ScaleUp Radio · 2026-07-01 · 46 min
Why should founders start planning their exit years before they intend to leave? That was the theme of this month's ScaleUp Club, where members explored one of the most misunderstood areas of business growth: exit planning. Joining Kevin Brent was returning guest Helen Bower, former owner of Adder Bookkeeping, who successfully sold her business to Fresh Financials Group in 2025 after deliberately building it with a 10-year exit strategy in mind. Helen shared a refreshingly honest account of how she transformed a self-employed role into a scalable business, the systems she put in place, how the acquisition unfolded, and what life looks like after the sale. Alongside Helen's Q&A, members also received an AI Pulse update from Tim Wynn-Stanley of Resolve IT, covering one of the hottest developments in AI right now: Vibe Coding. The session explored why exit planning is not really about selling your business. Instead, it is about creating a stronger, more scalable and less founder-dependent company today.
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