{"podcast":{"title":"The Agency Profit Podcast","slug":"the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616","podcast_index_feed_id":1151616,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/oUhqStLi","website_url":"https://parakeeto.com/blog/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d09aac90-9842-4abc-b7b0-e564939fbb78/15b9d8f3-2a7c-4093-ac06-c11b2c37a036/3000x3000/app-logo-dark-1.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Marcel Petitpas","episode_count":229,"summary":"Welcome to the Agency Profit Podcast hosted by Marcel Petitpas, CEO and Co-Founder of Parakeeto. Finally, an agency podcast that isn't JUST about getting more clients. On the show, we bring in experts, agency owners and consultants to share their actionable tips for improving profitability and operational efficiency. Here, you'll learn what systems to implement in your business, what kind of KPI's to track, and benchmarks to aim for. How to manage things like capacity, utilization, billing rates, processes and procedures, what tools to use, mistakes to avoid and so, so much more. If you're tired of putting out fires, working long hours, and growing revenue but not profits, you're in the right place.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T12:18:08.258325+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616"},"episode":{"title":"The “Second Bite” Exit Strategy, With Todd Taskey","slug":"the-second-bite-exit-strategy-with-todd-taskey","published_at":"2025-12-10T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616/the-second-bite-exit-strategy-with-todd-taskey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616","url":"https://parakeeto.com/blog/","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/219EA1/afp-942741-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/f59e2578-1756-4c62-9ba8-aacaf60e2b05/episodes/442e0009-8308-4715-9c1f-b95ff38adc64/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f59e2578-1756-4c62-9ba8-aacaf60e2b05&awEpisodeId=442e0009-8308-4715-9c1f-b95ff38adc64&feed=oUhqStLi","summary":"About this Episode In this episode of the Agency Profit Podcast, Marcel is joined by M&A expert and Tower Partners principal Todd Taskey to unpack how agency owners can use mergers and acquisitions as a strategic evolution of their business rather than a final exit. Drawing on two decades of deals in the digital marketing space, Todd explains his “second bite” thesis: helping agencies doing roughly $1–5M in EBITDA sell a portion of their business, take meaningful cash off the table, and then ride a much bigger wave of growth alongside private equity or strategic buyers. Together, he and Marcel demystify investment banking, private equity, and how value is really created in these transactions—from multiple expansion and add-backs to the role of recurring revenue, retention, and EBITDA quality. Through concrete examples of Amazon, CRO, and full-service agencies, they show how the right partner can 10x enterprise value while actually making the founder’s life more fun, and why running a proper process (instead of just reacting to one offer) gives you free “consulting” on what drives your valuation. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should sell, when to start conversations, or how AI, efficiency, and margins are changing the game, this episode offers a practical, founder-friendly roadmap to thinking about M&A like a pro.","meta_description":"About this Episode In this episode of the Agency Profit Podcast, Marcel is joined by M&A expert and Tower Partners principal Todd Taskey to unpack how age…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2399,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616/episodes/the-second-bite-exit-strategy-with-todd-taskey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-agency-profit-podcast-1151616/the-second-bite-exit-strategy-with-todd-taskey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}