100. Scaling with AI: 5 Exits Every Tech Leader Must Make to Build Lean Teams & Recurring Revenue

If your role, business model, or leadership chapter looks great on paper but feels expired in real life, this episode is for you. Marlyne breaks down what’s really happening in the AI-driven economy, the hidden cost of staying too long in a chapter that’s done, and the five exits every modern tech leader faces, from employee to entrepreneur, operator to investor, and beyond.

You’ll learn how to spot your current “exit,” reduce identity and growth debt, and make grounded moves that protect your work, wealth, and wellbeing while you scale with AI, lean teams, and smarter systems.

Timestamps: 
00:00 – Welcome & why this episode matters AI era, leadership, and the problem of staying in roles and models that are already done.

02:30 – What’s really happening in the AI economy Consolidation, compute, “Magnificent 7,” Nvidia, and why founders can’t sit on the sidelines.

08:30 – The hidden cost of not exiting Identity debt, growth debt, burnout, resentment, and becoming the bottleneck.

13:15 – Exit 1 & 2: Employee → Entrepreneur; Idea Founder → Real Business Owner Autonomy, recurring revenue, committing to one core offer, and knowing your numbers.

18:40 – Exit 3 & 4: Operator → People Leader; Operator → Investor/Owner Building lean, AI-augmented teams, letting go of heroics, thinking in leverage and capital allocation.

24:00 – Exit 5: Owner → Full Exit / New Creation Knowing when a chapter is complete, avoiding panic exits, and doing the emotional work to move on.

28:00 – Identify your exit & take one move this week Work/wealth/wellbeing check-in, “report card” questions, and the one present-moment action.

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