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Buyers and BuildersHow to Build a 7-Figure Company from Scratch (with Mac Lackey)My guest today is Mac Lackey, an entrepreneur who has founded and sold six companies, each with 7-and 8-figure exits - including two back-to-back internet businesses during the dot-com boom.In this episode, Mac breaks down the exact mindset and playbook that helped him turn businesses into life-changing exits. He shares the story of advising one company who was struggling to sell for $25 million… and guiding them to restructure and close for $42 million in cash just months later.Sponsors:This episode is sponsored by CapitalPad, the marketplace that connects acquisition entrepreneurs with investors who wa...
2025-10-271h 04
Finding Peak w/ Ryan HanleyScaling for Freedom: The New Entrepreneurial Mindset | Mac LackeySpartan philosophy, built in the black-ops lab of business: https://www.findingpeak.comFinding Peak podcast: https://linktr.ee/ryan_hanleyJoin our community of fearless leaders in search of unreasonable outcomes...Want to become a FEARLESS entrepreneur and leader? Go here: https://www.findingpeak.comWatch on YouTube: https://link.ryanhanley.com/youtubeIn this conversation, Ryan Hanley and Mac Lackey explore the evolving landscape of entrepreneurship, emphasizing the importance of scaling for freedom rather than adhering to traditional hustle culture.Mac shares his personal journey of balancing...
2025-06-2659 min
Legacy BrandingEp 9. Business Success Without Sacrificing Family with Mac LackeyIn this episode of theLegacy Branding Podcast, host Laura Beauparlant sits down with serial entrepreneur Mac Lackey, who has started, scaled, and sold six successful businesses.Mac shares his journey of building ventures that attracted industry giants, and the lessons he learned from his impressive exits.As the founder of ExitDNA, Mac now mentors entrepreneurs on how to prepare their businesses for sale, emphasizing the importance of proactive planning and brand equity in driving valuation.He also reflects on balancing personal priorities—like being present for his family—with entrepreneurial success and discusses how...
2024-11-2739 min
Beyond 8 FiguresStrategic Moves to Secure a Large Exit with Mac Lackey, ExitDNAWhen is the best time to sell your business? According to Mac Lackey, it’s never too early to prepare. Drawing from his six successful exits, Mac believes in the power of a strategic exit—selling based on unique value rather than financials. It’s all about thinking ahead and identifying what makes your company special. Whether you sell in one year or five, being ready allows you to seize opportunities and maximize your business's worth.About Mac LackeyMac Lackey has been building and selling businesses for over 25 years. He’s launched six companie...
2024-10-0234 min
Heartbeat For Hire with Lyndsay Dowd102: The Successful Exit with Mac LackeyMac Lackey is an American entrepreneur who has started, scaled and sold six companies (all seven or eight figure exits). Mac and his companies have been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, USA Today and The New York Times. Notable ventures include: KYCK (acquired by NBC Sports), Mountain Khakis (acquired by Remington) and InternetSoccer Network (acquired by division of News Corp/Sky). He additionally served as a member of the Board of Directors for publicly traded LendingTree for over five years and is currently an angel investor in over 50 companies. ...
2024-06-1229 min
The Zenpreneur PodcastThriving Beyond the Grind: Secrets to SuccessIn this insightful episode of the Zenpreneur podcast, we welcome the serial entrepreneur Mac Lackey. Mac has founded and sold six companies, achieving exits in the seven—to eight-figure range. Mac shares his extensive experience in making businesses "exit ready" and delves into his unique approach to entrepreneurship, which balances substantial business growth with personal well-being.Mac Lackey is an American entrepreneur renowned for his ability to start, scale, and successfully exit multiple businesses. His ventures have been spotlighted in major media outlets such as CNN and The New York Times. Beyond his business acumen, Mac has se...
2024-04-1557 min
ScaleX™ Insider PodcastMac Lackey - The most successful way to sell your businessMac Lackey - The most successful way to sell your business In today's episode I chat with Mac Lackey, an American entrepreneur who has started, scaled, and sold six companies. In today's conversation we talk about, why you need to see your business through a buyers eyes, why you need to sell your business on value and never on financial multiples, how to create an irresistible story with selling your business, you need unshakable conviction to be successful, the story you need to tell to sell your business, why you need to surround yourself with smart people...
2023-10-111h 13ScaleX™ Insider PodcastMac Lackey - The most successful way to sell your businessMac Lackey - The most successful way to sell your business In today's episode I chat with Mac Lackey, an American entrepreneur who has started, scaled, and sold six companies. In today's conversation we talk about, why you need to see your business through a buyers eyes, why you need to sell your business on value and never on financial multiples, how to create an irresistible story with selling your business, you need unshakable conviction to be successful, the story you need to tell to sell your business, why you need to surround yourself with smart people...
