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Exit & Succession
Founder exit strategy: four routes out
Most exit planning starts and ends with a trade sale. There are four routes an Australian founder actually has, and the right one depends less on the business than on what you want your life to look like afterwards.
Bodie Czeladka · 6 min read
Letting go without disappearing
The founders who step back best are the ones who stay useful in a smaller, sharper way. What that actually looks like, and the handover mistakes that undo it.
Bodie Czeladka · 6 min read
When should a founder start thinking about their exit?
Earlier than feels reasonable, and for reasons that have nothing to do with wanting to leave. The work that raises the price is the same work that makes the business run without you.
Tom Parker · 5 min read
The third option, explained
Keep grinding or sell up is a false choice. What an equity partnership actually is, who it suits, and the trade-offs nobody puts in the brochure.
Tom Parker · 6 min readValuation & Value
Growth & Systems
Your team is part of the value
Buyers do not just price your revenue. They price how much of it walks out the door with you, and your leadership layer is most of that calculation.
Tom Parker · 5 min read
How to create an effective leadership layer before you need one
The 2IC you need in three years has to be built now. How to find them, what to hand over first, and why most founders leave it until the handover is already forced.
Bodie Czeladka · 6 min read Working through a growth plateau
Revenue flat for two years is rarely a market problem. It is usually the same three constraints, and none of them are fixed by working harder.
Bodie Czeladka · 6 min readDeals & Structure
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