The Factory Reset: Why Sedge Beswick Walked Away at the Top | Behind The Growth with Sedge Beswick
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She founded an agency, scaled it, navigated a private equity deal while pregnant across three time zones, and then walked away, by choice.In Episode 3 of Behind the Growth, host Laura Donadio sits down with Sedge Beswick, OG creative industry founder turned mentor, advisor, and champion of the people who build things quietly and brilliantly.Sedge talks about what it actually cost her to exit the business she built, financially, emotionally, and personally. And why she'd make the same decision again. She gets into the realities of motherhood and ambition (spoiler: they're not opposites), why quitting is the most underrated growth strategy and how resigning nearly half her client base tripled the business's profitability almost overnight.She also talks about the five minute rule she's lived by since she was 18, why she'd bet everything on TikTok Shop right now, and what she tells every founder who's too busy being busy to actually build.In this episode:* Selling yo-yos in the playground at 8 years old — and nearly getting expelled for it* Why saying yes got her everywhere early — and why she had to learn to stop* Resigning 47% of clients and watching profit triple* Navigating a private equity deal, a house renovation, and a first pregnancy — simultaneously* "Ambition doesn't die in the delivery room" — and why she'll say it all day* The factory reset: exiting a business at its peak and what comes after* Why she doesn't want to run another agency — and what she's building instead* TikTok Shop, live commerce, and where she'd put her money todayFollow Sedge Beswick:Instagram: @sedgebeswickLinkedIn: Sedge BeswickJoin The Growth Collective: The community for ambitious marketeers: thegrowthcollective.comFollow Behind the Growth: Instagram: @behindthegrowthpod
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