{"podcast":{"title":"2 Commas: The $multi-million exit show with Josh Comrie","slug":"2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695","podcast_index_feed_id":7062695,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/two-commas-the-7-figure-plus-exit-podcast-with-josh-comrie/feed.xml","website_url":"https://joshcomrie.com/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/two-commas-the-7-figure-plus-exit-podcast-with-josh-comrie/20241218_021206_fe397fe6970b819a89541ff0cb045281.png","author":"Josh Comrie","episode_count":92,"summary":"Welcome to 2 Commas: The $multi-million exit show I've spent over two decades helping founders scale their businesses and achieve successful, multimillion-dollar exits. I've also achieved this myself on multiple occasions. With my experience as an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor, I’ve had the privilege of guiding companies through the highs and lows of business growth and exit strategies. Each episode will bring you the previously untold stories of entrepreneurs who have successfully scaled and exited their businesses for seven-figure (2 comma's) plus returns. You’ll hear more about the journeys, challenges, and pivotal moments that led to these transformative exits. My goal is to inform and inspire founders who are looking to scale their ventures to seven, eight or nine figures and beyond. Follow me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/joshcomrie Download my e-book, \"The Exit Factor\" and sign up to receive the Business Growth Journal weekly: https://www.joshcomrie.com/the-exit-factor","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T04:21:31.660082+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695"},"episode":{"title":"I gave away half of my business on a handshake. Here's why. | Mark Zeman with Josh Comrie","slug":"i-gave-away-half-of-my-business-on-a-handshake-here-s-why-mark-zeman-with-josh-comrie","published_at":"2026-06-03T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695/i-gave-away-half-of-my-business-on-a-handshake-here-s-why-mark-zeman-with-josh-comrie","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/two-commas-the-7-figure-plus-exit-podcast-with-josh-comrie/2881539","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/295273/2881539/two-commas-the-7-figure-plus-exit-podcast-with-josh-comrie/2026_06_03_06_31_47_256bfe20-9436-4a51-a858-e14b4a82a276.mp3","summary":"What if the most successful version of your company is the smallest one? This week I sit down with Mark Zeman, co-founder of SpeedCurve, who quietly built one of the most unusual software businesses I've come across. No VC. No sales team. No marketing function. A team that never grew beyond seven people, paid two to three times market salary, and shared the monthly profit with everyone. SpeedCurve had customers like Airbnb, the New York Times and the Guardian. They found him, not the other way around. And after 13 years, he exited to Embrace, not at the peak. We get into: - Why Mark turned down customers, capital and \"grow at all costs\" - How a UX designer in New Zealand ended up shaping global web performance standards - The handshake co-founder deal with Steve Souders and why it worked - Monthly profit share instead of equity and a someday-maybe exit - The moment the market shifted and SpeedCurve became the wrong shape - Selling a declining SaaS business and why Embrace still wanted it - What working inside a VC-backed company has confirmed and challenged If you've ever wondered whether there's another way to build a SaaS business and exit on your own terms, there is. Mark just lived it.","meta_description":"What if the most successful version of your company is the smallest one? This week I sit down with Mark Zeman, co-founder of SpeedCurve, who quietly built…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695/episodes/i-gave-away-half-of-my-business-on-a-handshake-here-s-why-mark-zeman-with-josh-comrie/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695/i-gave-away-half-of-my-business-on-a-handshake-here-s-why-mark-zeman-with-josh-comrie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}