AWFK | Navigating Startup Exits: A Founder Perspective
Hey there,
While building a startup is hard, how do startups plan and navigate an exit?
We have a couple of seasoned founders joining us on 24th Oct to share their experience and learnings going through their exits in their ventures:
When to think of an exit?
How to approach right partners?
Partnership vs. Investment vs. Acquisition?
How to think about valuation?
Cash vs. stock
Role beyond exit | Golden Handcuffs - Earnouts, Equity/ESOPs etc.
We have:
Aishwarya Jain, Cofounder of Kirana Club (which recently got acquired by Meesho)
Shreyas Tonse, Cofounder of Inverix (who earlier sold his company Zwayam to Infoedge Group (Naukri)
Invite Founders & Operators from Startups to join.
Meeting Point: HSR BDA Complex (Not Agara Lake)
Registration on Luma is mandatory to join. I would highly recommend you to fill in all the details. It takes less than 60 seconds! This will help the right folks to reachout to you.
Also we'll share the details you fill in the form: your Organization, Role & Introduction one-liner with other participants to optimise networking.
Walk & Coffee Timings:
Reporting & Quick Intros: 7:30AM
Start Walk from BDA Complex: 7:45AM
End Walk: 9:00AM
Coffee & Breakfast: 9:00AM to 9:30AM
Post that disperse or hang out in smaller groups.
Walk Distance & Format:
We meet at BDA Complex at 7.30AM.
We can have one round of quick intros in the beginning based on who all show up on time. Then we split into smaller groups of 5-7 and walk. We can of course switch groups etc. to maximise networking.
We'll walk around Agara lake or through a few lanes in HSR.
Since we don't have a sponsor (yet), we pay for our coffee (or masala dose etc.) :P
We'll meet at BDA complex opposite A2B entrance near Nandini Milk Parlour. Exact Maps location: Open in Google Maps
We also have a Event Whatsapp group to coordinate better. You'll receive the link to join once your sign-up.
About Agara Walks
Agara Walks & Filter Kaapi is a 2,500+ member community that meets early morning over weekends in Bengaluru for a networking walk around Agara Lake, HSR bringing founders, professionals and investors together for meaningful conversations that continue over a cup of hot filter coffee post the walk.
Read about Agara Walks here: https://yourstory.com/ys-life/agara-lake-bengalurus-newest-address-for-entrepreneurs-to-network
If you want to reach me for any details, you can DM me on LinkedIn or X.
Srikanth Prabhu
A few photos from the previous meetups: