2 days ago
Odd Lots: This is What Happens When a Startup Dies
You always hear about startup exits. Big acquisitions. Big IPOs. But of course this isn't the fate for most new ventures. Many of them die outright, without any kind of 'exit' at all for shareholders. So how do you wind down a company, and sell off the scraps? How do you actually pull the plug? David Johnson of Resolution Financial Advisors specializes in exactly that. Because the formal bankruptcy process is very expensive, many companies look for some way to salvage value by doing an asset fire sale. David tells us how the process works, and also goes through a bunch of fun examples, such as the time he had to find a buyer for some actual human skulls that were in the office of a dying startup.
