Selling Your Startup

2Getting Your Company Acquired

Do you have dreams of getting your company acquired for nine figures, ten figures, or more? Are you already fielding inbound interest in buying your company? Are you trying to stay ahead of the next step in your startup's life cycle? Or maybe you need to run a better process after a failed M&A deal.

Whatever the reason you picked up this book, no worries—you're covered.

Some founders and other key team members get involved with a startup specifically with the hope of quickly cashing out for a record-setting amount. Others swear they will never, ever sell their company, but one day discover that a merger or acquisition is actually the best path for fully realizing and maximizing their mission and vision. In some cases, if your startup is doing well, you will receive inbound offers out of the blue, and much earlier than expected.

In all of these scenarios, this book will help you understand the process, optimize the outcome, and survive the mental marathon.

M&A Is Harder Than Fundraising

Kudos if you've already read the prequel to this book, The Art of Startup Fundraising, and have subsequently raised a round of funding, or a few.

Whether you raised equity, used debt financing, or just bootstrapped your venture all the way up to this point, you've already gone through a significant learning curve. You've evolved as an entrepreneur, and you have probably learned much more than you thought you would. You've also learned how to get to market, find ...