The Second-Timer Specimen Chief Executive Officer · A 60-person manufacturer; sold a previous company · Lisbon, Portugal

The Second-Timer

A specimen profile standing in for the second-time CEO who has already sold once and came back anyway, the regular most likely to end up hosting a table. Used here to demonstrate how a regular's profile renders.

Role: Chief Executive Officer
Company: A 60-person manufacturer; sold a previous company
Based: Lisbon, Portugal
Years in the seat: 3
First time as CEO: No

Stories

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What selling the first company taught me, and what it did not

He sold at 41, took eighteen months off, and is now three years into running a 60-person manufacturer. A postmortem on the exit itself: what the money changed, what it did not, and the single habit from the first company that nearly broke the second.

The Second-Timer Specimen A 60-person manufacturer; sold a previous company 6 min
- 11 years running the first company
- 94 headcount at sale
- 14 months from first approach to close

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What selling the first company taught me, and what it did not