2023-10-111h 13
Net Profit Podcast- Accelerate Your Profits with Ryan KimlerMac Lackey: How to Exit Your Business for Max ValueAbout Mac Lackey: Mac Lackey is an American entrepreneur who has started, scaled, and sold six companies (all seven or eight-figure exits). Mac and his companies have been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business North Carolina, USA Today, and The New York Times. Notable ventures include: KYCK (acquired by NBC Sports), Mountain Khakis (acquired by Remington), and Internet Soccer Network (acquired by a division of News Corp/Sky). He additionally served as a member of the Board of Directors for Lending Tree (NASDAQ: TREE) for over five years and is currently an angel investor in...
2023-10-0428 min
AmiSights: Financing the Future For Small Business Owners and Entrepreneurs130: Learn How to Scale Up From a Six Time Exit EntrepreneurIn today's podcast, we talk to Mac Lackey, a former professional soccer player and an entrepreneur who has built and sold six companies. Currently, Mac is mentoring entrepreneurs via ExitDNA, his exclusive program for founders and entrepreneurs who want confidence and clarity on the exact steps they need to take now to create the option for a successful exit in the future. He explains how his experience as an athlete prepared him for the business world. "Whether it's entrepreneurship or traditional business, or whatever people pursue in life, what is required to achieve success in a sport...
2023-09-1238 min
15 Minutes Share Your Voice130: Learn How to Scale Up From a Six Time Exit EntrepreneurIn today’s podcast, we talk to Mac Lackey, a former professional soccer player and an entrepreneur who has built and sold six companies. Currently, Mac is mentoring entrepreneurs via ExitDNA, his exclusive program for founders and entrepreneurs who want confidence and clarity on the exact steps they need to take now to create the option for a successful exit in the future. He explains how his experience as an athlete prepared him for the business world.
"Whether it's entrepreneurship or traditional business, or whatever people pursue in life, what is required to achieve success in a sp...
2023-09-1238 min
The Wise ExitPractice Makes Perfect In Soccer and M&A | Mac LackeyE41: Join Todd Sullivan and Mac Lackey, a serial entrepreneur who's built and sold six businesses with multiple eight figure exits to NBC Sports and News Corp, just to name a few.Mac has been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, USAToday and The New York Times, and now spends his time working with business owners through his extraordinary program called ExitDNA, which helps grow businesses from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of dollars so they can be sold for maximum value. Mac and I not only talk about his insights to b...
2023-06-2838 min
Startup HustleBalancing Entrepreneurship with FamilyIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Mac Lackey, Founder of Mac Lackey, talk about balancing entrepreneurship with family. Hear first-hand experiences and how these founders are able to achieve a balance between their passion for entrepreneurship and their valuable relationships.
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This episode is sponsored by Full Scale:
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2022-11-1550 min
Startup HustleBalancing Entrepreneurship with FamilyIn this episode of Startup Hustle, Andrew Morgans and Mac Lackey, Founder of Mac Lackey, talk about balancing entrepreneurship with family. Hear first-hand experiences and how these founders are able to achieve a balance between their passion for entrepreneurship and their valuable relationships.
Find Startup Hustle Everywhere:
https://gigb.co/l/YEh5
This episode is sponsored by Full Scale:
https://fullscale.io/
Learn more about Mac Lackey:
https://maclackey.com/
Learn more about Marknology:
https://www...
2022-11-1549 min
Intentional WisdomEp.3 – Mac Lackey – NFTs & The Future of FandomMac Lackey has started and successfully sold six Web 1.0 & 2.0 businesses.
Now, he’s more fired up than he’s been in 25 years. Why? Because he sees the potential in Web 3.0 and NFTs.
In this conversation, Greg and Mac discuss the basics of Web 3.0 and NFTs and get into detail on new and innovative ways that they can be used.
Specifically, they discuss the concept of “digital seats” and how sports organizations from colleges to professional teams may be able to unlock economic value and usher in the next level of fan experience through the use...
2022-02-081h 10
Amplify To 7 Figures PodcastEp #16 What you must do today to sell your business for 7 figures plus valuation with Mac LackeyToday’s guest is a remarkable American entrepreneur who has started, scaled and sold six companies (all seven or eight-figure exits). Mac and his companies have been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business North Carolina, USA Today, and The New York Times. Notable ventures include: KYCK (acquired by NBC Sports), MountainKhakis (acquired by Remington) and InternetSoccer Network (acquired by a division of News Corp/Sky). He additionally served as a member of the Board of Directors for Lending Tree (NASDAQ: TREE) for over five years and is currently an angel investor in ov...
