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Knowing When It’s Time To Sell Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

Google reportedly turned down buyout offers from Microsoft shortly before the 2004 IPO. eBay was ultimately unable to generate sufficient profits and synergies from the acquisition. The deal closed only four months later in August of 2012. They only had 13 employees! Highly profitable. Low profitability. Unprofitable.

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