There are countless podcasts and workshops on how to raise capital, build product and land your first customers. Very few talk about the ins and outs of selling a company to a big tech acquirer.
Exiting is every bit as complex as fundraising, but for founders it's a one-time event with high stakes. It stays off-limits to even talk about until you're in the middle of it, which is exactly when it's too late to learn.
Join us for a session about the end of the founder story, not the beginning.
The Exit: An Honest Conversation About Selling Your Company
📅 Wednesday, 29 July | 12:00PM – 1:00PM AEST
📍 Virtual
Jessica Christiansen-Franks spent eight years building Neighbourlytics before selling it to REA. She's giving the honest version, the stuff that you don't learn till it's too late.
We'll get into:
- The moment the board stops rowing in the same direction (spoiler: it's the second an exit lands on the table)
- Why founders and shareholders end up speaking completely different languages about the same deal
- The early structural decisions that decide whether you do well or end up last money out
- What actually happens after the deal closes, including the parts that can leave you personally exposed
- Why founders never really do it for the money, and what that costs them at exit
Who should attend?
- Founders who want the unfiltered reality of selling a company
- Founders weighing an exit who want to know what to look out for before it's on the table
- Founders making early decisions right now that will quietly shape their exit later
- Anyone startup-curious who wants a real founder story, not the press-release version