Strategic Exits Partner Emeritus, Dr. J. Basil Peters, developed and implemented several new concepts in selling technology companies. His seminal publication: Early Exits demonstrated that entrepreneurs and their angel investors could earn better returns by selling their technology companies earlier in their business development. He also promoted the concept that the company exit was a key business process and should drive the company’s strategic a...

This post is number 2 in a five-part series of posts on Exits Strategies. In this post Basil Peters explains how rapid changes in technology and business have created a unique opportunity for acquisitions of early stage and growth stage technology companies. The boom started in the early 2010s and has continued for more than a decade, the longest bull run in history, despite a volatile economy and financial markets upset by the COVID pandemic. This...

In this third episode of the five-part series on Exits Strategies, Basil Peters explains why every company should have an exit strategy. Far from being the last item an entrepreneur considers, in fact, the exit strategy should be the first item on the agenda at startup. The exit strategy drives the business strategy and is a tool to ensure that all the stakeholders are working towards the same goal. Innovative equity vesting plans can also drive align...

In this fourth episode of the five-part series on Exits Strategies, a group of panelists answer several questions arising from Basil Peters’ first three presentations. The new Exit Strategies workshop was first presented at the Golden Triangle Angel Network in Waterloo, Ontario on May 8, 2015.

In this fifth and final presentation, Basil discusses some of the risks of delaying the exit. Many founders feel optimistic about their progress and reason that they can delay the exit and manage the company to grow and achieve a higher valuation before exiting. This can be a dangerous strategy. It could result in a lower exit valuation or a failed exit altogether. This Exit Strategies workshop was first presented at the Golden Triangle Angel Ne...

Formed in 2015, Genesis Robotics creates motors and other mechanical innovations that will fundamentally improve how robots and machines are built and move.  Its innovations attracted worldwide interest from large robotics companies.  When it exited in 2018, the c...