{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/662e9ede3922620013ce8c0b/677edb37f48b51537ca7e2a6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"£25M Exit to Startup Failure - How do you know when to quit?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/662e9ede3922620013ce8c0b/1736366892560-3d93981b-6245-43ab-8fa5-77ab8f3a5376.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>After selling eConsultancy for £25M, Ashley Friedlein could have retired. </p><p><br></p><p>Instead, he poured 7 years and millions into Guild, a professional messaging platform - only to eventually shut it down. </p><p><br></p><p>In this brutally honest conversation, Ashley shares why conventional startup advice can be dangerous, how to know when to keep pushing versus let go, and why work-life balance might be the wrong goal entirely. </p><p><br></p><p>Whether you're growing a business or considering an exit, Ashley's rare perspective from both massive success and graceful shutdown offers invaluable lessons on the realities of entrepreneurship.</p><p><br></p><p>===</p><p><br></p><p>8 &amp; 9 Figure Mentors is the podcast that gets inside of the minds of the people who have started, run and exited 8, 9 and 10- figure businesses. Learn about their stories, work ethic, struggles and failures, as well as their big wins, so you can apply their lessons to your own journey.</p><p><br></p><p>If you don't have a multi-billion dollar network, use this podcast instead! Simple :D </p><p><br></p><p>Tim Cameron-Kitchen is the founder of Digital Marketing agency Exposure Ninja, and is building a group of digital marketing agencies at Shinobi Capital Group.</p>","author_name":"Tim Cameron-Kitchen"}