As I am sure you have heard by now, Google acquired Nest Labs, the market leader in smart thermostats and smoke detectors, earlier this month for $3.2 Billion. This resulted in a huge payday for the Nest executive team and their investors.

Most startup executive teams can only dream of such an outcome for their startup. Nevertheless, the Nest story is a great case study on how to best position your company for an exit.

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