INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
All startup founders want to steer to a successful outcome the business they started
Sometimes the goal is an initial public offering
even when an offer is on the table, it often comes with difficult decisions
has something to contribute to this fascinating topic of conversation.Justin Kan is today the founder and CEO of the legal tech startup
Autodesk later acquired for a tidy $60 million, and itself later evolved into the game-streaming powerhouse Twitch, which was eventually
acquired by an even bigger giant, Amazon, for $970 million
(Few remember his brief stint as founder and CEO of Exec.) But his perspective as a serial founder and investor has made him a trusted
source of wisdom in startup-land, and when it comes to exiting, he knows the drill.Jess Lee currently serves as a partner at Sequoia
Capital, one of the most successful and well-respected VC firms in Silicon Valley
Her portfolio includes companies like The Wing, Dia - Co
But Lee has been through the acquisition process from the other side of the fence, too
was quickly asked to become its first product manager)
Once there, she graduated to VP of Product before ultimately taking over as CEO and eventually selling the company to Yahoo, where her
former Google colleague Marissa Mayer had herself taken on the reins as CEO
them during this discussion.Michael Marquez has spent the last decade at Code Advisors brokering deals across the startup ecosystem
Having spent the previous decade in corporate development roles at CBS and Yahoo, he knows first-hand how buyers think and how to position
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