Exit Right - How to Sell Your Startup with Mark Achler and Mert Iseri
A successful exit is a dream for many founders, but it often seems like a black box or a game of chance. So how do you bake an exit strategy into your business from day one, whether it’s an acquisition/ selling your startup, a merger, an IPO, or something else?
In this episode, Mark Achler, Managing Director of MATH Venture Partners, and Mert Iseri, Entrepreneur-in-residence at MATH Venture Partners share how to position your startup for a successful acquisition.
They interviewed seasoned entrepreneurs with multiple exits under their belt, M&A executives at prolific buyers such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, along with lawyers and bankers. The resulting book, Exit Right, is a collection of the hard-earned lessons over decades of experience building startups towards a great outcome for all parties.
In this episode, Mark and Mert dive into:
• The FAIR (Fit, Alignment, Integration, and Rationale) framework to find the best partner
• Taking the long view from the very beginning and in all things
• How to have an annual Exit Talk
• Breaking down the Term Sheet
• Lessons from 70 exit stories
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