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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April 21 , 2026
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Why Your Exit Strategy is Your Best Fundraising Tactic: Charlie Fletcher, Mischon De Reya
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April 1, 2026
How to Raise Venture Capital and NOT Destroy Your Startup: Lessons from an Ex-VC
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January 20, 2026
No Pretty F*cking PowerPoints: How Rachel Sold for £13.3m in 1,000 Days | Rachel Murphy
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January 6, 2026
“I'm Retiring at 40" : How Lloyed Lobo Turned Community Into a Life-Changing Exit
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December 4, 2025
Zombie Startups: How Losing a $1B Fintech Platform Inspired a Contrarian Bet on VC Failures | Krista Morgan
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November 13, 2025
From £1,000 to Over £1Million: How Sally Wynter Bootstrapped MUHU to an Exit in 5 Months
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October 28, 2025
How Eric Pivoted Swoop to $100 Offer, Crashed and took off Again: Co-founder & COO of Vissibl
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October 21, 2025
Building a Startup That Can Sell But Doesn’t Have To: The Private Equity Playbook | David Czarny
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September 9, 2025
From Wall Street to 2x Exited Founders: How these Siblings Built and Sold the Same Startup Twice | Ziyaad Ahmed
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September 2, 2025
Gaming the System: An M&A Banker's Playbook for Engineering the Perfect Exit | Mike Bank
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August 19, 2025
The Midwife Who Delivered Her Own Life-Changing Startup Exit: Edwina Sharrock
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August 12, 2025
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
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August 5, 2025
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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