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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

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A volatile stock market and economic recession have since changed much of this thinking. 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. However, they have failed to generate profits and the stock has since sunk to less than $3 per share.

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