# Tech entrepreneurship exit strategies

In the tech industry, [intellectual property](legal-ip.md) is *everything* related to software. To that end, the risks of intellectual property theft are so strong that any organization observing your startup has every incentive to learn what they can and imitate the idea.

If you plan to sell your intellectual property or entire startup organization to a large company (*especially* [Big Tech](faang.md)), get lawyers involved in the process as early as possible.