The Built to Exit Podcast with Jason Sisneros · 2026-05-20 · 41 min
Kip Knippel built Kip Search into a national C-suite recruiting firm by doing the opposite of what everyone else does - he never posts jobs. Get the FREE Exit Code Blueprint: This conversation between Jason Sisneros and Kip Knippel gets into what it actually takes to place the right leader in the right seat, why 93% of businesses that go to market never close, and what founders do to blow the deal before they get to close. What's covered: → Why retained search firms never post jobs... and where the best C-suite talent is actually hiding (they're not looking) → The AI hiring trap: companies are paying for tools nobody's trained to use, and the wave of overnight "AI experts" making it harder to find real ones → What PE firms are paying a premium for right now... and how an AI-augmented team changes your multiple before you ever talk to a buyer → The Arena: how Kip matches post-exit founders to high-growth companies through blind profiling and manifesto videos, without the 6-month search timeline → The identity crisis that kills deals at the closing table...
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