U.K. Dad Decides to Give Away His StartupThis entrepreneur isn't interested in selling his startup. His exit strategy is to simply give the business away.

ByJason Fell

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You've probably never heard of anexit strategyquite like this one before.

At Entrepreneur.com, we write a lot about passion, dedication and finding the balance between work life and home life. For Simon Cohen, founder and managing director of London-based PR firmGlobal Tolerance, there is no "balance." He's ready to hang up his hat as an entrepreneur and dedicate his time to a different profession: full-time dad.

In doing so, Cohen, 34, has decided not to sell his 10-year-old startup but to give it away. He wants to hand over 95 percent ownership of the company (worth as much as $1.7 million), about $16,500 in the bank, the website, the business contacts and all the company assets.

Over the years, Global Tolerance's clients have included the Dalai Lama, the Prince of Wales and TED, among others.

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Last April, around the time Cohen's wife was due to give birth to their first child, Cohen put the entire firm on a year-long sabbatical, laying off its seven full-time employees. Now, Cohen is searching for someone new to run his company, instead of selling out to another firm and watching his firm end up "in a corporate graveyard."

"I am at the stage of my life where I want to focus on family, but Istill have an unswerving belief in my company," Cohen said in an announcement of his plan to give his startup away. "It's a way I can not only leave the company, but also leave a legacy for those who follow me."

科恩希望宣布新东家的某个时候this summer. In the meantime, anyone who is interested in becoming the owner of Global Tolerancecan apply here.

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Jason Fell

VP, Native Content

Jason Fell is the VP of Native Content, managing theEntrepreneur Partner Studio, which creates dynamic and compelling content for our partners. He previously served as Entrepreneur.com's managing editor and as the technology editor prior to that.

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