My Exit Strategy Week #13

 Identify the exit strategy you plan to make

·         Because my venture is associated with missing children, I don’t intend on making my first million with the organization. Moreover, I don’t expect to sell the venture as I would eventually allow it to be in the hands of my children, who feel as passionate and strongly as I do about the plight of missing children. I don’t believe I would just exit this venture, except for age or illness.

Why have you selected this particular exit strategy?

·         As you can see from above, I don’t plan on doing an exit, except for age or illness, but would rather pass it on to my children. Because this is more a mission than business, I would never try to get rich off the tragedy of a lost child.

How do you think your exit strategy has influenced the other decisions you've made in your concept?

·         I chose this venture, not for the profit or easy exit strategy, but for the purpose of making a difference in the world. Growing up in foster homes gave me a keen sense of what might happen when a child is separated from their family. What has driven me more than anything is my friend’s daughter who has been missing for over 15 years. Although I lost a daughter who was killed by a car, I cannot imagine having a child missing, without any sense of where to find them. My exit strategy hasn’t influenced where I might get resources, but my passion and zeal for missing children – for all children – is enough to catapult me into action. I am currently a Guardian ad Litem, and already work with neglected, abused, and abandoned children – somewhat of a preventive measure of missing and abducted children.