{"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":"Why I left millions on the table | Carl Thompson | 2 Commas with Josh Comrie","slug":"why-i-left-millions-on-the-table-carl-thompson-2-commas-with-josh-comrie","published_at":"2026-06-24T17:55:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/2-commas-the-multi-million-exit-show-with-josh-comrie-7062695/why-i-left-millions-on-the-table-carl-thompson-2-commas-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/2941285","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/295273/2941285/two-commas-the-7-figure-plus-exit-podcast-with-josh-comrie/2026_06_24_17_52_26_17c912e6-1a27-4877-9873-4e4eef4dc634.mp3","summary":"Carl Thompson flew to Singapore with $3,000, shared a pullout bed with his co-founder in a room so small he could touch the wall sitting up, and cold-called New York at 2am because that's when the market was awake. That was the start of TradeGecko. He left the company two and a half years in, halfway through his vesting schedule, because he needed to come home for his relationships and his health. He split his role into five people on the way out. A few years later, Cam checked his spam folder and found an email from Intuit saying they wanted to buy the business. The acquisition closed at $100 million US. Carl has ADHD, has been cycling in and out of burnout for 20 years, and now runs SortMe, a money management platform built around the uncomfortable fact that 60% of NZ households can't cover a $1,500 bill without borrowing. His clients aren't struggling. They earn $150K to $500K a year and spend every dollar of it. We get into: Why he walked away from millions in unvested equity and whether he regrets it The dopamine science behind ADHD and why he thinks it's a competitive advantage for founders How a spam folder email became a $100M acquisition What lifestyle creep actually looks like at high income levels What he did with the exit money the day it landed If you're building something and wondering what it looks like to choose the life over the money and keep building anyway, this one's worth your time.","meta_description":"Carl Thompson flew to Singapore with $3,000, shared a pullout bed with his co-founder in a room so small he could touch the wall sitting up, and cold-call…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5007,"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/why-i-left-millions-on-the-table-carl-thompson-2-commas-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/why-i-left-millions-on-the-table-carl-thompson-2-commas-with-josh-comrie.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}