Exit Strategies


Recent Exit Strategies Articles

Your Work Is Never Done

By Steven Berglas |  Nov 1, 1997

Berglas discusses the physical and psychological trauma that can occur when a CEO decides to retire, and suggests ways for coping with the transition.  Read more

It's Valuation Time

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1997

Here's when you may need a corporate valuation.  Read more

Business Valuation 101

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1997

Though most valuations claim to assign a fair-market value, the results can vary widely. Here's why.  Read more

Valuations 1997: What's Your Company Worth Now?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1997

It could be time for a corporate valuation. A guide to when valuations are necessary and what to expect.  Read more

Up from Failure

By George Gendron |  Sep 1, 1997

Inc.'s editor-in-chief offers an overview of the Sept. 1997 edition of the magazine and some of its topics and articles.  Read more

Exit Strategies: What's Yours?

By Jennifer Lawton |  Sep 1, 1997

It's never easy to think about leaving your business, but entrepreneur Jennifer Lawton tells how she came to terms with creating an exit strategy and suggest...  Read more

Numb and Number: Public Offering, Private Turmoil

By Leslie Brokaw |  Aug 1, 1997

Ready to go public and rake it in? Read this before you leap.  Read more

Efforts to Save New York Winery Prove Fruitless

By Mike Hofman |  Aug 1, 1997

Facing frost and bad weather, a Long Island winery fails for lack of cash.  Read more

The Secret World of IPOs

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1997

A senior Inc. writer takes you through the uncharted territory of small-company public offerings.  Read more

So You Want to Go Public

By Steve Solomon |  Jun 1, 1997

An associate professor at NYU explains what various stock exchanges expect if you want to get on them.  Read more

Light Up, Go Public, Quit Your Day Job

By Jay Finegan |  Jun 1, 1997

Here's the recipe for a perfect IPO: a man and his cigar and how investors that love good smoke all found each other.  Read more

Business for Sale: Minichain of Cinemas

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Mar 1, 1997

A business offered for sale including such information as price rationale and some pros and cons of the purchase.  Read more

Jig May Be Up on Fantastic Stock Multiples from Roll-up Acquisitions

By Hal Plotkin |  Feb 1, 1997

New SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin may spell the end to the roll-up gravy train.  Read more

Pioneer CD-ROM Maker Hit by Hardball Competition

By Mike Hofman |  Dec 1, 1996

An obit for a company that produced consumer-oriented CD-ROMs and a look at why it failed.  Read more

Public Markets: IPO Corrections

By Mike Hofman |  Nov 1, 1996

Today's IPO market is not driven by young high-tech companies, as many CEOs and investors believe.  Read more

Main Street Inc.

By Martha E. Mangelsdorf |  Jul 1, 1996

A senior Inc. editor tells why the companies that perform well on Main Street are as critical as any found on Wall St.  Read more

The Seller

By Christopher Caggiano |  Jun 1, 1996

The story of how and why a publisher sold his magazine company successfully and who bought it.  Read more

No Tech, No Takers

By Inc. staff |  May 1, 1996

Various Inc. writers examine eight myths about going public that the 1996 market shatters.  Read more

International: Joint-Venturing Tips

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Apr 1, 1996

A quick look at an unusual plan used by a company when it found it needed an overseas partner.  Read more

Cashing Out: Preparing for That Day

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Nov 1, 1995

A business owner who became an investment banker tells Inc. how he prepared to sell his company.  Read more

Which Track Are You On?

By Jerome A. Katz |  Oct 1, 1995

Jefferson Smufit Center for Entrepreneurial Studies's director discusses the different ways people exit thier companies.  Read more

Resource: Navigating an IPO

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Oct 1, 1995

The Ernst Young Guide to Taking Your Company Public is reviewed and two tips are offered for launching an IPO.  Read more

Buy-Sell Ageements: Does Yours Still Make Sense?

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Sep 1, 1995

A lawyer offers tips on how to ensure you make the most out of your buy-sell agreement and protect your heirs.  Read more

Cashing Out: Shells Offer Liquidity

By Jill Andresky Fraser |  Jun 1, 1995

A consultant explains the benefits of a public shell and an executive officer explains how he used this strategy.  Read more

The Making of a Millionaire

By Robert A. Mamis |  May 1, 1995

The step-by-step account of how G&W, a small, low-tech consumer-product marketer became an unlikely dream IPO -- and made its two founders rich overnight.  Read more