GYDA - Grow Your Digital Agency

Navigating Post-Exit Identity: Balancing Entrepreneurship, Agency Ownership, and Business Growth in the AI Era

GYDA - Robert Craven and Janusz Stabik

In this GYDA Talks, Robert, talks to Dan Fallon of Fresh Ventures. Dan Fallon is an optimist, marketer, entrepreneur, and investor with a strong expertise in business growth, online advertising, and marketing. He is known for his clear-sighted and straightforward approach to identifying what makes a business thrive and has the drive to make that happen.

Dan successfully exited SearchStar by selling it to Welocalize and remains a minority shareholder in ZapMap.

Through Fresh Ventures, Dan is creating a portfolio of consultancy roles and investments that align with his passions, skills, market needs, and potential for reward. If you'd like to start a conversation, feel free to reach out.

 

Rob and Dan discuss:

  • Is Exit so clever?
  • And then you become an employee…
  • What is your identity post-exit?
  • You need a clear idea of what you are going to do next.
  • Are you an entrepreneur or an agency owner?
  • You can scale a business like a pyramid.
  • You can just see what you’d look like at double the size.
  • In AI , agencies will still have a role.
  • The story of the deal.
  • Run a great business then people will buy it.