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Planning for the Future: Your Exit Strategy

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Common exit strategies include being acquired by another company, the sale of equity, or a management or employee buyout. Initial Public Offering (IPO). There’s also the added bonus that you’ll have to do a lot less due diligence. In fact, this is exactly what happened at Palo Alto Software.

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Why Uber is The Revenge of the Founders

Steve Blank

A version of this article is in the Harvard Business Review. 20th Century Tech Liquidity = Initial Public Offering. In the 20th century tech companies and their investors made money through an Initial Public Offering (IPO). Hire a CEO to Go Public. This seems to be occurring more and more.

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In Silicon Valley, Founders Fight for Control

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The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail

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