2021-07-0833 min
Influencing EntrepreneursEpisode 205 - Mac Lackey [Serial Entrepreneur]Mac Lackey shares how he made the transition from soccer player to serial entrepreneur. After years of start-ups and exits, Mac explains how he was able to balance building a career and without sacrificing time with his family. Mac shares how he took all that he has learned from his success and uses it to mentor up and coming entrepreneurs.
Thanks to Mac for sharing his knowledge with us - learn more about Mac, here: https://maclackey.com/
2021-05-2433 min
Beyond 8 FiguresBuild an Exit Strategy Mindset Today with Mac LackeyIn this episode, Mac Lackey tells us why being proactively preparing your business to be sold is vital even if you do not plan to exit. Are you adding the strategic value your business needs to be sold? Tune in to another episode with Mac Lackey to find out. About our Guest: Mac Lackey has started and sold 6 businesses beyond 7 and 8 figures since 1995. Today, he runs ExitDNA which is a 90 day coaching program for entrepreneurs. The program helps entrepreneurs add strategic value to their companies to ultimately increase their ex...
2021-04-2940 min
Anything But Typical019: Successfully Exit Your Business, CEO & Founder Mac LackeyWhen looking to discuss scaling and exiting companies, Mac Lackey immediately comes to mind. Mac has had 6 exits, including multiple 8 figure exits. He has now created a community called The FENX to help entrepreneurs escape the grind and pursue what matters most to them. He has a mastermind focusing on scaling and selling companies called ExitDNA.
In this episode, Mac talks through his journey of businesses and exits. He provides a plethora of advice on how to prep your company to sell. We discuss why it is so important to be in a position to be able...
2020-09-231h 10
Lifestyle EngineeringMac Lackey: Not Accepting The Tradeoffs & Building 8-fig Companies while Living AbroadMac Lackey is an American entrepreneur who has started, scaled and sold six companies (all seven or eight figure exits). Mac and his companies have been featured on CNN, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Business North Carolina, USA Today and The New York Times.
Notable ventures include: KYCK (acquired by NBC Sports), Mountain Khakis (acquired by Remington) and InternetSoccer Network (acquired by division of News Corp/Sky). He additionally served as a member of the Board of Directors for Lending Tree (NASDAQ: TREE) for over five years and is currently an angel investor in over 50 companies.
2020-06-261h 35
Beyond 8 Figures$10M+ | Mac Lackey Started, Scaled & Sold 6 Businesses and Raised Over $75 Million in Capital$10M+ | Mac Lackey Started, Scaled & Sold 6 Businesses and Raised Over $75 Million in Capital $10M+ | Mac Lackey Started, Scaled & Sold 6 Businesses and Raised Over $75 Million in Capital Mac has been an entrepreneur his whole life. He has built, scaled and exited 6 businesses, 5 of them were at an 8 figure exit or 8 figure in revenue so he has touched the 8 figure mark many times in his career. This week on Beyond 8 Figures the crew reminisce with Mac about the dot com crash...
2020-04-281h 03
Charlotte Angel ConnectionCharlotte Angel Connection Episode 076: Mac Lackey, VentureSouth Partner, Serial Entrepreneur and InvestorMac Lackey is a Charlotte kid. He grew up here, returned after playing soccer in college and professionally to start his career. He started his first businesses and began raising his family here. Ultimately, he decided to return here after spending several years overseas.
He’s returned to a startup ecosystem vastly different than the one he left. And he is in the middle of it through his work mentoring companies, leading the VentureSouth efforts here in Charlotte and being an active speaker at startup and investor focused events.
Listen to our podcast with Mac today as we explore his first...
2018-11-151h 06
Success Defined with Ben McDonaldSuccess Defined 007: 5 Business Exits, $75 million in Capital Raised, and a Unique Life Wealth Philosophy- Mac LackeyMac Lackey had 2 business exits each for 8 figures- in his 20's. He went on to create and sell 3 more businesses so far. Mac has sat on the Board of Directors for public companies, he is passionate about entrepreneurship and has invested in many startups. Possibly most impressive of all, Mac has been able to make his wife and daughters a top priority through it all with his philosophy called Life Wealth.
We go in to what Life Wealth is compared to Work Life Balance. We talk about the benefits and downfalls of starting a business with a...
2018-04-2500 min