Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2021

In addition, current investors want to see every startup go public or be acquired, as an exit event, so they can get their due return for that investment which has been tied up for the last few years. For these reasons, I always look for an overt exit strategy in every startup I might consider for an angel investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2021

Show that you anticipate this, how they will react, and how you have ongoing strategies to stay ahead. Present a viable exit strategy for investors to cash out. Equity investors realize that they won’t see any real return until an exit occurs, such as a sale, merger, or IPO.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2010

What’s an exit strategy? And I once heard one person object to exit strategy as a company moving away from its original location to some other. It was in my mind over the weekend after some smart people objected to exit strategies in plans for investors. Investors always want exit strategies, I said.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

External investors expect a documented business plan, with clear targets on funding needed, use of funds, revenue projections, return potential, and exit strategy. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply. Team building status and plan.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The first culprit can be attributed to the fact that business owners don’t plan their exit strategy from day one. Most business owners don’t understand the importance of developing an exit strategy from day one. Third, sellers wait to sell their business when it is trending down instead of when it is thriving.

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 13, 2011

The process of preparing your company for sale is called "exit strategy planning." We recently formalized our exit strategy planning consulting service. It is a process that can exponentially increase the value of your business within a 12-24 month period and make your company an ideal acquisition candidate. read more.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 20, 2022

Work out your exit strategy. As well as knowing where you will obtain the funds to pay off your bridging loan, you will also need to have an exit strategy, which includes an end date. It can be tempting to opt for the shortest repayment period available to minimise the amount of interest you will need to pay.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 9, 2018

Between choosing location in new cities to creating an exit strategy after you attain success, penetrating a new market requires a strategic plan. Map Out an Exit Strategy. Finally, map out an exit strategy if your company does or does not become successful in the space.

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YFS Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2016

At the end of the day, some entrepreneurs simple don’t want to bother thinking about this sort of stuff. After all, very few of us would like to go into a new business venture visualizing our own imminent departure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2022

Some nonprofit entrepreneurs think they can skip the whole plan, rather than just the sections on valuation, equity offered, and exit strategy. You still start the process with a business plan, but then you look for a philanthropist rather than an investor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 26, 2020

Despite the fact that the number of IPOs (Initial Public Offerings) for startups have continued to stay low, I still hear it touted often as the preferred exit strategy. I suspect the exuberance for an IPO is still being driven by the highly visible successes of a few companies several years ago, including Facebook, Yelp, and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The best way to show return on investment is to declare an exit strategy, such as being acquired or going public in the next five years, which allows the investor to cash out. Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2021

No investor likes searching every page for key data, like executive credentials, or exit strategy. Then proofread your text carefully to be sure you're not using a properly spelled incorrect word. Include table of contents. Most word processors these days can automatically generate a table of contents from your section headings.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Prepare an Exit Strategy. As well as cleaning up the books, you should also create and prepare an exit strategy in order to smooth the transition to new ownership. Regardless of your reason for exiting, you must include an exit strategy to offer a new level of peace of mind for potential buyers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Every entrepreneur needs help and support along the way, from developing the initial idea, to selling off the successful business (exit strategy). It won’t work, it costs time and money, and hurts your credibility when you need them later. The challenge is finding and using qualified affordable support organizations for each stage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. This alternative is often paired with a personal no-exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2021

Make certain you as the founder and the CEO are on the same page on mission, company values, exit strategy, and workplace model. The CEO needs to know how to qualify and close deals, as well as who to sell to, why do they buy, pricing, and what your strengths are against the competition. Communicate company values and culture.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2021

What do you see as your legacy and exit strategy? If your goal is to compete with Jeff Bezos, then be prepared to manage thousands of locations and employees around the world, with all the issues to get exponential growth.

