Exit Strategy Questions

If you're the founder of a startup which has "grown up" and already has a replacement CEO, how much prior notice should you give to leave?This is presuming the following: A replacement CEO has...

Founders Exit Strategy Startups

asked Sep 19 '14 at 16:10

David Frost
7 points

I'm employee #2 at a YC funded seed-stage startup and want to move on from this company into the next step in my career. Is there a "craigslist for startup equity" where I could offer to sell my...

Equity Exit Strategy Seed Funding

asked Feb 25 '14 at 20:53

Jerry Bottomley
50 points

I have a simple idea (I think it is not patentable) that I have turned it into an effective software. It need some more effort to make it commercial. By the way I am not unwilling to sell it to THE...

Software Exit Strategy

asked Apr 30 '13 at 17:54

Bahribayli
123 points

For that past few months, I've been building a product that targets a specific niche. The kind of product I have been building hasn't been around the marketplace, and I knew there is a...

Strategy Competition Exit Strategy

asked Mar 7 '13 at 06:34

K2x L
111 points

I've been working on a new product for a year. This new product allows me to start developing custom software to fit the needs of each customer but developing the same software isn't very...

Getting Started Recommendations Entrepreneurs Exit Strategy

asked Feb 20 '13 at 01:23

Geogeek
106 points

I've been through several rounds of technical (software developer) interviews at a start-up and have done pretty well. I've been invited back for the final round which will be with the CEO. I...

Equity Interviews Exit Strategy

asked Sep 1 '12 at 18:22

Onmyway
13 points

It appears that in order to raise angel investor financing for my first-of-it's-kind product startup ($500K+ minimum) I will have to give up the whole dream within a few years in an exit...

Angel Exit Strategy

asked Jun 7 '12 at 00:17

Novati
11 points

An obvious point is if there is no sales for a given period of time and if your costs keep piling up, you have to close down. But if the product was not sold like hot cake but had some sales...

Business Exit Strategy Exit

asked Feb 3 '12 at 17:58

Muthu
159 points

Upon sale of an LLC, how would I express the values of intangible assets the LLC has generated (e.g. certain access rights, processes and procedures, IP, and customer relationships)? These are...

LLC Intellectual Property Exit Strategy Valuation

asked Jan 17 '12 at 03:46

C Cummins
6 points

I have a software prototype that integrates with a product from BigCompany (like really, really big). I predict it would take 6 more months to polish it so that it's of commercial quality. But I'm...

Software Exit Strategy

asked Dec 19 '11 at 06:28

Robert Lee
131 points

We wanted to start a little startup, but things changed after a big company asked us to do some modules, and after being in talks, we thought now that it will be best to start with the small that...

Getting Started Exit Strategy Large Companies

asked Dec 2 '11 at 01:29

Tyoc213
41 points

I have been one of the 3 co-founders/founders (all 3 have equal share holding) of a seed funded low revenue startup for about a year now. I have decided to leave the company while my partners are...

Exit Strategy

asked Nov 3 '11 at 17:15

Maxnine
6 points

I'm staring well a start-up :) Currently we are using internal funds, and by estimates it will last for a good while, but if our growth(users servers etc.) exceed our sales, sooner or later we will...

Funding Exit Strategy Seed Funding

asked Oct 1 '11 at 03:53

Ekim
141 points

So I have a small S-Corp incorporated in New York State. The company really hasn't made any money, and is currently only used to hold a piece of IP. Both the President and I (the Vice President)...

Incorporation Exit Strategy Shares

asked Sep 23 '11 at 01:56

Camel Blues
185 points

In my first letter to Angel investors that describes my work should I include a description of my exit strategy? And if that is something I should include, what all should I include in describing...

Exit Strategy

asked Sep 17 '11 at 02:21

Gimp
427 points

In the development of a solid business plan -- whether written for a formal purpose or as an internal document to focus the activities of the leadership -- there is the identification of the...

Business Plan Exit Strategy

asked Jun 2 '11 at 04:22

Joseph Barisonzi
12,131 points

Can anyone tell me the mechanism by which a UK technology business is acquired? Does the acquirer usually buy: all the outstanding shares in the limited company, or, all the assets and...

UK Tax Acquisition Exit Strategy

asked Jun 3 '11 at 01:12

Paperjam
394 points

Many companies are started by people who dream of one day drinking pina coladas on the beach after exiting their business in some fashion. Of course many fail to deliver on that dream, and some of...

Business Plan Exit Strategy

asked May 18 '11 at 10:12

Kenneth Vogt
2,917 points

I have an idea in global commerce area and I am trying to develop it to a software product. I shared my thoughts with several experts and got their positive feedback. Currently, I am working on a...

Business Plan Selling Business Exit Strategy

asked Mar 30 '11 at 17:22

Aviad
281 points

I have received a great offer for the domain name techhotbed.com and techhotbed.net (all of which I own under a company name). A very powerful blog building company approaches me last week and made...

Sales Exit Strategy Domain

asked Jan 19 '11 at 05:54

Donald
136 points