Exit Early - Exit Often, Keynote HD Video

This is the high def video of my keynote at the Capital Connects! Southeastern Regional Angel Capital Association Meeting in Greensboro, North Carolina - October 1, 2009

Highlights of the ‘Exit Early - Exit Often’ video:

• Why I think this will be called a "golden era" for entrepreneurs and angel investors.
• Successful investing requires two things: buying right and exiting well.
• The median price for private company M&A transactions is under $20 million.
• Today, the corporate buyers are competitors to the traditional Venture Capital funds.
• Traditional Venture Capital could shrink to half, or even a quarter, of its current size.
• 92% of M&A exits don’t work for these traditional VC funds - but they all work well for Angels and entrepreneurs.
• So Angels and Entrepreneurs have a choice - an exit in 3 to 5 years without VCs or 10 to 14 years with VC investment.
• Angels alone are "as likely as the VC backed firms to have successful liquidity events".
• Checklist to determine whether an individual company should be financed with Angels only or VCs.
• It depends on how much money the company will need, how long before the exit and the likely exit value.
• It’s possible to sell a company much earlier than most people believe - all you really need to do is prove the model.
• Developing the optimum exit strategy is one of those things that requires experience. Angels, directors and coaches can help.

The video is online in 720p high def here.