From Curtain Call to Boardroom: Knowing When to Move On with Dawn Farrow

About this episode

Dawn Farrow discusses her transition from professional dancer to marketing agency founder and the decision to close her business before the pandemic.

Send us Fan Mail Could you walk away from a thriving business without selling it? This week on Exit Insights, Dawn Farrow shares her extraordinary journey from professional dancer to founder of a fast-growing marketing agency – and why she chose to shut it down just before the pandemic hit. Dawn opens up about: The emotional toll of burnout and identity crisisThe challenges of owner-dependence in a growing businessHow she’s now uniting the UK’s £134bn experience economy through Onsale GroupTh...

People in this episode

Host: Darryl Bates-Brownsword

Guest: Dawn Farrow

Topics covered

• business transition
• entrepreneurship
• burnout
• identity crisis
• marketing agency
• experience economy

Keywords

• business closure
• entrepreneurship
• marketing
• burnout
• identity
• Onsale Group
• UK economy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsale Group

Places: UK, experience economy

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