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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

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. Just 18 months after this photo sharing program and social network was launched, Facebook offered to purchase Instagram for $1 billion in cash and stock. . - Modest profitability. - Unprofitable.

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