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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

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Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. They devalued the company and sold 70% of the business to private investors in 2009. In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 Questionable business model. Their offer was rebuffed and the company went public five years later.

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