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Early Growth Financial Services

JANUARY 30, 2014

In planning your startup exit strategy, keep in mind these things that no acquiring company wants to see during an exit: 1. The better you can prepare your potential buyer—and yourself—for an acquisition (and minimize or, better yet, eliminate surprises) the smoother the process will go. Missing documents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2021

It only takes a little extra work to make it a professional document, with a cover page, table of contents, headings, and page numbers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2011

So here are the most common exit strategies and considerations these days for planning purposes: Merger & Acquisition (M&A). One often-overlooked exit strategy is simply to shutdown, close the business doors, and liquidate. To some, an exit strategy sounds negative. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2021

You should plan an exit strategy, and optimize your activities and timing to get top dollar. Selling your business requires the same energy and passion as growing it. Once you have lost that edge, and potential buyers will sense it quickly, the value of your business will trend down quickly.

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VC Cafe

MAY 18, 2023

Thou Shalt Not Take the Name of ‘Exit Strategy’ in Vain : Always have an eye on the exit, but don’t let it dictate every decision. Honor Thy Founder and Their Vision : Respect the founder’s vision and passion. They are the ones in the trenches every day. Your role is to support and guide, not to command.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2021

Make sure these cover your business model and exit strategy, so the angels see how both of you will make a reasonable return. Perhaps you can get money from friends and crowdfunding with no plan, but angels look for the extra discipline and effort demonstrated in a written plan.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

No Exit Strategy. The last thing you might want to consider is where is your exit? You want to know where your exit strategy is not just so you have a target to aim for along your businesses progress path, but you also want a well thought out exit so you know when to stop if the market changes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

External investors expect a documented business plan, with clear targets on funding needed, use of funds, revenue projections, return potential, and exit strategy. Even if you are not requesting outside funding, I would expect a clear process for sourcing and managing the investment you plan to apply. Team building status and plan.

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Entrepreneur Startup Exit Strategy Business Model 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2011

I recently reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. Their synopsis of the key risks should make you look hard for an alternate exit strategy: Increased risk of liability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2020

The best way to show return on investment is to declare an exit strategy, such as being acquired or going public in the next five years, which allows the investor to cash out. Equity investors typically look for 10 times return projections, since they expect many of their investments to fail totally.

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Startup Angel Investor Entrepreneur Venture Capital 345

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

I reviewed a good summary of the advantages and disadvantages of an IPO exit strategy for startups in a widely-used textbook “ Entrepreneurship ,” by Robert Hisrich, Michael Peters, and Dean Shepherd. Their synopsis of the key risks should make you look hard for an alternate exit strategy: Increased risk of liability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2016

Yet one of the first things a potential equity investor asks about is your exit strategy. Here are three important reasons for the question: Good investment paybacks normally require an exit event. This alternative is often paired with a personal no-exit strategy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2017

Recommend required pivots and exit strategies. You need alerts to new pivot requirements, growth strategies, and partnering alternatives, with a realistic understanding of the costs and resources required. Then, there is the exit strategy which needs planning, connections, and forethought.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Initial Public Offerings (IPO) are back as an exit strategy. Three of these, JUUL Labs, Didi Chuxing, and Toutiao have already passed $50 billion. Thus a record number of entrepreneurs (and team members) are getting rich. Statistica reports that almost 20 percent more companies went public in 2018 versus 2017.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Exit Strategy. Exit Strategy was building the penultimate planning tool. But they found that first serving an adjacent market – slices of investment properties – could serve as a launchpad for their initial idea of fractional home ownership. If you can’t see the video click here.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 12, 2017

An exit strategy. Your exit strategy need not form part of your formal business plan, but it is something you need to have in mind for the earliest possible stage. CASBs protect both the data that’s in the cloud and the users that access that data.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2020

Define an exit strategy for investors to liquidate their share. Highest on your list of fund usage categories should be business scaling requirements, such as marketing, inventory building, and staffing. Unattractive uses, from an investor standpoint, would include research and development, buying a building, or large salaries.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 18, 2014

Difference #3 – planning for the ‘end’ or the exit strategy. “Startups looking for angel investors or venture capital (VC) absolutely need an exit strategy because investors require it. The exit is what gives them a return.” ” – Tim Berry. This is not something to fob off.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

Your exit strategy. If you’re seeking large sums of investment capital (over $1M), most investors will want to know what your exit strategy is. Show you’ve done some due diligence on this exit strategy, including the companies you’re targeting, and why it would make sense three, five, or 10 years down the road.

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