Books Quote by Basil Peters

“Exits are the best part of being an entrepreneur or investor. It’s when we get financially rewarded for all of the creativity, hard work,…

— Basil Peters

Our focus is not on exit. In fact if you talk to any of my entrepreneurs, I'm generally saying, 'Don't sell the company,' when…

— Vinod Khosla

“Every company needs an exit strategy and an exit plan. Ideally, the exit strategy should be agreed upon by the founders before the first…

— Basil Peters

“As VCs invest more and more money in each company, they have to wait longer and longer before they can exit.”

— Basil Peters

Investors do not like losing money. They do not like companies that fail. They do not like entrepreneurs that fail. There is not a…

— Julie Wainwright

“Failing to plan for ownership transitions often leads to disappointing exits and drift.”

— Becca Spradlin Lead On Mission

I fully understand that not all of the companies will succeed and that there will be losses along the way, but this is very…

— Andy Murray

In the Valley, what's happened is you have entrepreneurs that just want to fill a hole in the market and have a rich exit.

— Danny Rimer

“In the most successful exits, the company should be delivering its peak performance for the months leading up to the final price negotiations and…

— Basil Peters

Everybody getting a significant exit creates a legacy and creates something that you can pay forward and bootstrap an industry in a substantial way.

— Ryan Holmes

Most venture capital funds are too short-termist and exit-driven to deal with the highly uncertain and lengthy innovation process.

— Mariana Mazzucato

The majority of unskilled investors stubbornly hold onto their losses when the losses are small and reasonable. They could get out cheaply, but being…

— William O'Neil