It's the ultimate goal for many (all?) entrepreneurs and most certainly for their investors: to reach a financial exit that realizes the value of the capital and the sweat poured into building a great company. But startup exits come in many shapes, shades, and definitely sizes.
Come join the StartOut SF family for a panel that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and... [read more]

It's the ultimate goal for many (all?) entrepreneurs and most certainly for their investors: to reach a financial exit that realizes the value of the capital and the sweat poured into building a great company. But startup exits come in many shapes, shades, and definitely sizes.
Come join the StartOut SF family for a panel that brings together entrepreneurs, investors, and entrepreneurs-turned-investors, to discuss the pains and the joys of exiting a company. What determines success? By what standards? We'll chat about companies "built to flip", and company sold to avoid a flop; companies going public, and those publicly remaining private, but often under a lot of pressure to file.
We will cover these and many other interesting aspects of this holy grail of startup life, and you don't want to miss it!

Program
6:00 pm - Networking Reception
6:30 pm - Panel Discussion
7:30 pm - Networking Reception

Panelists
David Michaels, VP Engineering Mint.com (now Intuit)
Lorenzo Thione, co-founder Powerset.com (now Microsoft - Bing)
Patrick Chung, Partner, New Enterprise Associates
Scott Smith, Viant Group, Head of West Coast Operations
Mike Sullivan, Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Moderator
Alexander Haislip, Financial Journalist & Author