A strong exit strategy has almost nothing to do with selling soon — and everything to do with building a business that gives you options.

A business exit strategy is a plan that a business owner or entrepreneur establishes to sell their ownership in a company to investors or another company, or to cease operations entirely. An effective ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The author of many tech books, Michael Ashley covers AI and Big Data. When’s the best time to start planning a successful exit?

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Having a well-defined exit strategy from day one is essential and gives entrepreneurs the power to dictate how they leave their business, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Exit planning is essential for every business owner—not ...

Leaving well means more than a clean handover of keys, passwords, and titles. It means leaving so that the business becomes more capable, resilient, and innovative without you than it was with you. To ...