# #529 Andy Harris: How Did One Exit Sell for Twice Its Value? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value.md Podcast: [21st Century Entrepreneurship](https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325) Published: 2026-07-17T20:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/19510079-529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value.mp3 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.buzzsprout.com/2328218/episodes/19510079-529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/episodes/529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value Duration seconds: 1504 ## Resource Andy Harris is a former three-time CEO and current President of North American Strategies and Managing Director with STS Capital, and we spoke about how founders can prepare their companies for an exit that delivers more than standard market value. After completing more than 20 acquisitions and six exits, Andy learned M&A by “being in the shoes” of business owners—building companies, managing daily operations, and preparing them for strategic buyers. His central advice is to remove “found... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/episodes/529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/21st-century-entrepreneurship-6829325/529-andy-harris-how-did-one-exit-sell-for-twice-its-value.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.