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How Michèle Hecken Grew Alpha Translations into a Global Leader Serving Top Law Firms, Built Systems That Ran Without Her, Anticipated the AI Revolution Early, and Achieved a $6M All-Cash Exit at 6.7x EBITDA . (Episode 781 - Michèle Hecken)
In this episode of the Grow A Small Business Podcast host Troy Trewin interviews Michèle Hecken shares how she built Alpha Translations into a global business serving top law firms while raising two young children after moving from Germany to Canada. She explains how creating systems and empowering her team allowed her to work just 4–10 hours a week for 15 years. Michèle reveals how her company was building early large language models long before today's AI boom and why she chose to sell instead of reinventing the business. She discusses the challenges of surviving the 2008 financial crisis…
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