Private Equity Value Creation Lever #6 Exit Strategies.

Every private equity backed company will be sold. In fact, the goal, the ultimate metric of success, is 100 percent defined by the exit, the sale, the liquidity event. This is one of the many unique variables of working in the PE-backed environment. You are aiming for, planning for, preparing for, the exit from Day 1. 

Therefore, Exit Planning is, in fact, a value creation lever. Because with poor preparation, you will leave money on the table. Here are the sublevers we will cover;

Sub-Lever 1: Route Hypothesis

Sub-Lever 2: Value Tracking

Sub-Lever 3: Best Practices in Exit Prep

Sub-Lever 4: Courting Potential Buyers and Alternates

Sub-Lever 5: The Narrative: Valuation Justification

Sub-Lever 6: Execute the Exit