From fire sales to post-exit reality... Too many founders spend years building without the exit in mind. According to a study on Harvard Business Review: 70% of founders spend little to no time on an exit strategy. The result: → Earnouts tied to KPIs they can’t influence. → Fire sale to the wrong buyer. → Existential drift post-exit. Exits aren’t just financial events. They’re strategic. Emotional. Personal. If you don’t design them, someone else will. And it likely won't be on your terms or in your favor. So if you want to exit well, start years in advance. ________________ i5growth / i5invest: Investment Fund, global tech M&A arm, team of 100+, offices in San Francisco, Vienna, Madrid, Berlin, Frankfurt; 200+ exits & strategic partnerships with tech leaders such as Google, Microsoft, Salesforce, Qualcomm, Samsung, Nvidia, Naspers, NBC, … #growth #tech #startups #artificialintelligence
Johannes Raidl Excellent post, if we could only communicate the difference as easy as it reads
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1dVery true. Cleaner exits often come from teams that know which business unit would want them, and why.