Selling to private equity can be exciting and lucrative. But before you sell, you need to know what comes next for the organization, its employees, and for you personally. Speaking with TechExit.io, Narbe Alexandrian, founder and CEO of Define Capital, shared the key questions every founder should ask before a PE acquisition.

After building and selling companies for over $1 billion, Michael Hyatt is short-term anxious but long-term positive on Canada’s entrepreneurial future as he builds his next venture, data security platform DataStealh. Speaking with TechExit.io, Michael shared the three policy changes he thinks will drive more prosperity and entrepreneurial spirit in our great nation.

Sometimes you raise a VC round and it hits you—you don’t have a VC-scalable company. Now what? Statistically, it makes sense given the power law, but you have a company to run. Brice Scheschuk has seen this time and again in his decade-long career as an investor; speaking with TechExit.io, he shared his advice for founders in this tricky situation.

Selling a company is often cause for celebration, but the work doesn’t stop there. Adam Zimmer knows this well, having built a company from zero to exit. Now, he is actively acquiring companies through the Perseus operating group of Constellation Software. Sharing his experiences with TechExit.io, Adam shared four tips for founders going through an exit.

The process required to sell your startup is like a second job. But you don’t need to be too aggressive about it—instead of forcefully networking with the hopes of a quick sale, Austin Johnsen, Zapier’s Head of Corporate Development, said to take a lighter-touch approach. Speaking with TechExit.io, Austin explained more about his tips for M&A success as a founder looking to sell.

Many founders earn well under market compensation and rack up personal debts to build their companies—so it’s hard to blame them for “selling too early” to take care of their families. But it doesn’t need to be this way, says Mark Longo, Co-Chair of Osler’s Emerging and High Growth Companies Group and Managing Partner of Osler’s Vancouver office. Speaking with TechExit.io, Mark explained more about how private and growth equity can offer financial security and enable opportunities for a company to achieve scale in the future.