# The exit is when you sell control: what changed in v1.3.0, sgit.ai > The changes to the article "The exit is when you sell control" in v1.3.0, paragraph by paragraph. *Source: · sgit.ai v0.7.87 · this file is generated from the same content as the page, so the two cannot drift. Every page on this site has a `.md` twin; internal links below point at them.* --- [Home](../../../index.md) / [Articles](../../index.md) / [The exit is when you sell control](../../the-exit-is-when-you-sell-control.md) / [Versions](../the-exit-is-when-you-sell-control.md) / v1.3.0 # 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. 0 paragraphs added, 0 removed, 4 changed in place, 47 unchanged. About 0 words added and 68 removed. Insertions are marked like this, deletions like this; unchanged runs are folded to one line; figures appear as their file names. [← v1.2.0](v1.2.0.md) · [all versions](../the-exit-is-when-you-sell-control.md) 2 unchanged paragraphs !shot ex-negotiate.webp | images/ | Negotiate the exit at the start. The companycompany'smovespath 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:howthelonglengthheofstayedeach spell and how eachitspell 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}… [← v1.2.0](v1.2.0.md) · [all versions](../the-exit-is-when-you-sell-control.md) --- *[Site index for agents](../../../llms.txt) · [HTML version](https://newsroom.sgit.ai/articles/versions/the-exit-is-when-you-sell-control/v1.3.0.html)*