Building to Scale, Planning to Exit.
Building an enduring company is the true proof of success
23mile brings you candid conversations with leaders who have gone the distance, sharing unfiltered lessons on scaling their companies, conquering setbacks, and engineering their exits
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September 17, 2026
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How Raspberry Pi Became the UK's Best-Selling Computer and a Billion-Pound Public Company
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It is f**king fun: HOW Jess accidentally founded a startup, scaled and exited to a public company
4-Years without a salary: How Jinesh Vohra Built Sprive into a Top UK Finance App
15-Year Overnight Success: How Amber Bootstrapped a Side Project to an 8-Figure Exit to Philips
Why Your Exit Strategy is Your Best Fundraising Tactic: Charlie Fletcher, Mischon De Reya
How to Raise Venture Capital and NOT Destroy Your Startup: Lessons from an Ex-VC
No Pretty F*cking PowerPoints: How Rachel Sold for ÂŁ13.3m in 1,000 Days | Rachel Murphy
“I'm Retiring at 40" : How Lloyed Lobo Turned Community Into a Life-Changing Exit
Zombie Startups: How Losing a $1B Fintech Platform Inspired a Contrarian Bet on VC Failures | Krista Morgan
From ÂŁ1,000 to Over ÂŁ1Million: How Sally Wynter Bootstrapped MUHU to an Exit in 5 Months
How Eric Pivoted Swoop to $100 Offer, Crashed and took off Again: Co-founder & COO of Vissibl
Building a Startup That Can Sell But Doesn’t Have To: The Private Equity Playbook | David Czarny
From Wall Street to 2x Exited Founders: How these Siblings Built and Sold the Same Startup Twice | Ziyaad Ahmed
Gaming the System: An M&A Banker's Playbook for Engineering the Perfect Exit | Mike Bank
The Midwife Who Delivered Her Own Life-Changing Startup Exit: Edwina Sharrock
From DJ Decks to a Seven-Figure Exit. Scaling a Tech Startup With the Help of a Six-Pack: Dhilon Solanki, Founder & CEO of Story Locker
From Teenage Founder to Scaling a $250M Business: Dan Schiffman on Building, Exits, and Pivots
Meet Your Host Kayode Odeleye
Kayode Odeleye is the Founder & CEO of Caena and a former investment banker with over 17 years of experience in strategy, M&A, and capital financing. He’s worked on complex transactions, advised VCs and PE firms, and built both traditional and tech businesses from the ground up.
Now, he brings that wealth of experience to the mic — helping founders navigate the high-stakes world of scaling up.
When he’s not working, he’s probably outdoors training for his next marathon.
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Our podcast titled “Building to Scale, Planning to Exit” is all about real stories and lessons from the startup journey. Each episode features candid conversations with founders and industry leaders who have “gone the distance.”
We talk about scaling companies, conquering tough setbacks, pivoting when necessary, and ultimately engineering successful exits or sustainable businesses. It’s an honest, unvarnished look at what it really takes to build an enduring company beyond the early startup sprint. If you’re looking for hard-earned insights and relatable stories, you’ll enjoy this.
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We hand-pick guests who have compelling, authentic stories to tell about the later stages of the startup journey. Our guests typically fall into one of these categories
a) Exited founders who have navigated the merger & acquisition journey
b) Founders running startups that scaled to series B or any business to around ÂŁ5 million rev
c) Group corporate development in startups or large corporates whose job it is to acquire early-stage companies
If this is you or you know anyone who fits, get in touch with us.
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