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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

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They had a phenomenal obsession with customer service and offered free shipping and returns. 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. Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO.

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