Poised for Exit
Welcome to the Poised for Exit podcast! Poised for Exit is an under 30-minute strategic planning guidance podcast for busy small business owners. Each week you’ll hear certified exit planning advisor, Julie Keyes, talk with a range of entrepreneurs and professionals about preparing your business for a future transition. Guests at every stage of company ownership will share their personal stories and lessons learned about topics such as the anatomy of the exit planning process, developing a growth strategy, how to sell on your terms, exit planning for women small business owners, handling business diversity, and how to sell a family business. Whether you’re planning an exit in the near future or not, this show will provide you with the same action-oriented content that Julie utilizes while consulting with Keyestrategies clients. Building an exit strategy can be overwhelming, especially with all the decisions and details you have to consider. “Poised for Exit” will simplify the process and help you unwrap the unknowns, giving you more confidence in your planning process. Previous episodes are available for download, so if you are new to our show, you can listen to them in any order that suits you. Join us each week for timely, relevant content that will surely impact your business exit outcome! Subscribe to our newsletter below to receive your weekly episode link and stay updated on new strategic planning content. Find “Poised for Exit” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, and others. Thank you to our Sponsors: Sunbelt Business Advisers and JAK CPA's. A special note of thanks to Tyler Keyes who produced the music for the “Poised for Exit” show.
Poised for Exit
Using Data to Drive Decisions for Growth, Acquisitions and Exit
Using Data to Drive Decisions for Growth, Acquisitions and Exit
Our guest for this episode is Luke Komiskey, Founder and CEO of DataDrive, a data analytics company who enables its clients to make fast, informed decisions through the use of data and AI!
Luke says he's always been an entrepreneur at heart and has enjoyed the challenge of starting and growing companies. And he's helped numerous clients grow their businesses, by helping them collect, analyze and utilize their data for strategic decision making. He's a member and big fan of the Entrepreneur's Organization and leads as a Board member for them as well.
Luke says every company has pockets of data sitting in different spots within the systems of the company; most are not utilized. What if a company had a service who could not only dissect this data from various places, but also interpret what it means and provide you with advice on how best to use it? That's what Luke's company does; his technicians are not only national but global and he's working with some pretty impressive companies.
DataDrive takes a Managed Services approach that creates long term relationships and allows techs to become very familiar with a business's strategy, philosophy and nuances within the competition. This puts them in a position to provide immense value for the client!
Private Equity firms like to partner with DataDrive to assist them in making sound analytical decisions about companies they're interested in acquiring. DataDrive creates Scorecards for the business once its been acquired, so the PE firm can monitor financial and operational metrics of their investment.
Connect with Luke and his team at DataDrive
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Founder, Consultant, Author, Pod-caster and Instructor