School of Communication Arts 2.0

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Unit Purpose and Aims

The purpose of this unit is;

This unit will make  students aware of how to develop exit strategies for their creative business and also explore why they are so important.

Learning Outcomes

The learner will;

1. Learn about taking money from a business

Learners can;

1.1. Describe the key features of a strategy that allows you to take most of your money in dividends, bonuses and pay

2. Understand what an Initial Public Offering is.

2.1  Describe what an IPO is

2.2 Identify pros and cons for this strategy for creative businesses.

3. Understand acquisition

3.1 Describe what acquisition is

3.2. Identify pros and cons for this strategy  for creative businesses.

4. Understand which strategy is best for a given creative business.

4.1 Analyse a given business within the creative business sector.

4.2 Evaluate which of the outlined strategies is best for the  given business.

4.3 Describe what the outcomes of the  chosen strategy would be.

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In entrepreneurship and strategic management an exit strategy, exit plan, or strategic withdrawal, is a way to transition one’s ownership of a company or the operation of some part of the company. Entrepreneurs and investors devise ways of recouping the capital they have invested in a company. The most common strategy is simply to sell their equity position to someone else.