
Key insights:
- The 3-factor framework VCs actually use to evaluate startups
- His #1 rule for winning enterprise deals (never lose control)
- Why ”grit beats intelligence” in entrepreneurship
- Building a company with your sibling (and why it works)
Perfect for: Founders, sales professionals, anyone curious about the reality behind startup ”success stories”
Ziyaad now runs Qanooni, an AI platform for lawyers, and believes artificial intelligence is the next tectonic shift after the internet and mobile. Hear why he's betting his future on it.
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