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The Exits Strategies Newsletter - Issue 2

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 15:43:20 GMT

The Exit Strategies Newsletter - Issue 2

Welcome Back

I hope you had a great summer. This is the first Exit Strategies Newsletter of the season. My plan is to send these much more regularly from now on. If you’d ever prefer not to receive this newsletter, please just click on the link below, reply to this email or call Linda at 778.384.1372. This information is also available on my blog, or from the blog’s RSS feed, at www.AngelBlog.net.

Timing Your Exit - Don’t Ride it Over the Top

One of the most heartbreaking entrepreneurial or investor experiences is to work hard for years, finally sell the company, and then realize that you could have gotten much more if you had sold a few years earlier.

The reason this happens so often is primarily human nature. I know because that is exactly what I did in my first company (and in a couple since then – maybe I am a slow learner.)

This post describes how to exit closer to the peak in value.

Early Exits Workshop Videos from Silicon Valley ACA National Summit

This is the first of the video series from my Early Exits Workshop in Silicon Valley. This was a sold out workshop at the national Angel Capital Association Annual Summit.

The first section is titled "Angel Investing in the 21st Century". I talk about the surprising changes in early stage tech financing and exit strategies over the past few years.

Watch the part of this workshop in high definition video on your PC or iPad. You should even be able to watch it on your iPhone (if it’s reasonably new).

Here’s the link. The following sections of this workshop will be released about weekly over the next while.

Exit Strategies Workshop in Vancouver November 4, 2010

The Vancouver Angel Forum and Vantec Angels are hosting a return of the Exit Strategies workshop here in Vancouver on November 4 at SFU downtown. If you weren’t able to attend my workshop in Silicon Valley, you can receive the same great content, and learn more from local experts like Steve Lukas, Axel Christiansen and others.

This workshop also sold out the two previous times it was offered in Vancouver, so I recommend you register early and take advantage of the early bird discount.

There is more on the workshop content page here.

The registration page, and more information, is on the Angel Forum website at this link.

VEF Event - Super Angels: The New New Thing – Vancouver September 21, 2010

The VEF kickoff event for this year is about the same topic as the video above – how angel investors have become the dominant source of financing for early stage technology companies. Did you know that angels finance 27 times more early stage tech companies than traditional Venture Capital funds? Did you know that companies are now regularly raising $5 or 10 million all from angels?

I’ll be sharing a panel with Paul Kedrosky from San Diego, our own Boris Wertz and Geoff Entress from Seattle.

I also expect this event to sell out early - so don’t delay.Register here.

Please Forward This Email to Anyone Who Would Benefit

If you know someone that would find this type of information valuable, please forward this email to them.

Good luck with all of your exits!

Basil Peters
www.BasilPeters.com

The Exits Strategies Newsletter - Issue 1

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:58:16 GMT

Welcome to the first edition of The Exit Strategies Newsletter. I hope you find it informative.

Why Every Company Should Have an Exit Strategy

This is the first in a series of articles on how to design and execute an optimum exit for your company. Future installments will discuss: how exit strategy drives financing strategy, corporate DNA, who the buyers are, secondary sales, building an exit plan, the exit timeline and ways to maximize your exit value. This article was written for the Acetech Newsletter: CEO Snapshots.

The full post is online here.

Google Wants Even Earlier Exits than in "Early Exits"

The main thesis of my book Early Exits is that entrepreneurs and angel investors would make more money, and have more fun, if they built companies around a strategy of early exits.

But even I was surprised to learn just how early Google wants to do acquisitions.

Read what one of the top five guys in Google’s M&A group says about their preference for early exits here.

Inc Magazine Selects Early Exits as "Best Books for Business Owners of 2009"

I'm very pleased to say that Inc. Magazine has selected my book, Early Exits as one of their "Best Books for Business Owners of 2009."

Angel Term Sheet Evolution Video

Angel investors are evolving their thinking on term sheets. In the past, some angels used convertible notes or "heavy preferred" term sheets - similar to what traditional venture capitalists would use. Angels have also used common and exchangeable shares.

This video series describes the Rosen Light Pref Angel Term Sheet developed by Dan Rosen, Chair of the Alliance of Angels in Seattle. Term sheets are a particularly important topic today as angel groups develop methods for more frequent syndication, or co-investment. This video was from a Bellingham Angel Group Education Breakfast November 17, 2009.

Watch the free, high-definition, video here.

Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think would find it valuable.

Good luck with your exits,

Basil Peters
Strategic Exits

Welcome to the Exit Strategies Newsletter RSS feed

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:39:21 GMT

Welcome to the Exit Strategies Newsletter RSS feed.

The Exit Strategies Newsletter is for investors and entrepreneurs interested in selling companies sooner, for more money and with a higher probability of success.

The newsletter will contain links to:

exit related blog posts on AngelBlog
announcements of upcoming talks and workshops on selling companies
free online videos related to exits
congratulations on local, and noteworthy, exit transactions

I hope you find the Exit Strategies Newsletter interesting and valuable.

Basil Peters
Strategic Exits Corp