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The exit is when you sell control: what changed in v1.3.0
From v1.2.0 (2026-10-20, b4ec6e4e4) to v1.3.0 (2026-10-27, db67c5ce1), paragraph by paragraph.
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!shot ex-negotiate.webp | images/ | Negotiate the exit at the start. The companycompany's movespath from explorer to villager to town planner;planner, and the founder's exit isas the day control is sold, and its terms, the trigger, the terms, what you keep and your number, are best written before anyone needs them.sold. | concept
12 unchanged paragraphs, under In short {#in-short}, What an exit is {#exit}
!shot ex-control.webp | images/ | Owning the company is not controlling it:controlling: an illustrative founder with 60% who has lost control to the board and the investors' vetoes,60%, and Meta's founder with about 13.6% of the shares and 61% of the votes. | comparison
8 unchanged paragraphs, under That is the day to leave {#leave}, What the research says {#evidence}
!shot ex-wasserman.webp | images/ | How long founders stay in charge, from Noam Wasserman's study of 212 American start-ups: half still CEO in year three, 40% in year four, fewer than a quarter at the IPO.start-ups. | comparison
6 unchanged paragraphs, under The Mourinho clause {#mourinho}
!shot ex-mourinho.webp | images/ | Mourinho's clubs since 2004,2004: howthe longlength heof stayedeach spell and how eachit spell ended; in blue, where the money on leaving is documented.ended. | timeline
19 unchanged paragraphs, under Negotiate the exit at the start {#negotiate}, Write your number down now {#number}, What this does not claim {#limits}…