Todd Sullivan is co-founder and CEO of ExitWise. After building and exiting a series of his own companies, Todd now helps founders plan and maximize their own exits when the time is right.

During our talk, we covered:

-       How solving your own burning need can be the best launchpad for a startup

-       How decisions you make now can set you up for a strategic acquisition later down the road

-       The dangers of depending too much on someone else’s ecosystem – and how to mitigate them

-       The importance of timing in acquisition – and how one founder was able to 20x their exit outcome by planning this well

-       How to manage the 3 different types of exit scenarios

-       Why bringing an experienced M&A team to the table can make a deal go much smoother

-       How to make sure time works for you and not against you in any deal process

-       And how the current funding environment is affecting M&A – and which companies are poised to win

You can learn more about Todd and Exitwise here:

- ExitWise: https://exitwise.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddfsullivan/
- Cashing Out Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cashing-out-an-exitwise-m-a-podcast/id1642784919