Opinion

September 7, 2020

Let your employees cash out

Great people aren’t going to jump ship just because they’ve sold some shares; they’ll probably be more likely to stay.


Olav Ostin

4 min read

Startups are taking longer than ever to exit. The time taken to reach a merger, acquisition or initial public offering for venture capital-backed technology companies has risen dramatically from a median period of seven and half years in 2006 to almost 11 years in 2018.

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