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Why 2008 is the Time to Sell Your VC-Funded Company: Top CEOs, VCs and Lawyers on Important Considerations Given the Current Economic Outlook (DVD) with Irwin Kishner, Roger Novak and Teo Dagi
ExecSense, April 2008, Minutes: 180
We are pleased to present a video seminar on “Why 2008 is the Time to Consider Selling Your VC-Funded Company: Top CEOs, VCs and Lawyers on Important Considerations Given the Current Economic Outlook.” In the three hours it takes to watch this video seminar, you will be up to speed on the possible ramifications of the current economy on your company’s valuation, how it will affect your compensation and equity personally, and be able to evaluate if in fact this year is a good time to start pursuing an exit strategy.
The video seminar can be watched on any computer or mobile media player (such as an iPod) and is led by venture capitalists (Roger Novak, Novak Biddle Venture Partners; Teo Dagi, HLM Ventures), venture capital lawyers (Irwin Kirshner, Herrick, Feinstein; Michael Rennock, Foley & Lardner; Todd Peterson, Edwards Angell) and CEOs who have received venture capital funding, sharing their experience in 2008 on the importance of timing, achieving the best valuation, and how equity compensation and options affect the eventual terms when an exit event occurs (whether in 2008 or 2009). Take advantage of this resource that has been invaluable to executives of other VC-Funded companies in 2008 and features the most up to date insights and benchmarks unavailable anywhere else. Topics in the video seminar include:
- A checklist of considerations (including valuation, management compensation, equity) to determine if 2008 is the time to start pursuing an exit strategy
- The impact the current economy has on venture-capital funded companies and what happens if it keeps getting worse
- How deal structures are changing for M&A transactions and what they mean for your personal return on investment once a deal closes
- The impact the current economy has on venture capital funds and making raising future rounds of capital for VC-Funded companies much more difficult
- How to position your company for a possible sale - what acquirers and investment banks look for
- Key wording and clauses for executive compensation/employment agreements to make sure your income from a potential sale has the least tax liability possible (for your personal income)
- Insights from leading VCs, Lawyers and CEOs of VC-Backed companies on where they think the economy is heading, and the impact on VC-Funded companies if they don’t pursue an exit strategy in 2008-2009
Samples of the questions answered in the seminar include:
1. What are the 5-7 key characteristics that make 2008 the right time to sell a venture capital backed company?
2. How important is revenue when deciding to sell for the venture capital backed company? What are the benchmarks and expectations?
3. What impact does profitability have on the decision to sell? How are profitability figures interpreted?
4. How critical is the competitive landscape when deciding to sell? What elements of the market analysis are considered?
5. In what way do growth plans and the need for capital impact the decision to sell? How does the need for capital drive the decision to sell? Will raising capital now be much harder given the economy?
6. What impact does the current economy have on the valuations of venture-capital funded companies? How do you see this changing?
7. What is the role of the CEO in pursuing an exit strategy? What factors should motivate the CEO when evaluating the decision to sell the company? What about the CFO, CTO, CMO and other key executives?
8. What is the role of the management team in evaluating if it’s a good time to sell? How does management’s motivation different from other’s who are involved in the decision to sell? Why?
9. What role do the venture capitalists, the investors, play in the decision to sell? How does the original financing deal impact this decision?
10. What is the role of the board members? What motivates the board when determining if it’s a good time to sell?
11. Can you walk me through the steps that need to happen and a hypothetical timeline if a company decides that 2008 is a good time to begin pursuing an exit strategy?
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