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👤 Connect with Today’s Guest – Ted Jenkin
Ted Jenkin has built and sold three companies — including a $3 billion wealth management firm — and today helps founder-led and family-owned businesses maximize their value while minimizing stress.
In this episode of A Founder’s Life, Ted opens up about entrepreneurship, family, fasting, and how discipline drives freedom. He shares his journey from financial advisor to serial entrepreneur and CEO, now helping companies sell smarter through Exit Stage Left Advisors.
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⏱️ Timestamps
0:00 – Intro & sponsor (Thankz)
1:30 – Meet Ted Jenkin: serial entrepreneur & CEO of Exit Stage Left Advisors
1:50 – Building and selling three companies, including a $3B wealth management firm
2:49 – Helping founder-led businesses maximize value and minimize stress
3:55 – Family life: 31 years married, three kids working across his companies
6:17 – Finding presence through family, routines, and intentional structure
7:40 – Health transformation: fasting, red light therapy, and holistic wellness
9:57 – ProLon fasting routine and quarterly reset strategy
12:39 – What fun and reading look like for Ted (nonfiction, travel, pickleball)
13:28 – Redefining balance: b
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