#Timing is crucial. #Investors and #founders must align their expectations, understanding that the path to a successful exit is a marathon, not a sprint. #Building value, scaling operations, and #creating a sustainable growth trajectory takes time and strategic foresight. Thanks Airtree for sharing insights from David Parfett, Scott Colvin and Paul Perrett
There's been lots of talk recently about secondaries, IPOs and exits. For many founders, those may feel like abstract concepts you're years away from. But the reality is that successful exits are years in the making. They start and end with good planning, and it's never too early to start preparing because a lot of it is just best-practice BAU activities 🎯 In our latest Open Source VC resource, we take the key lessons from a session David Parfett, Scott Colvin and Paul Perrett ran with the Airtree portfolio to create a founder's guide to exit planning (link in comments), covering: • The most common exit and liquidity pathways • How to identify your most likely exit or liquidity pathway • What a typical exit process looks like • How to set yourself up for success As a starting point, here's a quick summary of the different pathways and the general rule of thumb across some key dimensions (Note: there are always exceptions to the rule!).
Thanks for sharing Peter Kambouris! 🙌