Selling Your Own IT Business — How Not to Mess Up and What Comes Next
summary
A Polish software entrepreneur recounts founding, growing and selling two IT companies (and investing in or acquiring several others), describing concrete lessons learned about building a company for exit. The talk covers the timing and process of selling an IT business, how those experiences changed his earlier beliefs about needing to cash out young as a developer, and practical takeaways from his acquisitions and investments.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:31Why firms are sold
- 8:29Selling process step-by-step
- 13:26Due diligence impact
- 21:11Financial and legal due diligence
- 27:48Company value factors
- 36:37Sell or alternatives
- 44:15Life after selling
- 51:00Career reflections
- 55:59Summary
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