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Exit & M&A
Expert guides, analysis and tool comparisons on Exit & M&A from the kurums.com Startup desk — written for business decision-makers and updated as the market moves.
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- Updated Jun 18, 2026
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Startup Exit Strategies Explained: How Founders Realise Value
The main startup exit paths — acquisition, IPO, and secondary sales — how they work, what determines which is right, and what founders should understand in advance.
Microsoft – The Deal That Changed Everything
In the summer of 1980, a team of IBM executives arrived at a nondescript office building in Seattle to meet with a small software company called...
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