Entrepreneurial exit strategy

When the person who built the company steps back, emotions run high—and many organizations stumble. Here’s how to manage the transition.

How to hand over ownership—and burnish your legacy.

You might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask.

Ask yourself these three questions before buyers come knocking.

First answer two questions; then explore four paths.

Some start-up founders follow a business plan; others operate by the seat of their pants. This package looks at how entrepreneurs can carefully craft a strategy in advance—and whether that’s what they should do.

It actually makes success more likely.

Rethinking the successful exit.

We recently did an informal survey of some of our venture capital colleagues. We asked, “What crossroads decisions are most common and challenging for entrepreneurs in the course of the business-building journey?” The most common responses to this open-ended question were whether to take an investment and whether to sell the company. For some the […]