How to Hyper-Accelerate the Value of Your Business
Your exit is not a "someday" decision.
When you started your company, you weren't thinking about selling it. You were thinking about product, customers, and the next raise. That makes sense.
But here's what nobody tells early-stage founders:
Every company exits one of four ways:
acquisition
IPO
gift
death
Choosing not to plan is still a choice. It's usually one of the bad ones.
Club Penguin was built right here in BC and sold to Disney for $350 million at two years old. Instagram sold at one year. YouTube at two.
The founders who win these outcomes aren't lucky. They build for value from day one, on purpose.
In this free session, you'll learn:
The one simple rule that sets the price of every private company. It has nothing to do with revenue — and you can apply it Monday morning.
The 26 value drivers and accelerators buyers score you on. Most founders can name three of them.
The exit window: why companies are worth the most while growth is still speeding up — and why waiting "one more year" so often costs millions.
What "trapped value" is — and how to find the value sitting inside your company that buyers can't see yet.
Why big acquirers want you earlier than you think. Google's M&A lead said it plainly: "We prefer companies that are pre-revenue."
The Two Paths math: why owning 50% of a $50M exit beats owning 1% of a $100M exit — and how the choice gets made years before the sale.
Your presenter: Steve Little
Steve sold his first software company at age 15. He went on to build and sell six companies of his own.
Today, he leads Zero Limits Ventures, where he has guided more than 470 companies through value growth and exits, and raised over $3 billion for his portfolio founders. His clients call him "the Value Growth Activator."
He's seen what buyers pay premiums for — from inside the deals. This session is that playbook, opened up for our community.
Hosted by VANTEC & WUTIF
VANTEC Angel Network has connected BC founders and angel investors for over 25 years. WUTIF Capital has invested more than $24 million in 165 early-stage BC companies.
We invest at the start of the journey. This session is about finishing it well.
Who this is for
Founders building toward a raise, a sale, or both;
Angel investors who want bigger outcomes from their portfolio; and
Anyone who owns equity in an early-stage company and wants it to be worth more.
One hour. Free. Live Q&A with Steve at the end.
Can't make it live? Register anyway, and we'll do our best to share materials. But the Q&A only happens once.