Up and Running

JUNE 16, 2014

To demonstrate traction you might recruit a good management team, start making sales, build an advisory board or secure strategic partnerships. This is where the ‘exit strategy’ comes in. An exit strategy is not your plan for when the business fails, but rather, your strategy for returning money to investors.

Exit Strategy 91

Exit Strategy Advisory Board Business Plan Portfolio 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Include Advisory Board members and key industry people connections. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. Investors invest in people - not just ideas.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Include Advisory Board members and key industry people connections. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. Investors invest in people - not just ideas.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Include advisory board member qualifications and key industry connections. Technically, this is your exit strategy, usually a merger and acquisition (M&A) or initial public stock offering (IPO). A highly investable team has prior experience in the same business domain as well as credentials and skills in their roles.

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Advisory Board Liquidity Event Startup 120

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Innovation – particularly anything that can be patented or protected – will separate your Company from the competition, increase demand for your products or services, and increase your equity when it comes to thinking about your exit strategy. Develop an advisory board. You don’t know everything.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Advisory Board Equity Exit Strategy 100

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Include Advisory Board members and key industry people connections. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. Investors invest in people – not just ideas.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Include Advisory Board members and key industry people connections. Exit strategy. For a family business, don’t project an exit. Otherwise, identify your preferred exit strategy, including specific candidates for merger or sale, and timeframe. IPO as an exit strategy is not recommended these days.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186