{"podcast":{"title":"The Exit - Presented By Flippa","slug":"the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365","podcast_index_feed_id":2008365,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:882652228/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://soundcloud.com/theexitpodcast","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-PWWNjPg4fWS3LPdv-Oy7SwQ-original.jpg","author":"The Exit - Presented By Flippa","episode_count":301,"summary":"The Exit - Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podca…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T16:17:45.387266+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365"},"episode":{"title":"The 9-Figure Exit: Scaling a Restaurant Tech Powerhouse with Kevin Rice","slug":"the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a-restaurant-tech-powerhouse-with-kevin-rice","published_at":"2026-04-13T09:00:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365/the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a-restaurant-tech-powerhouse-with-kevin-rice","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365","url":"https://soundcloud.com/theexitpodcast/the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a","audio_url":"http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2299983812-theexitpodcast-the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a.mp3","summary":"Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you’ll get an immediate estimate of the value of your business. You might be surprised by how much you can get for it: https://flippa.com/exit -- In this episode, we dive into the remarkable journey of Kevin Rice, co-founder of a premier digital consultancy that achieved a massive nine-figure exit in late 2021. From teaching himself to build websites in a college dorm to leading a team of over 250 people, Kevin shares the gritty details of scaling, failing, and eventually winning big. Key Takeaways: The Power of Hyper-Niche: How shifting from a generalist agency to focusing exclusively on the restaurant industry ignited their growth trajectory. Building \"NomNom\": Why creating proprietary Intellectual Property (IP) changed their valuation and boosted their new business close rates to 80%. The \"Second Job\" of Selling: Why founders must be prepared for the grueling reality of running a company while simultaneously managing a full-time acquisition process. Surviving the Pandemic: How doubling down on digital transformation (online ordering and loyalty programs) helped their clients survive COVID-19 and grew their business by 100% in 2021. The Banker Advantage: Why Kevin highly recommends hiring a professional banker to create competition among buyers and maximize enterprise value. -- Kevin Rice is an entrepreneur, operator, and leadership thinker with a track record of building and scaling high growth companies from the ground up. He has grown a startup from just a few people into a multi hundred employee organization with a successful nine figure exit. Kevin is also the host of the CEOs and ABCs podcast, where he explores how high p…","meta_description":"Want a quick estimate of how much your business is worth? With our free valuation calculator, answer a few questions about your business, and you’ll get a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365/episodes/the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a-restaurant-tech-powerhouse-with-kevin-rice/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-exit-presented-by-flippa-2008365/the-9-figure-exit-scaling-a-restaurant-tech-powerhouse-with-kevin-rice.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}