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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

The price offered was high for this type of business. Believe it or not, three years after founding the company in 1996, Larry Page and Sergey Brin actually tried to sell Google for $1 million. Questionable business model. Unique social networking product. . - Modest profitability. - Low barrier to entry.

IPO 162
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ProfessorVC: Is it the Horse or Jockey?

Professor VC

Hans Hvide at the University of Aberdeen Business School just published a paper, "The Horse or the Jockey? Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. ► 2010. (7). Don't Stop Believin' Is There Any Truth in "The Social Network"? ► February. (1).