Unlock insider secrets on selling your startup to Fortune 500 companies. Learn the strategies and tools from eBay's former head of M&A to pitch effectively and maximize your sale price!
This course is all about teaching you how to sell your startup like a pro! With advice from a former head of M&A at eBay, you’ll learn practical strategies to attract big buyers, avoid mistakes, and ensure your business has the best chance at a successful sale.
The insider secrets to sell your startup to a Fortune 500 buyer from eBay's former head of M&A
Learn the strategies and tools that you will need to sell your tech or internet business to a Fortune 500 company
Learn how to form strategic partnerships with major companies that will benefit your business tremendously
Have a leg up to all other entrepreneurs who just hope that they’ll be bought sometime
Know exactly how to get to the finish line
Learn how to incorporate an exit plan in your initial business plan
Get a foot into the door at Fortune 500 companies by networking effectively
Sell your company for the highest price
Understand how you’ll be evaluated when you walk into that boardroom
Building relationships with Fortune 500 companies early on is essential to build credibility for your business. Imagine how many doors will open when you can say that you partner with Amazon, eBay or Google.
Learn exactly how the CEOs, heads of Mergers and Acquisitions and heads of business development companies of Fortune 500 companies evaluate companies to buy, understand what it is that they are looking for.
This course teaches you from my experience running the M&A team at eBay for five years. I met with hundreds of entrepreneurs and invested over a billion dollars of capital. You’ll learn from real life examples and I’ll share exactly what I was looking for in companies and how I evaluated teams.
To illustrate the principles of this course, we’ll look at different type of acquisitions and different ways that entrepreneurs were successful in selling their companies. I’ll also share specific case studies of companies that failed to be bought and explain what went wrong and what the mistakes were so that you can avoid these.
These are all going to be pragmatic case studies, I’m not going to teach you any theory, nothing academic, this is a practical course, I teach the same that I would teach someone who I’d bring on my team at eBay.
Course content
I’ll start by teaching you everything you need to know before you’ve even started a company or if you have a small startup already.
I’ll then explain why your leadership will determine the destiny of your company by studying top entrepreneurs who have sold their companies or raised billions of dollars like Kunal Bahl, CEO of Snapdeal, the largest eCommerce marketplace in India.
Next I’ll dive into why companies get acquired. We’ll look at why eBay bought Paypal and why Google bought Youtube. We’ll look at the synergies and how you can find these for your company.
I’ll also teach you how WhatsApp managed to get bought by Facebook for $19B and what that can teach you about getting the most money for your company, stuff that you won’t find in any finance books.
Finally, I’ll tell you exactly what not to do, how not to pitch your company and the most common mistakes I see entrepreneurs make. We’ll look at why acquisitions fail, what can we learn from eBay’s unfortunate foray into telephony with Skype and eBay’s almost purchase of…well that’s a secret but I can still share the pitfalls with you.
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Understand how Fortune 500 companies look at startups
Understand how Heads of M&A, business development and CEOs consider when buying a company
Pitch your company effectively to a Fortune 500 company
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Ian Bednowitz established and led the Mergers & Acquisitions team for eBay's largest business unit for five years. During that time, he and his team invested over $1B in capital in dozens of startups across the world after evaluating and meeting with hundreds of entrepreneurs. He has a deep understanding of entrepreneurs and the challenges they face, as he not...
As someone in tech M&A myself it was great to hear the perspectives of a more experienced player in the space.
Great info. Not the typical book smart stuff but more real life. One example is the reality of how financial analysis can be re-done to get the "correct" price once the other company has a few other options.
Concise, clear, and eminently actionable. A+
Real examples with good motivation!
Being ethical is the key to success.
This is a great fit for me
and my mission.
Great instructor, very insightful.
great course with a ton of valuable insight and tips
Perfect match with my expectations
It worked to expose me to the m&a ideas, but didn't really help me lay out a plan like I'd hoped.
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Aakash S.
Pragmatic course, loved the lectures...