Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JLABS: Exit Readiness

Are you prepared for your eventual exit? In this Exit Readiness webinar, you will hear lessons learned and best practices both from CEOs who have successfully sold their innovation-based businesses and from leading acquirers (including Apple, Google, Illumina, Tesla, and many more). Based on interviews with over 30 CEOs and their acquirers, you’ll hear practical advice on what the CEOs did well and what they wish they did differently when building their companies.

This event will provide practical advice for any company. In this program, we will cover:

M&A Background
• How life sciences & tech M&A works and the latest trends

Building a Great Company That’s ‘Exit Ready’
• What to do (and not do) when building your company to make it much easier to exit when the time comes

• Raising money and strategic investments and how this can impact your ability to exit

• The importance of building relationships with potential acquirers

• The value of IP and patents when exiting

• Exit strategies – when and how to create one

When to Sell
• Timing and having a Plan B

• Valuation

Exiting
• How to approach negotiations, term sheets, and due diligence

• Buyer/acquirer fit

• Integration planning