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Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

Up and Running

Reasons an outside company might seek to acquire or merge with another company range from allowing them to break into a new market, to giving them a competitive edge, and removing you as a competitor from the current market. Passing Palo Alto Software on to family was more fortuitous than carefully planned.

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ProfessorVC: The Most Important Venture Capital Statistic

Professor VC

From first hand experience, we certainly felt the market conditions and the funding process was much more difficult than anticipated. Evaluate Business and Financing Needs - We initially went out seeking $10 million in financing, but listened to the prospective investors and watched the market. Same principle here.