Business Terms Glossary
Exit Strategy
Definition of Exit Strategy
An Exit Strategy is a company's intended method for liquidating its holdings to achieve the maximum possible return to investors and founders.
Exit strategies depend on the exit climates including market conditions and industry trends. Exit strategies can include selling or distributing the portfolio company's shares after an initial public offering (IPO), a sale of the portfolio company or a recapitalization.
If you are an entrepreneur who is looking to raise capital, it is very important to discuss viable exit strategies with prospective investors. Investors like entrepreneurs that are focused on an exit strategy.
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- Common Venture Capital Legal Terms and Conditions - The exit strategy is the business owner's plan to convert the...
- eBay Franchises - Give some thought to an exit strategy for your franchise should the unthinkable actually occur...
- Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur - What is your exit strategy? It may seem an odd question to ask at...
- Best Alternative to Negotiation - The BAN is in primarily in place to provide entrepreneurs with an exit strategy, not to serve as a primary business tool. The...
- Documenting Your Exit Strategy - But they generally like to see an exit strategy in your business plan because it speaks about your...
- Corporate Level Strategy - First, every investor wants to see an exit strategy in a potential investment. Today, more than ever, companies...
- Entrepreneurial Exit Strategies - The prime factors to be taken into account for an exit strategy are the valuation of the business, the channel of...
- Important Elements of a Good Business Plan - In entrepreneurship an exit strategy is a way of terminating ownership of a company...
- Basic Guide to Markets - Liquidity provides the exit strategy should an investment become unappealing to an investor...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 3 of 3 - Not every business meets the criteria for Angel Investors, not because it is a poor business, but because the business does not have a strong exit strategy. However, many entrepreneurs fail to be funded due to...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 2 of 3 - In brief, an exit strategy must provide the Angel Investor with a 5-10...
- Ice Cream Shop Franchises - If you plan to invest in a smoothie franchise, make sure you talk to your franchisor about an exit strategy and discuss how the business could be adapted to...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 1 of 3 - Second, aside from the business plan, and all the great financial charts you�ll have to share, the most important question you�ll have to answer and persuade the investors on, is your exit strategy...
- Common Venture Capital Legal Terms and Conditions - The exit strategy is the business owner's plan to convert the...
- Best Alternative to Negotiation - The BAN is in primarily in place to provide entrepreneurs with an exit strategy, not to serve as a primary business tool. The...
- Important Elements of a Good Business Plan - In entrepreneurship an exit strategy is a way of terminating ownership of a company...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 1 of 3 - Second, aside from the business plan, and all the great financial charts you�ll have to share, the most important question you�ll have to answer and persuade the investors on, is your exit strategy...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 2 of 3 - In brief, an exit strategy must provide the Angel Investor with a 5-10...
- Attracting Angel Investors - Part 3 of 3 - Not every business meets the criteria for Angel Investors, not because it is a poor business, but because the business does not have a strong exit strategy. However, many entrepreneurs fail to be funded due to...
- eBay Franchises - Give some thought to an exit strategy for your franchise should the unthinkable actually occur...
- Do You Have What It Takes to Be an Entrepreneur - What is your exit strategy? It may seem an odd question to ask at...
- Documenting Your Exit Strategy - But they generally like to see an exit strategy in your business plan because it speaks about your...
- Entrepreneurial Exit Strategies - The prime factors to be taken into account for an exit strategy are the valuation of the business, the channel of...
- Basic Guide to Markets - Liquidity provides the exit strategy should an investment become unappealing to an investor...
- Ice Cream Shop Franchises - If you plan to invest in a smoothie franchise, make sure you talk to your franchisor about an exit strategy and discuss how the business could be adapted to...
- Corporate Level Strategy - First, every investor wants to see an exit strategy in a potential investment. Today, more than ever, companies...
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