Preparing for an Exit Strategy

L-SPARK’s Mentor blog series features expert advice for startups from our community of mentors and advisors. This week’s entry on strategic exits comes from Tyler Nelson, a technology industry veteran with a history of leading corporate development strategies and raising money for early & growth stage companies. Following a career serving in executive leadership roles with BlackBerry ( TSX & NASDAQ IPO’s ), Bridgewater Systems ( TSX IPO ) and QNX Software ( acquired by Blackberry ), Tyler co-founded YOU.i Labs with Jason Flick, was co-founder and CEO of mobile marketing pioneer Adenyo Inc. ( acquired by Motricity ) and went on to co-found and lead Ackroo Inc. through to it’s TSX.V debut.

This blog’s title – preparing for an exit strategy – is a bit of a misnomer as exits tend to present themselves in natural ways. Exits, such as mergers, acquisitions, or IPOs, are the outcomes of well-executed,...

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