In Episode 11 of the Exit Strategy, we sit down with Emmanuel Gonzalez, who is the founder & #CEO of 6XPOS. 6XPOS is an API-based #POS system, which is built on a uniform coding language (C#), which is an open flexible POS system that can integrate with any market app in any country. It has the ability to install on any hardware, complete UI/UX customization, and multi-country support. 6XPOS also offers remote access to customers where they can connect to any of their client restaurants through their mobile device upon scanning a QR code which turns their phone into a menu ordering tool, waiter call and get up and pay feature, where you no longer have to wait for the waiter to bring you your bill.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

In episode 10 of the Exit Strategy, we speak with our guest Daniel Kahn who is responsible for Strategy and Business Development in EMEA (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa) for Wilson Sonsini, the premier law firm in the Technology business in the United States, today. We ask Daniel Kahn the questions that European founders may want to consider when expanding their company or selling it in the United States. 1 -When should you go to the United States? 2 -Why should EU companies consider the USA 3 -A guide and steps to being ready to go to the USA: Must have a good product in Europe with customers  Look at your market and see if there is a market for you in the USA. You need money before going. You need to have people; you don’t send a Junior guy. Your CEO must have some time to head to America from time to time but not permanent. Make sure you look over your trademark and patents. Get your acts together, and your contracts are aligned. 4 - Where is the right place to expand in the USA? Life Science should consider Boston Marketing or AdTech should consider New York, etc. But it’s very on a case-by-case basis. 5 - When should a start-up bring in a lawyer? Term Sheets Experience with LPs or Investors 6. How should a company prepare if they are in Europe to expand into the USA? 7. Cultural understanding of the deal:  The exit: Cash, Debt, Equity, etc. The investment: Equity, Trenching, etc. Management Buyout --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

Episode 9 of #theexitstrategy, We are excited to speak with Anja Skodda, a #Biotech #Scientist, #Dog Lover, #femalefounder, and CEO of Happy Bond. Driven by the relationship with one’s dog, not one’s dog owner. Celebrity greats such as Halley Berry and Cesar Millan aka the Dog Whisperer are customers and partners of the Happy Bond brand. Happy Bond has raised six Seed rounds of venture capital funding and is currently looking to take the next step in seeking a Series A. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

In episode 8 of The Exit Strategy, we welcome Gordon Chang: a world-renowned political commentator. Gordon is the author of the Great US-China Tech War and the coming collapse of China. Gordon has given briefings at the National Intelligence Council, the Central Intelligence Agency, the US State Department, and the US Defense Department, and he has appeared before the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. He is a former contributor at The Daily Beast. His writings on China and North Korea have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the International Herald Tribune, Commentary, National Review, and Barron’s among others, and he has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, Bloomberg Television, and others as well on as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Gordon has spoken at Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, Yale, and other universities. Today we discuss with Gordon: North Korea's Crypto Hackers, stealing over 1 billion through video games to fund their nuclear programs. The Ukraine-Russian war. Chinese chip stocks tumble after the U.S. calls for new curbs on high-end tech. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We sit down to talk to Jason Meyer the lead architect of Auditchain. We enter into a deep discussion regarding digital assets and how the process of adoption could happen. Auditchain is a decentralized accounting, reporting, audit, and analysis protocol that automates and provides proof of assurance on the world's financial and business information. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We are joined by guest speaker Mark Kepeneghian, who is the founder of Kriptown. Kriptown is the first exchange for startups and SMEs. It is a marketplace that enables companies to raise funds while providing investors with access to a Secondary market. Porsche’s IPO at a $72-billion USD valuation. Kim Kardashian is fined $1.26 million over a Crypto Instagram Post Elon Musk proposes buying Twitter for the originally agreed $44bn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We analyze the analytics of VCs who are looking through pitch decks to understand what they are looking for in start-ups. India still keeps impressing us with Samsung establishing a new partnership with Axios Bank in Mumbai and Apple officially starting to manufacture the iPhone 14 in Chennai and L'Oreal signs an agreement to acquire Skinbetter Science, a Physcian-dispensed American skincare brand.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We sit down with Sebastian Laye, who served as the economic advisor to the Republican candidate Valerie Pecresse in the French 2022 Election. We try to understand Macron's plan in the France 2030 campaign that is helping tech companies grow in France. We review the real exit numbers in France and Europe and it clearly shows that a European start-up company, will have a higher chance to exit if it attains a US VC investor. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We're discussing the exits happening YTD in the market and we continue to see the numbers show that the USA continues to show the strongest numbers. Despite relations with Russia, China is still a large investor in US venture capital funds and Adobe buys Figma in a massive acquisition at 50x revenues.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message

We sit down to discuss the passing of the Queen and offer the English royal family their condolences. Venture Capital has become less aggressive with VC investments slowing down and what's going on with the disruption in the global supply chain and how India could be the answer.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theexitstrategy/message