Who We Are

We started agencies.
We scaled SaaS companies.
We built CPG businesses.
We grew law firms, manufacturing plants, e-commerce brands.

We did it all.

Whisper Advisors are a collective of women who have successfully exited their businesses, and are ready to give back to women like you. We walked, so that you could run, and we are going to help you cross the finish line.

The Whisper Group was founded by Carrie Kerpen, who, after her own exit, realized the vast disparities between the exit patterns of male and female owned businesses. Right then and there she decided to create the first community comprised entirely of exited female founders-- those who defied the odds and broke the mold, and had a desire to give back to women entrepreneurs who stand where they once stood.

The Whisper Group provides support through exit readiness programs, mergers and acquisition advisory, and community.

Our Whisper Advisors Are Ready To Help You

  • Nathalie Walton

    Sold Expectful, a women’s wellness platform, to Babylist, the largest vertical marketplace for all things baby. 

  • Sharon Gillenwater

    Bootstrapped a SaaS company to $5 million ARR and sold it to a FTSE 250 enterprise for $25 Million in cash.

  • Sharon Lee Thony

    Founded and bootstrapped a boutique digital marketing agency, scaling it to an acquisition by Fiverr.

  • Emily (Hochman) Mueller

    Forbes 30U30 who led VC-backed healthtech startup from inception to acquisition.

  • Maggie Lord

    Self-funded a media company + lifestyle brand that was eventually acquired by the world’s largest bridal retailer, David’s Bridal.

  • Crystal Morris

    Built a music industry startup, starting at her dining room table, and built to over 80m in revenue and successfully navigated 2 PE-backed transactions with industry-high multiples.

  • Cheryl Contee

    Founded and sold tech startup Attentive.ly, becoming the first black female founder to be acquired by a NASDAQ company.

Get Your Whisper Score

This quiz takes about 5 minutes to complete– it’s 35 questions that can be answered off the top of your head– and will give you a Whisper Score. Your Whisper Score shows you just how exit ready you are, and which areas you need to focus on in order to maximize your value at exit.