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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

However, for many successful entrepreneurs, weighing all of the personal and financial issues that go into this decision can be gut-wrenching. Each one can provide valuable lessons to the entrepreneur. Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. In 2011, Microsoft bought Skype for $8.5

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