The Things They Don’t Tell You When You Get Acquired

· 03:45 PM – 04:25 PM

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Moderator

Allen Lau

Allen Lau

Co-Founder & Operating Partner

Two Small Fish Ventures

Co-Founder

Wattpad

Acquired by Naver Corp. for $754M CAD

Panelists

Monique Simair

Monique Simair

CEO & Principal Scientist

Maven Water & Environment / Contango Strategies Ltd (Acquired by Alexco)

Mark Steele

Mark Steele

President

Level Access Inc. (Merged with eSSENTIAL Accessibility)

Amar Varma

Amar Varma

Co-Founder & CEO

Mantle

Co-Founder & COO

Autonomic Inc.

Acquired by Ford Motor Company

Hear from a panel of CEOs and founders who have recently exited and can now reflect on the process in the rear-view mirror. Let them help you build and broaden your frame of reference by sharing their own tales from the trenches.  

You’ll hear:  

  • What factors go into selling your company  
  • Reasons behind the founders’ decision to sell 
  • What they wish they had known, their key learnings and what they would have done differently 
  • If you join another team, what it’s like to go from being in charge to being an employee? 
  • The emotional aspects of selling and walking away from a venture you put so much time and energy into building 
  • Each founder’s personal growth and development from the experience of selling their company and what you can take away from your own company’s journey