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How to source funds to expand your business

Strategy Driven

To seriously consider angel investors, you must first have an exit strategy for your business and solid projections for the future. The goal is to gain equity, help the company grow and then sell it or when it goes very well, do an IPO. If you aim to hold onto your business, then angel investment may not be for you.

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Early Exits - CEO Blog - Time Leadership

CEO Blog

CEO Blog - Time Leadership Monday, November 15, 2010 Early Exits Angel investors and VCs all like to sell one of their portfolio companies. This is called the exit. Basil Peters, a famous angel investor wrote a book Early Exits - Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (and maybe not VCs).

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Why Tech Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries Struggle to Raise Funds

Harvard Business Review

But there was one problem: my business plan had no exit strategy. They all asked exit strategy questions and my answer, naively, was that we would grow revenue and share profits! also has a vibrant IPO system to take companies public. It's something that U.S.

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A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

In terms of exit strategy , our goal is an IPO but at the right price and the right partner, we won’t exclude the acquisition option. As far as the stage of the company, we are currently bootstrapped and we are thinking of either a seed round via convertible notes. There is actually a simple cure for this Buzzword Bingo.

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What Founders Need to Know Before Selling Their Startup

Harvard Business Review

You might be surprised at what your acquirer will agree to — if you just ask.