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To catch that window, Gil offered a practical suggestion: pre-schedule a board meeting once or twice a year specifically
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Key facts
- But as many founders — like Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz –have jokingly begun to acknowledge, that won’t last forever
- To catch that window, Gil offered a practical suggestion: pre-schedule a board meeting once or twice a year specifically to discuss exits
- This matters more now than it might have a few years ago
- Oh great and powerful – builder of minds, father of Claude
Summary
In a recent episode of “No Priors” — the excellent podcast co-hosted by AI investors Sarah Guo and Elad Gil — Gil made a point about exit timing that’s undoubtedly familiar to founders who’ve spent time with him but seems particularly useful in this moment of go-go dealmaking. For most companies, Gil said, there’s roughly a 12-month period where the business is at its peak value, “and then it crashes out.” The companies that capture generational returns are often the ones where someone spies that moment instead of assuming the good times will get even better. To catch that window, Gil offered a practical suggestion: pre-schedule a board meeting once or twice a year specifically to discuss exits. Oh great and powerful – builder of minds, father of Claude.