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THE $100M EXITS ARCHIVE W/ JASON KIRBY
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ask my board how to structure an earn-out that actually pays out
Three levers from the founders who've closed nine-figure earn-outs: (1) tie the metric to gross revenue, not EBITDA — buyers control EBITDA post-close…
📎 Ep 47 · Drew Sanocki on his $110M exit — YouTube 12:04
📎 Ep 62 · Jeff Fenster on earn-out traps — YouTube 08:31
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Serial founder · Managing Partner, Thunder.vc · Host of $100M Exits
This isn't a journalist interviewing from the outside. Jason is a serial founder with 4 exits who's been personally involved in $100M+ in transactions, and now runs Thunder.vc, a capital advisory firm that's helped founders raise $1.2B+. He built this archive from 100+ conversations with the operators and investors who've done what you're trying to do, so the answers you get are grounded in real deals, not theory.
"No founder has time to listen to 100 hours of advice. You have a decision to make today. So we made every lesson from every guest accessible as if you're asking them your questions over coffee."
JASON KIRBY, FOUNDER & HOST, $100M EXITS
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Who's on your board
The answers come from founders and investors behind some of the most talked-about outcomes of the last decade.
Life360
Itamar Novick bet his net worth, it paid off later.
Cleversafe
Chris Gladwin raised $100M+ to a billion-dollar exit.
DailyLook
Brian Ree pivoted to survive, then sold to Victoria's Secret.
Sendoso
Kris Rudeegraap's raise from SoftBank, start to finish.
Noname Security
Shay Levi on leaving it all to start again.
SharesPost
Greg Brogger went zero to $10B in secondaries.
Grasshopper
David Hauser bootstrapped to nine-figure exits.
Represent
Dan Rosenberg built and sold a $100M startup twice.
What founders say about working with Jason
The board is async, Jason is the live seat. Founders bring him the decisions they only get one shot at. Here’s what a few had to say after working with him directly.
“My investors brought Jason in to sell us to get their money back. But when I met with Jason, he saw the real potential in my business was still to come and suggested a Growth Buyout Strategy. His insights and guidance in communicating with my board were game-changing.”
Olga Dogadkina
Emperia
“Jason was my secret weapon while fundraising. He supported me with the key analysis that closed my debt financing and gave great guidance on fundraising throughout. He goes above and beyond and delivers on what he says he's going to do.”
Renata Black
EBY
“Jason transformed our fundraising journey. In less than 45 days, he helped us close 3 investors for $1.5M.”
Devrim Yasar
Lucky Robots
“Jason has been like fairy dust for me. It has been great putting together a pitch deck with him and seeing investors respond to it so positively. Working with Jason has made me so much more optimistic about my business.”
Mike Russell
Monument
“We've been profitable for 7 years without external capital, so choosing the right growth partner was critical. Jason helped us articulate why now is the perfect time to scale and opened the door to investors who truly understood our vision for European SME financing.”
Audrius Milukas
smeGo
“Jason connected us with dozens of investors specifically interested in consumer health products. That targeted matching created competitive interest that strengthened our position and helped us secure $30M in capital.”
Justin Kerzner
Magic Molecule
“Coming out of our raise I am more indebted to Jason for all of his advice, guidance, and leadership than anyone else. That's a big achievement given our scale.”
Patrick Xie
Silicon Valley Commerce
“After years of bootstrapping through crowdfunding, we needed someone who could tell our story to serious investors. Jason took our engineering innovation and made it compelling to them. The traction we're seeing in the market speaks volumes about his approach.”
Harmen Van Kamp
Global Air Cylinder Wheels
“Jason's recommended capital strategy gave us exactly the clarity we needed to drive our business forward. His understanding of the healthcare technology landscape and ability to identify our optimal funding path was crucial as we focused on customer traction and prepared for our next round.”
Anand Prabhu
Mediportal
“I'm incredibly grateful for Jason. I knew I needed growth capital, but I had no idea how to get it. Jason made it so easy. I plan to bring him back for all our capital needs going forward.”
Thomas Cheng
DigiPeak Media
“Jason's responsiveness & willingness to help allowed us to close our pre-seed and seed stage investments quickly. We're thrilled to have had Jason as a part of the team and strongly recommend other founders to work with him.”
Al Simon
Going (Eludee)
“We would be nowhere without Jason. He introduced us to investors and helped us survive & thrive in what has been a very tough market these past 5 years.”
Ian McLoughlin
Stim
“As an AI startup in the middle of the AI boom, Jason filtered out the noise and connected us with partners who recognized our unique position in the market.”
Roi Lee
Mage
“Jason's strategic guidance helped us optimize our capital strategy and identify the right investors for our healthy meal delivery platform. His understanding of the foodtech space and ability to balance our expansion plans with sustainable growth was crucial to securing our $3M Series A.”
Turner Hoff
Vegetable + Butcher
“From the very beginning, Jason was incredibly helpful. Throughout the process, he made everything run smoothly and professionally. His expertise and personalized approach exceeded our expectations.”
Rafi Dowla
PremiseHQ
“Jason's financial modeling and strategic guidance were game-changing for us. He understood our opportunity to become a market leader and structured our pre-seed round to close $2M and set us up for our $10M seed round with Tier 1 investors. We couldn't have navigated this without him.”
Evon Onusic
Frontiers Market
“Working with Jason gave us clarity on our strategic options at a critical decision point, raise, sell, or stay profitable. He positioned our engineering analytics platform effectively, and his advisory was instrumental in our decision to keep bootstrapping in preparation for a larger exit in the coming year.”
Julian Colina
Haystack
“Finding the right investors and aligning all the strategic and operational pieces was a challenge for us. Jason achieved exactly that for our CPG business when traditional approaches had failed.”
Brandon Fishman
VitaCup
“Jason helped us find strategic acquirers who recognized our business's potential beyond traditional VC metrics. In 6 months we received 4 competitive term sheets.”
Daniel Latzman
Myndbend
“Finding the right debt structure for our unique business model was hard until we worked with Jason. He immediately grasped how our AR cycles work and crafted a financing solution that actually accelerates our growth. Now we can onboard new clients without cash flow constraints.”
T.J. Henry Jr.
Federate
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