Ep76 | Building Exit-Worthy Growth Engines with AI

About this episode

In this episode, Jo and John discuss building exit-worthy growth engines with AI, featuring insights from guest Chris Anzalone on customer engagement and strategic exit planning.

What if your next customer was already looking for you—right now? In this episode of the ExitEngine Podcast, Jo and John sit down with Chris Anzalone, founder of NextLM, an AI-driven platform that helps companies identify and engage with buyers who are already in-market for their solutions. But this episode goes far beyond lead gen. Chris shares hard-won lessons from leading biotech companies, exiting public businesses, and now launching a tool that bridges the gap between sales, marketing, and strategic exit planning. What you’ll learn: • Why most businesses chase the wrong customers • How to align revenue growth with long-term valuation • What AI is finally making possible for B2B founders • How “exit-ready” companies think about pipeline predictability • Why the best deals start long before you’re ready to sell Whether you’re selling now or scaling for the future, NextLM shows how smarter growth = higher exit value. Listen now to learn how to build a business that buyers find irresistible—because it already knows how to win. Jon the ExitEngine Ecosystem and learn how to control your business destiny. Visit www.myexitengine.com to get started.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jo Stapleton, John Canniffe

Guest: Chris Anzalone

Topics covered

• AI in business
• customer engagement
• revenue growth
• exit planning
• lead generation
• business valuation

Keywords

• exit-worthy growth
• AI-driven platform
• customer acquisition
• pipeline predictability
• business exit
• NextLM
• B2B founders
• revenue alignment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NextLM, ExitEngine, biotech, B2B, sales, marketing

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