Worth Owning · The Horizon show
Is your business worth owning?
Owners who built something worth owning, on what it took: what they got right, what they’d fix sooner, and what it was worth. Hosted by Krystyn and Matt Harrison.
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No. 1 · 33 minAI moats, venture debt and the $20M exitJosh Axler, Managing Director, Flow CapitalNo. 2 · 40 min3 exits in 10 years, and why buyers smell desperationJacqueline Dinsmore, Managing Partner, CaravelNo. 3 · 72 minFrom a pulled IPO in 2008 to a $263M salePeter Hwang, Founder, Global Faces and Newstrike
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Is your CFO just a controller?Susan Richards explains why most CFOs are controllers with a bigger title, how normalized EBITDA and fully loaded CAC change your value, and the moves to make 36 months before a sale so diligence doesn’t sink the deal.—Apr 2026Horizon LIVE: what makes a profitable business sellableLive from Inside M&A, a 3-time exited founder and a tech M&A advisor break down what makes a business sellable, how normalizations add value, what to say when a buyer calls, and how long a sale takes.—Apr 2026AI moats, venture debt and the $20M exitJosh Axler has deployed over $200M as a venture lender. He explains what AI is doing to software moats, why equity is the costliest money you can raise, what breaks in most data rooms, and how a smaller exit can pay the owner more.—Apr 2026The pivot that built a 4-million-member fintechEva Wong joined Borrowell as a volunteer on mat leave. She shares how a failed loan product led to free credit scores, why they cut three businesses to one, and what it took to buy and integrate a company bigger than theirs.—Apr 2026Know your number before a buyer names oneWendy Brookhouse, a financial planner who co-owned and sold a software company, explains why most owners can’t name what their business is worth, how doing three jobs shrinks your value, and how to work back from the number your next chapter needs.—Mar 2026The 4-day week as a design choice for ownersAlex Soojung-Kim Pang has watched hundreds of organizations move to a 4-day week. He explains why none of them lose money, why meetings are the place to start, and how owners can treat rest as an investment instead of a cost.—Mar 2026Seed strapping a startup past $10M in ARRTim Ray sold his first startup 10 months after launch, then learned the hard way when to fold. He shares how he ran a competitive sale, why he funds growth with debt, and how Verifast passed $10M ARR on less than $3M raised.—Feb 2026Selling The Peak for $5M, then buying it backBrett Chang built The Peak to run without him, sold it to Zoomer Media for a reported $5M, then bought it back. He shares how he pitched investors, what the deal process took, and why he now plans to hold.—Feb 2026Selling Rally Beer for $2M on $920K raisedAlan Wood built Rally Beer from a garage homebrew kit to over $1M in run rate in 27 months, then sold to Muskoka Brewery for about $2M. He shares how he competed while underfunded, what the buyer paid for, and how he builds differently now.—Jan 2026From a pulled IPO in 2008 to a $263M salePeter Hwang lost a public listing overnight in 2008, then came back to sell Global Faces to private equity and Newstrike to Hexo for $263M. He shares why market timing comes first, how data drove value, and what the arrival fallacy feels like.—Dec 2025A $1B IPO in 5 months, then selling the dream houseMiranda Lievers helped take Thinkific from four people above a taco shop to a $1B IPO in 5 months. She shares how the company was ready for its moment, what the first day of trading felt like, and why she sold the dream house.—Nov 20254 co-founders, a 5-month sale, and what came afterJulie Ellis and three co-founders built Mabel’s Labels from a basement and sold it to Avery in 5 months. She shares what diligence asked for, how they found add-backs, and why life after the sale needs a plan of its own.—Nov 2025Selling to a 40-year buyer that never flipsNarbe Alexandrian runs a 40-year private equity fund that buys software companies to keep. He shares the three metrics he checks first, why he walks away when the founder does everything, and why he changes nothing for six months after closing.—Oct 2025How a farmland buyer decides what to ownMarcus Mitchell oversaw more than $1B in farmland acquisitions before starting his own firm. He shares the three tests he runs before buying, why he walks away from most deals, and how wealth you keep differs from wealth you make.—Oct 2025The $65M exit, and life after InkboxTyler Handley took Inkbox from a jungle discovery to a $65M sale to BIC. He shares how they positioned the company for a buyer, how he negotiated when the deal was retraded, and what nobody tells you about life after the money lands.—Sep 20253 exits in 10 years, and why buyers smell desperationJackie Dinsmore went from Bay Street lawyer to three exits in under a decade, including a family business sold months before COVID. She shares why deals close on relationships, what buyers see when you are burnt out, and how to stay diligence ready.—Sep 2025Build like a buyer: $175M ARR in 24 monthsAndrea Matheson ran more than 30 acquisitions at CGI, then built Proponix to $175M ARR in 24 months and sold it to the banks it served. She shares how thinking like a buyer shaped every decision, and why time freedom is the real return.—Sep 2025
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