Selling Your Startup: Crafting the Perfect Exit, Selling Your Business, and Everything Else Entrepreneurs Need to Know

Summary

Learn how to sell your startup from an acquisition expert

Many entrepreneurs dream of the day their company is acquired and they secure a perfect exit. But information about the process of getting your business acquired usually comes from expensive investment bankers who typically advise late-stage startups. In Selling Your Startup, serial entrepreneur Alejandro Cremades delivers an accessible guide on how to sell your startup. With first-hand experience as a fully exited entrepreneur, investment banker, and lawyer, Cremades describes the tips and tricks startup founders need to sell their early-stage to growth-stage business.

In this book, you'll discover: the role that investment bankers play in the acquisition process, how they add value, and how to break down their fees; preparing your company for sale, including compiling a pitch book, putting its finances in order, and building a target list of potential acquirers; and how to get to a Letter of Intent, perform due diligence, and reach a purchase agreement. Perfect for entrepreneurs of all kinds, Selling Your Startup is a must-have roadmap to the practical realities of company acquisition and contains proven guidance on crafting your perfect exit.