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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. In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5 Negotiating a different deal structure could have prevented the price from dropping. Their offer was rebuffed and the company went public five years later. Highly profitable. Low profitability.

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