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An entrepreneur from California sold his last start up company over a year ago and was looking at investing in an underperforming company in which he could play an active role and turn around. His investment advisor approached him with a potential deal in which to invest. Alpha Legal Systems was a small software company with $5 million in sales the previous year but had no profitability. The entrepreneur must consider the economic slowdown and an underperforming technology market and the challenges of taking over and managing a young, rapidly growing company.

Innomedia Logic Inc. produces and distributes voice over Internet protocol hardware. An increasing demand for this technology and the entry of other companies into the sector have created a highly competitive market. Despite these challenges, Innomedia Logic has grown to a successful operation in just a few years and has projected substantial revenue increases for the next two years. The president, and major shareholder, has received an unsolicited offer for 100 per cent of the company's equity. He must consider how an exit strategy will affect the other seven shareholders and determine whether he would receive greater value if he sells now or if he should continue to grow the company and contemplate a sale in the future.