{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Spark Podcast: Nashville","title":"Looking Through the Turn: A Kitchen Table, a Global Sale, and Starting Over in Nashville with Elise Mitchell","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/47f491de\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3197,"description":"What happens when the company you built runs fine without you? \nElise Mitchell started a PR firm at her kitchen table in Fayetteville, Arkansas, grew it 500% in five years with clients like Walmart and Tyson Foods, and sold it to Dentsu. She tells Mark Scrivner the founder story most people skip: the workaholism that came with growth, the intervention that changed how she led, and the hard question of who she was once she stepped away. For creatives, founders, and agency leaders, it’s an honest look at building something big without losing yourself. Topics include mindset during change, scaling with limited talent, founder burnout, selling an agency, identity after the exit, and looking through the turn.\nEpisode Highlights\n00:00 – The founder story that starts after the sale\n06:04 – Moving to Fayetteville and choosing “bitter or better”\n14:36 – What 500% growth cost: workaholism and perfectionism\n20:43 – The intervention that changed how Elise led\n31:12 – “I think I’m bored”: the road to selling to Dentsu\n36:10 – Who are you when you’re no longer the CEO?\n40:27 – Two questions that revealed her next chapter\n44:46 – Big Mike and the lesson of looking through the turn\n\nLearn More & Connect:\nShow Notes + Resources: https://snapshot.agency/the-spark\nConnect with Elise Mitchell: LinkedIn | Website\nGet Elise's Book, Leading Through the Turn\nConnect with Mark Scrivner: LinkedIn | Website\nOur Sponsor - Snapshot\nFollow The Spark","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/QzYgWBO3Cv0k2SMUcfJ9zloth4MMi-VXmqS5KFT19yk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iZDI4/ZGZjMzU0YTE2ODA4/Y2U1NTUzYWIxYThl/MTI5Yi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}